In September, I did the whole30. You can read more about my experience here. It was amazing to me to see the difference 30 days made. I was talking this over with my brother and he said you should do a year of 30 day challenges. He suggested things like 30 days without TV or 30 days of cold showers. My first response was, how about you take cold showers and not watch TV for 30 days? amiright? A few weeks after this discussion I found myself still thinking about his idea to do a ...
PRODUCTIVITY/ ORGANIZATION
Styling a Bookshelf
I love to decorate. I love having a place to display a little personality in my home, but I have kids soo.... Does this sentence even need to be finished? We live here. I mean LIVE here. They aren't in school yet, we don't have a play room. All the living and playing that a 5, 3, and 1 year old do happens right in my living room and dining room. A beautifully staged coffee table isn't going to happen. The living room floor is meant for wrestling matches, Legos, block towers, cooking and ...
A Jeweled Box
I was recently walking through the craft store and I spied these wood boxes. Geodes, quartz, stone are totally in right now. Anthropologie has beautiful geode hardware I'm swooning over. I also recently saw two of my favorite bloggers, The Handmade Home and I Heart Organizing, creating with these elements. I had received the Elmer's ProBond product as part of this sponsored post. It is meant for attaching porous and non-porous surfaces and I knew it would work perfectly for my ...
Organizing the Junk Drawer
How many posts could one person have on a junk drawer? A few--apparently! I blame the husband. He is always adding things to it that do not go there. Things he takes up from the basement or out of the garage for a project, but then doesn't feel like putting back in garage or basement and drops them off in the junk drawer. I love my husband a lot and I happen to think he is funny. Even when he is annoying me, he amuses me. He told me I shouldn't call it a junk drawer if I don't want ...
The Kitchen & A Printable
You don't have to compromise on clean to be green. Today I'm sharing my kitchen, some cleaning and organizational tips and a printable. I have to tell you guys that I am a big fan of Clorox Greenworks. I first bought the all-purpose spray last spring for a campaign and have become a big fan. You really can get everything out of the bottle and it sprays so nicely. I use the all-purpose spray on EVERYTHING! Countertops, quick cabinet rub-downs, appliances, blinds. The bathroom ...