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  • My Love-Hate Relationship with Yard Sales

    Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 11:00 in tips, cleaning, organizing, thrifting, selling online, ways to save money

    Saturday I finally had my Yard Sale that I have been planning all Summer long. I am such an organized person that I had to clean every single room in my house from top to bottom and find every unwanted item to sell. I had to price every item and orga...

  • The Hidden Room that No One Sees, Cleaning Clutter

    Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 15:00 in cleaning, organizing

    I am about to take you into a room of my home that no one ever sees. I keep this room hidden from guests and am always afraid of someone seeing it. Perhaps this cluttered room relates to me emotionally and represents the cluttered part of my mind tha...

  • Real Simple Magazine Subscription $5

    Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 23:30 in shopping, coupons, organizing

    1 year magazine subscription to Real Simple for $5. That is 12 issues for only $5 total! I LOVE this magazine, but have never had a subscription. I usually just look longingly at it when I am checking out at the grocery store. I love organizing and s...

  • Organizing Hair Accessories

    Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 10:44 in tips, organizing

    I have an 8 year old girl and with her comes lots of hair accessories. I don't have a master bathroom, and the one bathroom we share is very small. Over the years I tried organizing her accessories in the drawers with organizing trays, I tried using ...

  • Out With the Old!

    Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 22:29 in cleaning, organizing

    Welcome to all of my new Thrifty Friends following my bog and thank you everyone for all of the encouraging comments. As a mom I get very few, "thank you's" and "good job's" from my kids when I clean the house, make dinner, and fix things up, so it i...

  • Were Do You Keep Your Kitchen Knives?

    Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 09:42 in organizing

    I have wanted a good place to put my kitchen knives for a while. I have been keeping them in my drawer with all of my other utensils knowing that this could be dangerous for anyone digging around in the drawer. I hate knife blocks because they take u...

  • Finished Garage Wall

    Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 15:47 in organizing, Projects

    All month long I have been working on one wall in my garage. It is the only wall that has drywall on it and in 30 years has never been painted. I decided that since this is the first wall that we see when we come home, it should look good. I spent a ...

  • I Haven't Forgotten My Garage

    Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 16:27 in cleaning, organizing, Projects

    Remember my first post about cleaning out my garage? Well, I am still working on it. I decided to focus on the one wall that actually has sheet rock on it. It is the wall that we see as we walk into the house, so I want it to look nice. I organized e...