For quite a while now I’ve been using the same coupon organization system. I was using The Grocery Game to help me find deals on groceries. The Grocery Game tells you which week of the paper to pull the coupons from so that you don’t need to clip the coupons until you need them.

The filing system shown above a great system to use if you’re only using The Grocery Game.  I definitely like the convenience of the system.  The big problem is, I’m missing out on saving money on unadvertised specials, close-outs, and triple coupon sales.  I can’t tell you the number of …read more

I have had an albatros for years … my garage. I have wanted to get it cleaned out and actually park in it for a while. This week, I tackled cleaning it out with the help of some teenagers from our church. I was not even going to imagine that we could get it clean enough to get my van in it but we did. So here are some before and afters. It was a lot of work but I am so happy.

My husband and I have been offered jobs in Eastern North Carolina.  On the positive side, this will be much closer to my parents and the rest of my family.  The negative part is that this will involve moving, selling our house, and purging through all of our belongings.  We have way too much stuff and need to get rid of quite a bit of it!
The place where we will be living will be significantly smaller than the house we live in now.  We don’t really need all the possessions that we have.  It’s just very time consuming and painful …read more

A few months ago Michael’s had their photo boxes on sale and I decided it would be a good time to get all of the photo boxes that I needed to organize my photos.  Although the pretty and trendy ones looked nice and appealing, I decided it wouldn’t be thrifty to purchase boxes that would go out of style like the flowered one I bought in 1994.   
I had my photo boxes and I was all set to go.  But then I saw that tote of photos, the photo albums, the envelopes of somewhat assorted and organized photos and walked …read more

I have been working on my house for a week now. I have to admit I am not the best in the world with maintaining a clean home, but with 2 little ones, I have to get better.  So this week I worked on my hotspots.  You know … the areas that manage to collect everything from junk to mail to shoes.  So I thought I would share the most common hotspots and encourage you to tackle at least one a week. 

Do you find yourself losing pieces to things?  Do your kid’s toys have a bunch of toy pieces that they can’t keep up with?  Do you like to organize with baggies, but find they’re not sturdy enough?
Last week I let you in on 10 organizing & decluttering tips, so this week I want to tell you about these great organizing bags by The Lazy Organizer.  There are 5 sizes to choose from, ranging from teeny tiny to extra large.  Each bag has a black handle, strong nylon coil zipper, and durable vinyl window so that you can see what’s inside.  Click …read more