Everyday Life Tips and Home Solutions

There are times when I look around my house and feel like it needs a change. Nothing is necessarily wrong, […]

Making a house smell good sounds simple until you are dealing with garbage, pets, yesterday’s dinner, and boys who leave

Every household needs a missing sock solution. Without one, unmatched socks end up scattered across dresser tops, tucked into laundry

The chair. We all know the chair. 😂 It is the unofficial holding place for clothes worn once that are

If there is one place in my house that seems capable of becoming disorganized all by itself, it is the

Autism and chores have been a difficult combination in our home for as long as I can remember. Ever since

I have always believed in keeping extra food and household necessities on hand. My household backup bin is where I

Sensory issues with food have affected our family for as long as I can remember. My son is autistic, and

I need a freezer inventory because I’m tired of finding perfectly good food after it is no longer very good.

I wish I could say that every leftover in our refrigerator gets eaten right away. Unfortunately, that isn’t always what

I wish I could tell you that I have figured out exactly how to reduce food waste and always use

I have a confession. When I know company is coming, I can still feel a little panicky. Instead of calmly

There’s no such thing as having a cozy home if you don’t also have a safe home. That’s why I

II have to admit, having overnight guests can be stressful for me, which is one reason I like having my

I have tried plenty of little organizing tricks over the years, but one of the simplest things I use is

There is one simple habit that has probably done more to keep our home organized than almost anything else, keeping

There are some people who seem to have naturally spotless homes, and I’ve always wondered what cleaning habits they have

If there’s one appliance in my house that has saved me more time, money, and stress than almost anything else,

I used to think that if I was going to clean the house, I needed to really clean the house.

My emergency dinner shelf has been getting quite a workout since I started working on this website. Some days I

One of my favorite things is opening our home to family and friends. Over the years, we’ve hosted more birthday

There have been so many times when I’ve been away from home and thought, Why don’t I keep one of

There is something wonderful about waking up and walking into a kitchen that is already clean. My evening reset is

Over the years, I’ve realized that one of the easiest ways to simplify your home isn’t always getting rid of

There is something about Saturday that makes me feel like I can breathe again, and over the years I’ve developed

There was a season of life when dinner seemed to arrive about every twenty minutes. (And if I’m being honest,

There are some people who seem to have naturally spotless homes, and I’ve always wondered what cleaning habits they have

There was a time when couponing felt like a part-time job. When my kids were little, I became an avid

There are a lot of things I miss about having little kids at home. The bedtime stories. The hugs before

My friend is the type to notice everything. So when she opened my pantry door last week and just stopped

Have you ever looked at those beautiful, picture-perfect, clutter-free kitchens online and thought, “Why doesn’t my kitchen ever look like

My wake up call that I needed to look for natural cleaning ingredients came a few years ago. Back then,

Do you dream about kitchen drawers? Probably not. There are a lot of things I dream about when it comes