As a mother of four children and one foster child, I have seen my fair share of toys over the years. Now it is also fair to say that the “toy” days are behind me now as my youngest turns 16 in a few short weeks. Nowadays toys in our home consist mostly of video [...]
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Tuesday Tips – Toy Tips
Don’t be fooled into buying a big toy box for your little ones…smaller, manageable containers are so much easier for children to handle. Large toy boxes are just a dumping ground for all things large and small and make it impossible to find anything. Invest in some small, medium and larger Canvas or Rubbermaid type [...]
Fire Up Your Biz
On Mondays , I usually have a guest blogger post on my site. Today, I am taking the opportunity to promote what I think is an excellent FREE (for the moment) programme offered by Stephanie Calahan from Calahan Solutions – it is called Fire Up Your Biz – Enrich Your Life And it asks “If [...]
Organized Grocery by Heather Cameron
This week I asked other Professional Organizers for their perspective on grocery shopping, especially as there is no ONE way to do this task. Today we hear from Heather Cameron from Edited Interiors I am a firm believer that a good grocery shop begins at home with just a bit of preparation. A little planning [...]
Grocery Shopping: Another Perspective
I shop in cycles. Not on a cycle, bicycle but in cycles. I look at the grocery flyers (online) each week to see the specials. I do my menu planning with keeping the specials in mind. Did you know that food and products have a yearly cycle as to when they go on special? For [...]
Grocery Shopping the “Smart” Way
For some of us, grocery shopping can be all-consuming. If you have a large family (in my case six people) or enjoy a varied and fresh menu, then grocery shopping can become an everyday event!! Families are so much busier today than they were years ago, and taking time to grocery shop can be difficult [...]
Tuesday Tips – Top 5 Grocery Tips
This week’s posts focus on organizing your food: menu planning, food storage, grocery shopping, and grocery habits. If you have been following my posts, you will know that I like to keep things simple These are my top five tips: Plan ahead! If you are the organized type, make up meal plans (see Monday’s Guest [...]
Tuesday Tip – New Year’s Resolution For Your Freezer
January and time to take stock in your kitchen! I call it the “No Spend Month” and it all started with a friend’s freezer that was so full one January, that rather than find the ground beef she was looking for and knew was there, she made a trip to the store!! So it’s easy, [...]
Happy New Year 2012!
Smart Space Organizing wishes everyone a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2012.
