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Here are some of our most-used recipes in my recipe binder!  I hope you enjoy this recipe round-up! It is very rare for me to follow a recipe exactly.  Sometimes I’m missing an ingredient, and other times I simply think a tweak or two sounds better.  I’ve made my notes below on what I’ve done, […]

Inside: Organizing recipes in a binder, recipe binder categories, what to do with recipes from a cookbook, and how to handle the loose paper recipes you haven’t tried yet.   You normally think of paper clutter being in an office or from kids’ papers from school, but if you enjoy cooking and exploring new recipes, […]

The KonMari Method™ worked for the people on TV, but that’s not real life, so it won’t work for me. I don’t want to give up my collection of (fill in the blank), so I’m not going to use the KonMari Method™. I’ve organized my closets and drawers many times with no lasting success, so […]

Our paper has been a total mess lately, and I’m so excited to get things back in order again.  I recently polled my Instagram followers and learned that the paper category is where most people struggle!  I wasn’t too surprised because paper is one of the only things that inundates our home daily!  When you […]

All of your little habits each day make up your life.  Woah!  That can be pretty eye-opening!  It’s true.  So many things we do in a day are strictly done out of habit, and we end up doing those things hundreds or thousands of times per year.  Because of that accumulation, all is well if […]

After Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, those gift lists are starting to look a little crazy, right? Maybe you aren’t even sure what you bought?! I created this gift tracker out of necessity! I have a long list of people I buy gifts for, and I often shop for items for my […]

I am so excited to announce that my first digital download called “The Complete Guide to Decluttering Your Home” is available for purchase NOW! I’m sure many people would have started small.  They would have chosen one category of the KonMari Method™ and started there.  Well, not me!  This guide will walk you through my entire […]

  Psst: Skimmers, head to the bottom for the free download! Tidying with kids can be a huge challenge, but for many parents, it feels like the kid stuff is the main source of clutter in the home.  I could write books on how to handle clutter with kids, but for now, here is a […]

Komono is the 4th, and largest, category we cover in the KonMari Method.  It is everything in your home that is not Clothing, Books, Paper, or Sentimental Items, so it’s a huge category and can take quite a while.  I have many tips for sorting all of your stuff, but these are my favorite 5. […]