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Spring is here! Along with spring comes more light. More light means more noticeable dust on furniture and spots on windows. It is time for Spring Cleaning!! The products that I list on ListPlanIt are environmentally-responsible. Many of the products you see in this list will have words like sustainable, bio-degradable, chemical-free, renewable and reusable […]
I am continuing the series on products for your home that might help to organize, conserve, or just make life easier. The kitchen is often the hub of the house. We gather, partake, prepare, laugh, and sometimes cry in the glow of a warm oven (or maybe the microwave). Maybe it’s the spill-resistant countertops or […]
Welcome to the first in a series of posts to inspire you to get organized this spring! I don’t usually discuss products here because everyone is different and everyone has a different style. Plus, I understand from my own experience and belief in budgeting, that budgets don’t often allow for us to run out and […]
If January is all about personal improvements, I would guess March and April offer motivation for home improvements. There is something cleansing about the temperature rising and the world turning green. It is time to open the windows and let the ghost of Christmas clutter out. It is time to step back and take a […]
Have you created a Home Management Binder yet? Last week we talked about how to assemble your own binder. Now check out an example of my binder in ListPlanIt’s very first video blog post! What do you think? Would you like to see more videos here on ListPlanIt‘s blog? Members to ListPlanIt will find the […]
Whether you call it a Home Management Binder, a Household Notebook, or a Home Control Journal, creating one for your home can be a great way to keep important information centrally located, control paper clutter, and inspire home managers to set goals and to accomplish much. Here are the steps for putting yours together. For […]
With the rising costs of food and a trend toward eating more natural foods, it is no wonder that the number of home gardens have surged in the past couple of years. A garden may take more work than just stopping by the local grocery store, but the benefits of having your own garden at […]
Keeping up with a vehicle may seem hard to do when you have so many other things on your plate, but performing a few regular maintenance checks can keep your car, van, or truck running smoothly for years. Change the oil in your vehicle every 3 months or after 4,000 miles. Get your tires rotated […]
With an abundance of ways to keep in contact with one another, sometime keeping names, numbers, addresses, and emails handy can be a daunting task. Listing pieces of information in an address book or even on your phone can sometimes lead to confusion when it is time to search a person out. For example, say […]
Somedays, we have the feeling that there is just not enough time to get anything done in our homes or for ourselves. Whether you are a stay-at-home mom with children to care for or a parent that works out of the home, maintaining a balance of home, family, and personal time is not easy. Opportunities […]
Getting organized is a popular resolution in January. The holiday rush is over. The feeling of starting fresh is palpable. You look around and see all of the things that you’ve been putting off for months due to a busy summer, a busy start to the school year, and holiday planning. Now there is nothing […]
This is a post I wrote last year on this very day. The message is the same: it is time to prepare for the New Year! My husband likes to keep the Christmas decorations up through New Year’s and every year, I think I will try to make it until then. However, the decorations that […]
Let me first start by saying that though everyone wants a clean house when their guests arrive for a big holiday, your guests are more than likely there because they want to see you. They are not (usually) there to give your house the white-glove test. In fact, my motto is. . .”Who will really […]
With winter coming, it is time to remove the summer things from your trunk and get prepared for the first frost on your windows. Here in New England, there is a very real threat of winter weather as early as October. Few things are more frustrating than getting your family to the car and find […]
Fall, with all of its beauty, means that winter is right around the corner. I don’t know if that puts the majority of you in a panic like it does for us up here in Maine, but that means we have only a couple of months before the snows come and all outdoor projects will […]
This summer, in Maine, the weather has been rainy and cold, but there have been a couple of days here and there where the temperatures were in the mid-80s and we thought we might die of heat! Most of us here in the Northeast don’t have central air, but we might have a window unit […]
After 2 1/2 weeks of being away from home, it feels good to be back. We had a wonderful time with good friends in the Washington, D.C., area and a terrific time with family from all sides in Kansas. And in between it all, we drove – and drove and drove and drove. Now that […]
Having friends over for dinner is a fun way to socialize. It allows you to prepare something extra special and to have a more intimate evening with people that you love or would love to know better. For many people, having guests over seems an overwhelming prospect. The myriad of things to think about such […]
Okay, not so much IN my food, but unless I lived in California or another major food-producing place, fossil fuel is what would bring most of the items in my grocery store to my table. As you may have read from my previous post, I have started to look at my food differently. Instead of […]
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a wonderful way for farmers to keep their small farms and still make a living. When you buy from a farm in your community, you are contributing in so many ways to that community, to your health, and to the environment. A share from a CSA will usually cost about […]
I keep reading about vinegar in all of the best articles about cleaning, particularly green-cleaning. I was intrigued. How many uses are there for cleaning with vinegar? I made my way to the Vinegar Institute where they list a ton of great ways to use vinegar in your household cleaning. Not only is vinegar completely natural […]
Once you have the supplies you need, all that is left is to take time to organize your important documents into categories that will make storing and finding them again simple. I would suggest making piles first so that you know what categories would best fit your filing system. Here are some categories you might […]
Our last filing cabinet had had enough. It had made the move several times, each time getting more and more banged up. It found its final resting place in a land far away from where we are now. Time for a new one. However, 2.5 years later, we have only just replaced that old filing […]
Some of you may have already begun the transition of winter to spring clothing. Others will not break out the short sleeves until possibly May. Either way, if you haven’t paid attention to what your family has for clothes for the spring/summer season and what they may yet need, now is the time to do […]
If you are considering and planning for a spring cleaning, the best preparation is to clear out the clutter, unused, broken, or unwanted items in each room of your home. Sort each item into 1 of 3 piles: donate, sell, throw away/recycle. Here are some items that you will want to consider getting rid of. […]