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A few weeks ago I spoke at our church’s monthly enrichment meeting. This meeting is just for the women at my church, and the monthly topics are focused on helping us to learn and grow spiritually and mentally so we can become the best wives, mothers and women we can be! I really enjoy these enrichment meetings. There is always something to learn, and I love the friendships I have built with the other women there. Those relationships alone are enough of a reason for me to attend!! But I always leave these meetings feeling uplifted and renewed and I usually come away with some type of new knowledge, and I am excited to be even better at my jobs of mom, wife and woman.
So, back to my first sentence. I was asked to give a short 15 min. presentation on cleaning and organizing. Now, if you know me you will know that I do LOVE a clean and organized house! Does that mean that my house IS always clean and organized? Heck no….I wish!!! But I am not going to say no to an assignment talking about cleaning and organizing, that stuff makes me excited like a kid at Christmas. Even if I don’t use all the tips I shared, I wish I did, my life would run way more smoothly.
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Cleaning Games
Our house gets messy, I need my kids to help out, but sometimes (okay, more like most of the time:) ) they just do not want to! Making the mess is one thing, cleaning it up is another! I cannot stand the constant fights I have trying to get them to take some responsibility for their messes. My oldest is 7 and lately her most common opinion is that I am only here in her life to boss her around! I feel strongly that my kids need to learn to work and clean and help out in our home. We are a family, and we are a team. Working together is important. Everyone in the household needs to feel a responsibility for the state of our house. But the question is, how to accomplish this? How do I get my kids to want to help out? How do I get cleaning and tidying the house to not be such a dreadful event?
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Clean with Vinegar
There are so many FANTASTIC ways to clean with vinegar. I love cleaning with vinegar, I do not, however, love how it smells, it kind of smells like pickles, I don’t like pickles.
But the pickle like smell dissipates fairly quickly and the bonus is, that as the vinegar smell fades so does whatever dirty, rotten smells you cleaned with it. I do like a clean smelling house, no nasty odors allowed, so the temporary pickle smell is worth it! Vinegar helps me to keep my house odor free plus it is a great stain remover, germ killer, ant repellent and more. Here is a list of 15 great ways to use vinegar in your home:
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CK Convention and Scrapbooking
This last Friday I had the awesome chance to attend the annual CK Convention here in Mesa, Arizona! LOVE, love, love this conference. I try to attend every year and since I missed last years event, I was super excited to be able to make it this year. So many incredible vendors with amazing ideas and amazing products. I have so many new ideas bouncing around in my brain now I can’t wait to get to work on creating them and then sharing them with you ! I got some good deals on some fun stuff, and then of course there were some items that I absolutely COULD NOT live without and I spent too much on!! Oh well! {wink} it was totally worth it, sometimes something just inspires you and you HAVE TO HAVE IT! I cannot be the only one this happens to…..right?? 🙂
My sweet friend Amy attended the conference with me and it was so enjoyable to spend the day shopping with her as she is as in love with paper and scrapbooking supplies as I am which is A LOT!! She completely understands my obsession with Continue reading
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Homemade Cards
Homemade cards, I whipped out a whole bunch of them last night. That’s how I roll. I like to make cards. I like to craft with paper. It makes my heart happy. Plus, I am very cheap! And making a card is WAY cheaper than buying one; and I think people enjoy receiving a homemade card???? I know I sure do! So, I make them; all the cards I give away I make. But…I used to make each individual one for each person and occasion as it arose. No more, I do not have time for that. 🙂 So, I usually take one day every few months and crank out 20-30 cards. Thank you cards, Birthday cards, Baby cards, Anniversary cards, and cards for just any occasion. I thought I would share them with you in case Continue reading
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