Organization

How to clean a medicine cabinet

by Julie Meyers Pron October 11, 2011

Prompted by an introduction to Vicks’ new Nature Fusion line, a gluten free cold symptom relief OTC medication that uses honey rather than dyes and artificial flavors, I was reminded of one of my favorite Vicks products, which I loved using in my son’s room this time of year. Realizing I hadn’t seen this nifty [...]

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Kitchen Renovation: Kitchen Organization

by Julie Meyers Pron October 5, 2011

As I shared last week, we are finally about to undergo our kitchen makeover. This week we’re expecting (hoping…) to rip out the floor and replace it. In the meantime, I heard about IKEA’s The Share Space and was inspired to work on my kitchen storage challenges, come up with some solutions and share them [...]

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Make your own cookbook

by Julie Meyers Pron August 25, 2011

For a long, long, long time, I saved magazine after magazine, just for the recipes. It was like a teen boy hiding his issues of Playboy under the bed, except I was hoarding Real Simple and Rachael Ray in my cabinet. It got ugly. And, I realized, it wasn’t easy for me to go back [...]

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Organize your week in 7 easy steps

by Julie Meyers Pron August 23, 2011

With the start of Back to School season, there’s an ideal opportunity to start personal parenting routines. Everything from getting the kids off to school to grocery shopping becomes simpler when you have it down to a system. The problem is finding and sticking to a system so that it becomes habit. Here’s how I [...]

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Routine checklists help your child get organized

by Julie Meyers Pron April 13, 2011

We had countless months reminding my 7-year-old of each step he needed to do before bed. Mornings where I nagged him when he came to the breakfast table to make sure he did everything he was supposed to (and sending him back to his room for socks… or tooth brushing… or to make his bed…). [...]