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LPO Clutter Scavenger Hunt 11 – Disposables

Welcome to the Laurel Plum Online Clutter Scavenger Hunt. Today I want you to start paying attention to all of the disposable items you already have around your house AND to some disposables you could start using to save yourself time. There are a lot of things you can eliminate. They are things that will Continue reading →

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Some Changes and Adjustments

Life keeps throwing those curves in the path doesn’t it? I did not mean to abandon you once again so soon after recovering from my back injury. In early September, one of my parents was hospitalized and their stay lasted for just over six weeks. During those weeks, we lost another close family member. I Continue reading →

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Back To School – The Paper Stacks

This week has been crazy! The Little Guy has now finished his first week of real school. He did very well and really enjoys it. Yay! ! This has been a BIG transition for both of us. Honestly, I think he has taken it in stride better than I have. There were a lot of Continue reading →

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School Room Update

Is anyone curious about the progress in my little school room? I’ll give you an update today on the clean up then we will get to the fun stuff! The next articles will be all about the projects that I am putting together to organize the room for learning for him, year long manageability for Continue reading →

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Replace the Link

For those who reported they had problems reading the article on making a daily school routine, try using this link, instead. I really appreciate you letting me know. Thank you.

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Make A Launch Pad

Okay. I know you have heard this one before, but I can not NOT mention it. Especially when we are talking about kids and getting back to school. Every home needs a launch pad. It is just a simple place where you put everything so it is ready to go out the door as you Continue reading →

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Working Toward Back To School – The Daily Routine

I don’t know about you, but I think one of the cruelest parts of going back to school is that it comes just after I have really settled in to living without a watch for a good portion of the day. In Summer a large portion of activities are time flexible. To successfully get through Continue reading →

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Working Toward Back to School – List and Gather Day

There are so many little details you need to take care of to prepare to go back to school. There are things you need to do. There are things you need to find or buy. There are appointments to be made. Then, whew, that first day of school arrives. Now you will be deluged with Continue reading →

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Working Toward Back To School. I’m In A Pickle!

Are you ready to send the kids back to school? I’m not. Yet. I have a bit of a disaster on my hands and I thought I would share ALL of the ugly specifics with you over the next couple of weeks as I belatedly pull my act together to get ready for the school Continue reading →

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You Are NEVER Going to Complete Your To Do List

You are never going to complete your To Do list. It is not your fault, it is just the nature of that particular beast. It is time to quit looking at your own list like a cruel task master, learn to leave the guilt and frustration behind, and begin using it simply as a tool to get things done!

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Goulash Recipes – per Request

When making up your meal plans, try to come up with many meals that will give you a two for one. You can make extra of some ingredients the first night specifically to utilize the leftovers to concoct dinner a second night. I will give you a few examples, but anyone can look at the ingredients of the meals they already typically make to come up with recipes that will reduce cooking time on a second meal.

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