Today’s Simplify Everything 2015 task is for those pesky unitaskers. I don’t know about you, but I detest unitaskers. I hate gadgets that only do one thing, like slice bananas, or eggs, or hull strawberries or crush garlic. Besides having only one purpose, they are usually a pain to clean. Any time you save […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 20 – Pantry}
Today’s topic COULD take all day, if you had the time and energy for it, but it doesn’t have to. Today’s task is to tackle the pantry. Not the whole pantry, but just a part of it. Is your kids snack shelf a disaster? Or maybe the breakfast shelf is in disarray? Has […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 18 – Bath Linens}
Today’s Simplify Everything task around the house is to purge the bath linens. While I am still using the bath towels from when I moved out of my childhood home, I’ve acquired bath towels for the kids and still have beach towels and guest towels, too. Today, check your towel & wash cloth supply. […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 17 – Bed Linens}
Today’s task is to take care of our bed linens. I’m not sure about your family, but we have been moving and rearranging and selling beds around here like we are a furniture store. I know I have queen sized bedding floating around, but we no longer have the queen sized bed or the camper […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 16 – Teacher Supplies}
Today is the day for you to go through your office supplies. We’ve done the kids school supplies and the art/craft supplies. Today it’s time for your office supplies. Go through your drawer, shelf or closet and purge your office supplies. Do you have more post its than you will ever use? Or notepads? Markers? […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 15 – Art Supplies}
Today’s task is to thin out the art supplies. If you have a creator or an artist, you probably have a plethora of paints, brushes, boxes, pencils, crayons, stickers, pastels and more. Go through your art drawer and get rid of anything mostly used, damaged or non-functional (like those watercolors that don’t actually color). If […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 14 – School Supplies}
By this time of the school year, it’s a good time to purge those school supplies. Do you have a bunch of broken crayons? Make new crayons from them! Only have orange markers in the bin? Maybe it’s time to get a new box. Out of something already? Make a note for next year. On […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 13 – Books}
Today’s task can be tough for book lovers, but if you are eyeballing another shelf… … It may be time to cull the collection. Are there books you refuse to read because the are so bad? Are there so many on your “to read” shelf that it’s hard to focus? Do you have a bunch […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 12 – Curriculum}
Today’s simplify everything task COULD take longer than 10 minutes but it doesn’t have to. Today’s task is to purge your curriculum. Like all assignments this month, this could work no matter how your children are educated. Keep reading :). Over the course of homeschooling, you kind of learn what types of things that work […] Read more…
Simplify Everything 2015 {Task 11 – Games & Such}
Would you believe a person can get excited about a purge/declutter task? I am! I am having a new (to us) armoire delivered tomorrow and the first thing going into it is… The keepers from our newly purged games! We have soooo many, for both educational and fun, and there are several that I can’t […] Read more…