Category Archives: Cleaning and Laundry

Office Inspiration

By Angela | Published: January 20, 2012
I’m so thankful to have the space above the garage for my office.  It’s a large room with a triangle ceiling and very little wall space.  This is a recipe for creativity when it comes to finding places to put things. Here’s another triangle shaped room.  I love the way they built shelves around the windows [...]
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Porch Update

By Angela | Published: July 25, 2011
It was too hot to paint over the weekend, so my chairs and door still aren’t done.  I tried and the paint bubbled up like it was boiling, lol.  It looks like next Friday will be cool enough to paint again. I got up early enough to paint my new house numbers before it got over [...]
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How to Organize Your Kitchen Drawer in 10 Minutes or Less

By Angela | Published: April 26, 2011
I’d like to introduce you to Sinea.  She blogs over at Ducks in a Row and loves to be organized.  Here’s her step by step method for organizing a kitchen drawer:  Many thanks to Angela for the privilege of guest posting on The Grocery Shrink.  I was thrilled when I found out that April was “Organizing Month”. [...]
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Declutting Begins in Your Brain Part 3

By Angela | Published: April 25, 2011
Here’s the final installment from Jill Farris on Decluttering.  I don’t know about you, but my house is already looking a ton better!  I can’t wait to see what’s next: Continue to go room by room getting rid of thirty-one items a day. Don’t be dismayed if it seems like there is still a lot to do [...]
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Guest Post: Heather Boyd from the Cozy Cape

By Angela | Published: April 21, 2011
Hi Friends over at The Grocery Shrink! First, I want to offer my Congratulations to the Coffman family on their new addition! That’s so exciting… which brings me to why I’m over here at Angela’s blog today. This month Angela has asked several bloggers to tackle the topic of organization while she’s on maternity leave. I [...]
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Getting Your Children to Keep their Rooms Clean

By Angela | Published: April 18, 2011
I know the struggle of keeping children’s rooms clean!  Here’s a picture to prove it–that’s me trying to hold my cool while we dig out—again. This is a mild mess for what our every day norm was.  I was constantly frustrated with the children and had a sick feeling just passing by their door.  Every few [...]
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What to do with the stuff?

By Angela | Published: April 16, 2011
If you are serious about purging, stuff can start to pile up all around you.  It’s stuff you don’t want, but how do you get rid of it in a reasonable fashion without filling up your trash bin?  I do 4 things with my unwanted stuff: 1.  Garage Sale it–Most of my items end up here *(See [...]
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Set Personal Organization Boundaries

By Angela | Published: April 15, 2011
I do better when there are rules.  They don’t have to apply to anyone else, but if I know they are there, it makes a difference.  Here are some that I’ve been tossing around: 1.  Only keep on the kitchen counters what I use every day. 2.  Put an item away when it leaves my hands, not [...]
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How Much Should I Keep?

By Angela | Published: April 14, 2011
This is a very personal question and only you can answer it completely, but I’d like to write down what makes me and my family most happy. Sometimes I forget and hold on to too much and it makes us miserable.  I’m so excited to have a permanent record to come back and read to [...]
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Guest Post: Decluttering Starts in Your Brain

By Angela | Published: April 13, 2011
Meet Jill Farris.  I don’t know where to begin to introduce this amazing woman to you.  She is a long time homeschooler, writer, and speaker and has spent much of her life working with Wycliffe in Bible translation.  There’s so much more to her than that though and you’ll be blessed if you click over to [...]
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