Mom Organization

Do You Follow A Lot of Blogs? Then Check Out Feedly! {How to BE Organized!}

May 17, 2013
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If you’re someone like me who likes to follow a lot of blogs, it can be a more than a little time-consuming and unwieldy to keep up what all of your favorite bloggers are up to! Subscribing to each one by e-mail and reading them each individually isn’t very efficient- not to mention it can [...]

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How to Keep Medical Records for Your Kids

May 3, 2013
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It’s happened one too many times now. That situation where once again my Mommy-brain fails me right when I am asked something about one of my kids’ medical histories. By a doctor, no less….. The phone rings one weekend and it’s my kids’ pediatrician: Pediatrician: “So Mrs Rowley- on Spencer’s last blood test, he showed [...]

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How to Organize Your Recycling {How to BE Organized!}

April 12, 2013
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We all know that we should be kind to the planet and take care to recycle where we can… but it can be hard to do the “right thing” when you aren’t sure what to recycle, what to toss, and where to store it all until trash pick-up day (or in our case, until we make [...]

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Printable Grocery List {How to BE Organized}

March 22, 2013
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One of my best tips for staying organized in the kitchen is to keep a running grocery list on a clipboard right in my command center, so that every time I use up a product around the house I can write it down on my list. That way I can make sure I replenish the [...]

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How to Pack Jewelry for Travel {How to BE Organized}

March 8, 2013
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Don’t you hate it when you pack a few necklaces or bracelets for a trip and tuck them into your makeup bag, they somehow manage to get themselves all tangled on the way to your destination?  It’s like they were filming their own Harlem Shake video while you were on the road! Well, here is [...]

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Doing Laundry While on Vacation…

March 6, 2013
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I am a little surprised about how much we Moms like to talk about laundry. For example, when I tell people that I have six kids, often one of the first things they ask me is how many loads of laundry I wash each week! And one of the most-commented-on posts EVER here on Momof6 [...]

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Packing Tips for a Family Trip {How to BE Organized}

February 28, 2013
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Last week I started a new blog series on How to BE Organized by sharing with you a printable packing list that you can use when preparing for a family vacation. Today I am going to take it a step further and share with you some of my best packing tips to help you BE organized, [...]

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A Printable Travel Packing List for you! {How to BE Organized!}

February 21, 2013
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Today marks the start of a new series here on Momof6 called “How to BE Organized”. In these posts I plan to share with you just one simple tip that you can use to become just a wee-bit more organized in your life. Since we are just a few weeks away from Spring Break and [...]

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How To Balance Your Work-At-Home Life with Your “Real” Life!

February 20, 2013
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This week my kids had two days off from school for their “Winter Break”, so on Monday morning I found myself in the movie theatre enjoying a 10am showing of “Escape From Planet Earth”. And for a moment I paused to reflect on just how lucky I was to be a “work-at-home” Mom who can [...]

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How to Prepare for a Power Outage! {A Frugal Mom’s Guide}

February 15, 2013
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A week ago at this time, my kids had the day off from school in anticipation of the latest “historic storm” that was headed our way. The forecast was calling for snow that would be measured in feet, not inches, and for winds that would top 50+ mph. We were told to stay off the [...]

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