Chores for kids are necessary to teach them how to work hard and do their part. Try these simple tips to get your kids doing their chores happily. If your kids are anything like mine, the prospect of a Saturday morning filled with doing chores does not cause them to jump for joy. And if…
Does your kid have horrible foot odor? Is the smell so bad every time they take their shoes off that the whole family has to run for cover? Here are several ways to get rid of stinky smelly feet for good! I am the mom to three teenage girls, and I had no idea how…
Looking for something that will make your towels smell fresh? How to get the sour smell out of towels, clean stinky dishcloths, and stop all your towels from smelling for good! I don’t know what the deal is, but lately every single towel in my house stinks. They come out of the laundry smelling okay,…
Implement this obvious little habit and stop wasting so much time and effort on laundry I’m going to make an admission that I’m not very proud of right now. The laundry situation at our house is usually completely out of control. I actually stay on top of cleaning and drying the laundry, and my laundry…
Want a solution to clutter and mess? The one-touch rule really works! Have you heard of the one-touch rule? I just learned it while at a community class a couple of months ago, and it opened up my eyes to why things in my house can get so out of hand so fast. I’m not…
This easy trick will keep your home tidier With three kids and a busy life, I feel like I don’t actually have time to really clean my house. And while I’m driving the kids all around town or helping them with homework it somehow manages to just get messier. It’s pretty frustrating, and I know…
There are several convincing reasons to do the dishes right away, no matter how much you want to procrastinate the chore I absolutely loathe doing dishes. Very few household chores are as unappealing to me, except for maybe cleaning the toilet. Because I hate doing the dishes, I sometimes procrastinate doing them, and when I…
Can making your bed actually improve your life? Studies show that it can! How long does it take you to make your bed? I timed myself this morning, and it only took me two minutes. Two minutes! Why do I ever drag my feet about doing something that takes almost no time at all? Especially…
It’s 4:00 pm, you just got home from work and the kids are getting off the bus any minute. You’re hosting book club in three hours and the house is a wreck. Plus, you still have to run your kids to their after school lessons and make cookies! How will you possibly be able to…
My living room has always been difficult for me. I’ve lived in this house for six years now, and I have never been happy with the way my living room was working. It was always just clunky and nobody ever really wanted to spend time in there. Guests would come over and the living room…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and Palmolive. All opinions are mine alone. I love a sparkling clean kitchen. It has the ability to make me happy in a way few other things can. Unfortunately, unless I kick my husband and children out of the house and stop eating completely, it is…
I don’t know what happens at your house, but at mine, keeping it clean and organized is a daily struggle. One of my biggest frustrations as a mother has been teaching my children to clean properly. Properly, meaning they don’t just shuffle a few things around and call it good. Properly, meaning they don’t do…