Cynthia Ewer's Blog, page 36
January 4, 2019
Today's Challenge: Update Address Books
For many of us, it's the last evidence of Christmas Past: a piled-up heap of Christmas cards, letters and photos. Time to tuck away those holiday greetings.
Whether you'll read and recycle, or file cards and letters away, stop!
Before you consign Christmas cards and letters to their forever home, take advantage of this treasure trove of information about loved ones, friends, and neighbors. Read More >>
January 3, 2019
Today's Challenge: Inventory Cleaning Products
Cleaning products are your closest ally in the war against grime--but they can be expensive, and their effectiveness can fall all over the map.
What's in your cleaning cupboard? Are your cleaning partners up to the job ahead?
You'll want to choose cleaning products carefully to cut time spent on chores as we work our way through the Cleaning Grand Plan.
Today's Assignment:Inventory Cleaning Supplies
Deep-cleaning is nobody's idea of a great time, but...
January 2, 2019
Today's Challenge: Banish Those Boxes
For most of us, the holiday season brings a bumper crop ... of boxes!
Stacked and scattered through house, garage and storage areas, they've shipped gifts, contained new toys or encased electronics.
Now they're empty and taking up space; it's only a matter of time before they attract more clutter to join their ranks.
It's time to banish them to clear space in your organized home. Read More >>
January 1, 2019
Today's Challenge: Haul Away the Holidays
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with the holiday season.
Is the Ghost of Christmas Past still haunting your house?
Even if decorations have been boxed and banished until next year, holiday stragglers can still circle the house for weeks to come. We've got a tip to tame these last few holiday hold-outs!
December 31, 2018
Today's Challenge: Make A Fresh Start
Welcome 2019! As we kick off the New Year Cleaning Challenge, it's time to make a fresh start for a new year.
Today, close out the old year by setting intentions for the new. Will you make resolutions, choose a "word for the year", or settle a new focus for 2019?
However you choose to observe the holiday, take time today to think about goals for the coming year. Having the destination in mind will light the way forward, as we clean house, cut clutter...
December 30, 2018
New Year Cleaning Challenge Day 1: Get Ready
Welcome, friends! Are we ready to clean house for the New Year? It's Preview Week at the New Year Cleaning Challenge!
Our 14-week Challenge kicks off with a transitional week, designed to put the holidays to bed and prepare for the organizing and cleaning projects ahead.
During Preview Week, we'll get the Challenge rolling, banish the Ghost of Christmas Past, and craft a personalized plan for the coming weeks.
Printables:
Cleaning Challenge Cal...
September 29, 2018
Save on Groceries: Tips to Boost Your Price Power
On any trip to the grocery store, it's the first and simplest question: what's the price?
Time was, it was easy to know the price of any grocery item; before computers, each can, carton and bottle sported a physical price tag. Old-school physical price tags made food costs clear--and to raise prices, grocers had to re-tag food items. This labor-intensive process discouraged wide swings in pricing. Shoppers knew what food cost, and it was easy to notice rising prices.
Hello, 21st century! In...
August 25, 2018
Organized Christmas? Make a Christmas Planner Notebook
What's the fast-track way to an organized holiday season? Prepare for the holiday season with the help of a Christmas planner notebook!
Most often created as a simple 3-ring binder, a Christmas planner notebook is Santa Central for an organized Christmas.
Because you make your own Christmas planner, each notebook will be unique: a treasure trove of personalized planning helpers to cut holiday-season stress.
August 12, 2018
Get Organized for Homeschool
In my years as worker, mother and home manager, I have experienced a full range of life’s little organizational challenges. I have run a business from a home shared with two tiny children and moved cross-country (and back). I've merged two cluttered households into one small city apartment, and lived for many happy years with a card-carrying packrat husband.
The challenge of home schooling a child beat them all hands-down, organizationally speaking.
August 11, 2018
Teaching Kids The Planner Habit
Teachers, parents and homeschool families know that training kids to the planner habit makes for successful students.
School districts throughout the USA issue planners to pupils and integrate planner use into the school day. Homeschool families use planners to track and organize lessons, chores and activities, while tech-savvy teens rely on smartphone calendar and to-do apps to organize their work.
A student planner is only a tool. How do you teach a...
