I'm an Organizing Junkie

Organizing a Fun & Simple Fondue Party

Laura — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:26 +0000

Last week I hosted a Ladies Fondue Party. It was informal, simple and fun, fun, fun. Nothing says simple like inviting guests over to dinner and asking them to cook their own food….my kind of entertaining! :) My friend Sandy over at Reluctant Entertainer has been such an inspiration to me over the last couple of years. [...]

Kraft Foods Gift Basket Giveaway

Laura — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:55 +0000

Any other basket lovers out there? How about food lovers? The giveaway going on over at my review site includes both! GO HERE TO ENTER Social Bookmarking

Holiday help and other great posts

Laura — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:50 +0000

It’s time for me to get link happy again with some excellent posts I’ve read over the past couple of weeks. And while a few of them offer some excellent holiday help I’d like to also just pause for a quick moment to offer you a different bit of holiday encouragement as we lead into [...]

Teaching Kids Responsibility

Laura — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:21:41 +0000

I’ve talked in the past about how important I think it is to teach kids responsibility through regular household duties. Two specific posts of mine are: Responsibility Chore Charts We are not our children’s slaves Today I’m welcoming guest poster, Katie from Kitchen Stewardship who is contributing to this discussion with a great idea for encouraging responsibility and [...]

MPM ~ Nov 16th + Thanksgiving Table Decor

Laura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:59:57 +0000

Hello everyone! I’ve got a fabulous new banner to bring in this Thanksgiving holiday season with for those living in the US. As you know here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving last month but I wanted to honor all my friends on the other side of the border. How this banner came to be has [...]

3M Picture Hanging Strips

Laura — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:47:24 +0000

A couple of months ago I did a review on the 3M Command Hooks that I absolutely adore. A couple of my readers asked if I use them to hang my calendars that I have all over my house. Why of course I do! They are perfect for people like me who love to change [...]

Molly’s Money-Saving Digest Giveaway

Laura — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:15:02 +0000

It’s time for another giveaway. Go here to enter Social Bookmarking

I’ve been thinking…

Laura — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:58:44 +0000

So many thoughts swirling around this big head of mine so I thought I’d just go hog wild and do some brain dumping right here on the blog. You know, with people that can’t walk away from me when I’m talking. Okay well technically you can but I can’t see you so I’ll think you’re [...]

Menu Plan Monday ~ Nov 9th

Laura — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:00:31 +0000

Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing well and ready to get menu planning for an organized week! So my recipe highlight of last week definitely goes to the slow cooked Rotisserie-Style Chicken. This recipe was so easy to prepare in the slow cooker and my hubbie gave it a 9 out of 10 for taste! [...]

Planning for the holidays

Laura — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:08:12 +0000

I’m over at BlogHer today discussing how to get organized for the holidays with a little advance planning. A stress-free holiday is totally possible, find out how I do it over here. image courtesy of BasketMaker Social Bookmarking