Tag: school
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How to create a capsule wardrobe for your children
I don’t know about you, but we fight two frequent battles at my home: my kids wanting to wear things that don’t match, and my kids having a closet full of clothes they don’t wear. Each year, we seem to buy so many items of clothing, and some of them are outgrown before they are…
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Managing paper clutter
School has now started back for both my oldest daughter AND me. If you glance around our kitchen and living room right now, it’s evident we’ve gone back to school. How? The piles of paper. Paper, paper everywhere and none of it spendable. In all seriousness, the paper piles were getting on my nerves and…
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Intex Quick Set Pool Review
We had a Target version of an Intex family pool at the start of summer. It was 7 feet in diameter with a bench and it held 200 gallons of water. It was great. Until we came outside one morning to find it leaking badly and partially deflated. I tried to patch it and make…
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Creating a calm, orderly space for homework and studying
My third grader has just started back to school, and we usually have a little homework to do each evening. While the homework is not difficult, what can be difficult is finding somewhere in our home where there are no distractions. She has a desk in her room where she sits to complete her…