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• Magic Minimum: Cleaning Secret of Organized Families
  Posted by Cynthia Ewer on August 19, 2018Is there time to clean house? Not for today's busy families! Between work, children's activities, and vacation plans, even the most leisurely days don't seem long enough to get everything done at home. There's a solution for busy times! Just as your body needs a "minimum daily allowance"
• Seasonal Clothing Declutter: Who's Living In Your Closet?
  Posted by Cynthia Ewer on August 16, 2018Once again, I mark the coming of autumn with a clothing closet declutter. I wade into the closet and find the boxes of out-of-season clothing. Try everything on, skin itching at the touch of wool when the temperature's 80 degrees. Sort the summer's keepers from items to donate. Look for "holes" and
• Tame Morning Madness with a Family Launch Pad
  Posted by Cynthia Ewer on August 14, 2018Morning Madness! Only the pre-dinner "Arsenic Hour" comes close in the "Calgon, take me away!" category. Bathroom fights, soggy cereal, and the ever-present, "Mommy! I can't find my . . . !" Getting the family out the door in the morning can make any parent want to pull the bedclothe
• 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 hus
• Teaching Kids The Planner Habit
  Posted by Cynthia Ewer on August 11, 2018Teachers, 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
• Get Organized: Tips to Help With Homework
  Posted by Cynthia Ewer on August 10, 2018The start of a new school year means fresh supplies and new outfits ... and their less-welcome cousin, homework. How will you handle daily homework sessions in your organized home? To stave off homework battles, it pays to make a plan. Creating a homework routine undercuts foot-dragging, while setting up a homework st