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How to Keep a Clean House
No, a tornado didn't come through here, I just have kids.
However, no matter overwhelming it is, you can actually have a neat house and kids at the same time.
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Let's face it, we all wish we could keep a cleaner house. No one likes coming home to laundry mountain and a dust bunny brigade. Here you can learn how to keep the chaos at bay.
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Keep track of all your family's favorite meals. All your recipes can finally live in one place, plus you'll have a list to browse when you can't figure out what's for dinner.
Need a Reset?
Our 14 Days to a Clean House bootcamp takes you through your entire house in two weeks, with step by step instructions.
More importantly, once your house is clean, it gives you the secret of how to keep it that way.
Fix the MessArticles on Household Management
Top Tips For Selling Your Home
If you are looking to sell your home we have put together some top tips for you to try in order to succeed.
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Crucial Steps For When You Find A Burst Pipe
If you have a burst pipe in your home, then you need to make sure you take care of it as quickly as possible.
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Reasons You Should Hire Cleaning Services as a Mom
Moms know how difficult it is to keep up with the housework.
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Some Psychological Benefits of a Big Spring Cleaning Mission
Have you noticed that spring cleaning, tidying up, decluttering, and general-purpose home maintenance have become pretty popular in recent years? Here's why....
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What You Need to Know About Estate Planning for Young Families
Thinking about mortality is never easy, especially when we are young, full of energy, and enjoy parenting. However, planning for death or incapacity is essential for all families with minors.
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5 Budget-Friendly Ways to Revamp Your Home
Always dreamed of revamping your home but didn’t bother because you assumed it would be too expensive? Here are some budget-friendly ways to restyle your home
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A Solid Impression: Displaying Your Home to Buyers the Right Way
Creating a better home environment doesn't just make the place better for you, but when it comes to selling up, it can create that all-important vibe that may very well sell your home in record time.
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Ways to Improve Your Living Room's Entertainment Setup
There are so many big and small upgrades you can make that’ll help you to take your living room setup to an entirely new level.
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The Most Effective Pest Prevention Methods for Your Home
Here are some of the most effective pest control methods for your home.
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Selling Your Home? These Top Factors Could Affect Your Property’s Value
If you want to make sure that you get the most value for your home, then you’ll want to make sure that it goes as smoothly as possible.
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What To Do If You Have To Go To Court
There are many reasons you might need to go to court, but a few essential things you need to know to get through it without a scratch.
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Quirky But Efficient Ways For A Home To Become Energy Efficient
It's not just to save money, but to help the world become a greener place, one room, one home at a time.
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4 Summer Tips To Create a Better Home Environment
Summer is here and, after so many months spent indoors, we are all ready to make the most of the good weather and sunny days outdoors.
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Six Elements Of An Inviting Outdoor Space
No one wants to sit outside if they have to stare at overgrown weeds, cracked concrete floors, or mismatched chairs that are anything but comfortable.
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5 Recipes Both Moms And Kids Can Agree Are Delicious
Finding food that all the family can enjoy is sometimes a challenge. It’s one of life’s daily chores and something that all families can struggle to achieve.
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Discover The Best Ways To Save A Fortune Each Year
Here are some key ways to boost your savings.
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5 Upgrades to Make to Your Home's Exterior this Summer
Now that the warmer weather is here it’s the perfect time of year for a home improvement project.
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Should You Add a Carport To Your House?
There are many benefits to adding a carport to your property, including having a place to keep your vehicle dry and protected, as well as adding storage space, something that so many of us homeowners need.
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How To React When Your Dog Starts Freaking Out
This is a very, very frequent occurrence in our house. Our dogs are insane.
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Hate Cottage Cheese? Try These Recipes And You'll Change Your Mind
If you aren’t a fan of cottage cheese, try some of these ideas and you might just change your mind.
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Protecting Your Home From All Possible Threats
Too many people don’t know what kind of things they need to do in order to keep their home safe from the threats that could cause them lots of problems.
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How to Save Money When Shopping Online
Everything happens online now, but it can get pricey to be able to hit the shops without leaving your PJs. Here are some tricks to save you money.
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Create A Roof Management Plan Now To Save Money In The Future
If you have a roof management plan in place, you can avoid any big problems and save yourself a lot of money in the future.
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3 Problems That Ruin The Welcoming Atmosphere In Your Kitchen
If you are unhappy with your kitchen and it doesn’t feel welcoming, it could be down to these common issues.
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Home DIY To Boost The Value Of Your House
If you like to get creative and can be quite handy with home renovations, then here are some of the most effective ways to DIY your home to increase its value.
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Do You Really Need Movers To Help You Move?
Yes, I would love to have someone carry my stuff, but they are so expensive. What's the deal?
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10 Ways to Make Your House Less Cluttered
Parenting can feel like swimming through a pool of legos, orphaned dirty socks, and discarded craft supplies. Here's to a house that looks like grownups live there.
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10 Super Mom Strategies That Will Buy You More Time In Your Day
Feel like you would benefit from an extra hour or seven? These strategies will help you get more done in less time.
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Phone Safety Protocols for Moms
There are a growing number of scams, especially with the increase in how much of our data is shared online. Here's how to stay safe.
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Keeping Your Home Clean With A Toddler In The House
Wondering how to keep your home clean with a toddler? Here are some tips and tricks to maintain a happy home and baby!
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How to Create a More Open Feeling House
Even if you're just reorganizing, here are some important rules that you should try to stick to when you're trying to create a more open-feeling house.
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How to Make Your House Feel Cosy
Having a few zones in your house that actually relax you, even if you only get to spend 10 or 15 minutes of time there a day, will make you feel so much better just to know that they're there.
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How to Spend Less Money on Your Car
Car guzzling up too much of your budget? Here's how to keep your auto expenses to a minimum.
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Indoor Plants for Dummies
For those of us who have “plant murderer” on the top of our resume, it can be nerve-wracking to bring yet another living thing into what is most likely an already-full household.
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Make Your Home Feel Bigger
Whether you recently downsized, your family recently expanded, or you’ve just started accumulating more stuff, sometimes houses can start to feel a bit cramped. Here's how to get your house feeling roomy and spacious again, without too large of a bill.
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How to Maintain Your House (to Save Money)
A lot of repairs can be avoided if you carry out routine maintenance on the house and prevent issues before they happen. Follow this home maintenance checklist to avoid any big problems.
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How to Keep Your House from Feeling Dated
All houses do start feeling dated after a while. Here are the best tips I’ve run across to keep your house from starting to feel old.
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Cheap Alternatives to Make Your House Feel More Spacious
If you’re low on funds (or simply hate sawdust), try these cheap alternatives to expensive renovations.
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5 Easy Steps to Keep Your House Perpetually Ready for Company
It is possible to have kids without living in what looks like a perpetual war zone. Here are a few simple steps you can take to make sure your house is company-ready every day.
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7 Ways To Prepare Your Home for Cold Weather
Cold weather isn't just a pain in the neck for you, it's also a huge danger for your house. Here's how to make sure winter doesn't take your house by surprise.
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3 Simple Steps Towards Zen Simplicity
Technology is a miraculous thing, but it has made our lives immensely more complicated. Here are some ways to simplify your life and bring more peace to your house.
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3 Steps to a Clutter-Free Home
Reclaiming your house amidst all the clutter can seem daunting, but by taking things step by step you can take control of the situation and avoid being swamped in stuff.
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Why Are We Going Over Budget...Again?
Contents: 3 top mistakes that prevent you from hitting your budget, including my actual savings account plan for our family budgeting.
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Top 10 Financial Habits for Moms
As the mom of the family, the “financial head honcho” often falls to us. Develop these 10 habits and you'll be in a great position to set your family up for financial security.
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How to Save Money as a Family
If you want to figure out how your family can save money and create a more positive financial situation, then read on to discover my top tips to help you get started saving money as a family.
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How to Weatherproof Your House (Part II)
As bad as inclement weather is on your mood, bad weather is even harder on your home.This one is all about how to keep your house snuggly warm and dry as this thing called “weather” begins to rear its ugly head.
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How to Make Your House Smart(er)
A smart home is one that utilizes “smart” technology which saves you work on a daily basis.
Here are my top tips for smart-ing up your house without breaking the bank.
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3 Easy Ways to Futurize Your Home
There's a lot of talk about modernizing, minimalism, and cleaning...here's how to bring your home into the future. Flying cars and hoverboards sold separately, of course.
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3 Home Maintenance Issues That'll Bite You Next Time There's Inclement Weather
Home maintenance may not be fun, but it can make life so much easier in the long run, even if it doesn’t feel like it at the time.
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A Mid-Summer Guide to Planning for Winter
Although the last thing we want to contemplate is all of the problems that come with winter, it is important to think ahead of time a little bit because there are many winter fixes that are much cheaper in the summer months.
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Easy Ways to Deep Clean Your Home
There are times when we think we have it all in hand, then life hits us, and the chores can mount up. Before we know it, the house is a mess (again). It can be pretty overwhelming to get on top of it...and stay there.
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3 Reasons a Home Extension Might Actually Be a Smart Move
Most people shudder at the thought of the construction, cost, and hassle that comes with building a home extension. However, there are instances in which it's actually a smart and fiscally sound idea to do so.
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10 Cheap and Easy Home Exterior Updates
This list gives you my top 10 ways to upgrade or update your houses outside areas without breaking the bank. Most of these are incredibly inexpensive and can be done by hand.
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Your Guide to Relocating Your Family Without Stress
Here are some helpful hints to make your change of location run a lot more smoothly, and to help ease the stress involved.
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7 Home Repairs that Get More Expensive to Fix Over Time
It's usually a good idea to budget before you do home improvements, but these guys will only get more expensive the longer you leave them.
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9 Cheap and Easy Upgrades that Will Make a Huge Difference in Your House
These cheap and easy tips on sprucing up your house so you can get rid of that feeling your house is starting to get run down without breaking your budget or devoting days to the project.
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5 Dirty Financial Secrets of Homeownership
Here's the guide to the top five expenses that you don't expect when you buy a house.
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How to Keep Your House Cool (without Breaking the Bank)
There are actually lots of little ways you can keep your house in manageable temperature, even in the high heat of summer, without taking out a second mortgage for your air conditioning bills.
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How to Create a Top-Down (aka Failproof) Budget
This post will take you through and almost fail-proof budget creation strategy that will help you prioritize your expenses to make sure what's coming in is actually paying the important stuff first.
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12 Ways To Manage Your Finances After Buying A House
After buying a house, your financial responsibilities change. Get a handle on your money with these 12 ways to manage your finances after buying a house.
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10 Tips for Stress-Free Home Renovations
Here are ten things that you can do to make the renovation process a little more bearable.
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4 Ways to Give Your Home That Luxury Hotel Feel
Want that "I just want to roll around on the pretty bed" feeling without the price tag? It's actually not that hard (or expensive).
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How to Remove Mold from Outdoor Furniture
It can be quite easy for mold or mildew to appear on your outdoor furniture, but it's actually quite easy to get rid of if you have the right tools (and know how).
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3 Easy and Cheap Methods to Make Your House Feel Like New
Even in a mostly clean and largely well-organized room, I am going to get sick of my own house after a few months. Here are three easy, quick, and relatively inexpensive methods for transforming a room or area of your house to look like new.
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5 Easy-to-Teach Rules for Kids to Help You Keep Things Clean
Keeping the house clean can be very difficult. If you have kids, it can feel downright impossible. Fortunately, just by teaching your kids a few simple rules you can actually cut down on a huge amount of the clutter that is created on a daily basis.
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5 Easy Steps to a Clean Garage
For those of you out there who are dreading what could exist in the back of your decoration infested garage cabinets, here's how to change your garage from a clutter-filled nightmare to almost a real room in your house.
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3 Questions to Ask Before Buying a New Appliance
How do you prevent the build-up of things you don’t really need, without missing out on the “next big thing”? Try asking yourself these three questions before you buy a new appliance.
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Break Glass In Case of Messy House (5 Ways to Get a Dirty House Clean Fast)
These five tips are ways to get your house out of pigsty status as fast as possible. If you need help how to give your house that emergency jolt to get it from messy to livable, look no further.
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How to Keep the Family Car Clean and Crumb-Free
When you have kids, it's a constant struggle to keep your car from looking like it just took a bath in granola and cracker crumbs. Here's how to keep your car from looking like a french fry graveyard, without getting rid of your kids.
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4 Ways to Spruce Up Your Home on a Budget
If you take the right steps and know where to look, you can make a major difference in your home even on a really tight budget.
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6 Reasons Your House Feels Dingy (and How to Fix It)
Sometimes houses can start feeling a bit...yuck. Here are the top 6 reasons your house doesn't feel as clean, spacious, and beautiful as when you first bought it and how to fix it.
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How to Organize Your Home Like a Model Home
We've all gone househunting and wanted to move into a well-staged home. Here's how to recreate the magic in your own house...minus all the realtors.
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How to Have Kids and a Beautiful Yard (at the Same Time)
It's very hard to have nice things when there are tiny humans running amok and strewing their toys everywhere. Here's how to have a yard that's both fun for your kids to play in and respectable in front of the neighbors.
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9 Strategies to Brighten Your Home
No one likes a dark, dingy, or enclosed space. Here are 9 easy to implement strategies to make your home feel bright, spacious, and airy.
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Home Improvements That Will Add Value To Your House
If you have the renovation bug, here's a guide to renovations which will end up paying for themselves when it comes time to sell your house (eventually).
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The Ultimate Guide to a Clean Kitchen
Your kitchen is the hub of family activity. Here's literally everything you need to keep it spotless.
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Household Management for Dummies (or Nervous Moms)
Being an adult, keeping a household running, and all the lovely tasks that come with it are not something they teach in school. Here's what they should be teaching us in senior year instead of advanced calculus.
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How to Maintain Your Home (for Less Money)
You think you're done with the hard part after you buy a house, but taking care of it is equally difficult. Here's how to maintain your house without breaking the bank.
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A Mom's Guide to Weatherproofing Your House
When you're a mom, a storm is so much more than just a reason to drive slower. Here's the ultimate guide to keeping your house, kids, pets, spouse, and everything else clean(ish) and safe when inclement weather hits.
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5 Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Bought Our House
Buying a house can be an emotional, stressful process. Here's a list of things I wish we had known going into the negotiation process so you can learn from our experiences.
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3 Simple Ways to Make Your Small Space Look Chic and Organized
Not all of us can live in mansions. The rest of us need to design and organize our rooms carefully to maximize the space we have and make rooms feel bigger.
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How to Keep You and Your Family Safe
The "mama bear" instinct is incredibly powerful. Here's how to take measures to keep your home, kids, and identity safe.
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25 Survival Strategies to Stay Sane as a Mom
If you're at the end of your rope, here are 25 ways to keep yourself sane in this crazy job we call "mom".
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How to Keep a Clean House Long Term (3 Easy Tricks)
It's hard to get your house clean for a special event (guests coming over, the queen coming to visit, etc.). Especially with kids, it's dang near impossible to keep your house clean on a long term basis. Here's how to do it.
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The Broken Windows Theory (and What It Means for Your House)
What does criminology have to do with your kitchen counter? It turns out a heck of a lot! Here's how the Broken Windows Theory (borne from 1980s policing strategies) can help you keep your house clean!
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How to Plan and Time Thanksgiving Dinner
For those of us about to do battle with Thanksgiving, you might have noticed that the "how to cook" thing isn't nearly as hard as the "how to get all the dang food to come out of the oven at the right time" part. Here's how to make sure nothing gets cold.
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3 Proven Ways I've Actually Made Money Online (for Free)
There are more 'make money online' adds on the internet than there are toddler tantrums in Target. (Read: a whole effing lot.) These are the only ones that have ever actually yielded real, cold, hard cash.
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Running List of the Best Household Products in Existence
This should really be called "household products without which my house would have long since fallen into a smoldering wreck of dog drool, dust bunnies, and stale bags of Dorito shrapnel".
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The 6 Best Personal Finance Apps
There are so many different personal finance apps to choose from. Here's a list of the best ways to keep track of your household finances and their pros and cons.
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One Simple Trick to Hit Your Budget Every Month
This one change instantly made us hit our budget every month without changing our spending habits.
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The Secret to Keeping Your House Clean (All the Time)
I can't tell you how much easier my life would have been if I'd discovered this trick years earlier. That being said, I can largely credit this one, silly-sounding rule for being the reason my house doesn't look like a tornado just hit.
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How to Help Kids Remember Their Schedules
Getting your army of small humans out the door and on time is an age-old struggle. Here's an in-depth tutorial on how to help kids remember their schedules.
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