Our Filing Cabinet Downsize, Upgrade, and Makeover
Over the past few years, I’ve been on a mission to “go paperless”. However, since I realize it’s probably impossible to “go paperless” 100%, my more do-able goal is just to use and store less paper on...
View ArticleTRIO Binder Giveaway
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to: Jane (Kidsrfun84@…) Janis (janismclaughlin@…) Emily (miggy33837@…) Jessica (mrsmiller2007@…) Annie (sylamore.vista@…) Last year, I featured a REALLY...
View ArticleHow We Pared Down Our Paper Clutter
Last month, I shared our new filing cabinet makeover — as well as how I pared down our paper piles from 4 large filing drawers down to 2 much smaller filing drawers (with room to spare!) It felt SOOO...
View ArticleMy Favorite (and very few) Cookbooks
When I was first married, I received a massive amount (like boxes and boxes) of really nice cookbooks from an older friend who absolutely LOVED to cook and wanted to pass on some of her collection to...
View ArticleOur 2013 Digital Photo Albums + Q&A
They’re here! Our 2013 photo albums are “hot off the press” as of last week — and Nora and I have looked at them at least twice (in their entirety) every single day since then! Like always, I’m SUPER...
View ArticleBanish Paper Clutter with the ScanSnap {Plus a Giveaway!}
I am SOOOOOO excited about today’s giveaway because I get SOOOOOO many questions about paper clutter — especially now that school has started and you parents are all getting 37 papers from every child...
View ArticleHow I Organize My e-Statements, Receipts, and Bills
Several years ago, I shared how I organize my holiday receipts. Back then, I didn’t do ANY online shopping, so all my receipts were paper copies. I’ve also shared many photos and posts about how I...
View ArticleGiveaway: Personal Planner!
I know we still have a full month before we flip our calendars over to the New Year — but since I like to get a jump start on things, I ALWAYS have my new planner ready to go several weeks (maybe even...
View ArticleHow Flickr Helps Me Organize My Photos
This time of year, I often find myself in “photo organization mode” because I order my previous year’s photo books in January — which means they usually arrive in early February. We (Nora and I...
View ArticleHow I Store, Organize, and Track our Gift Cards
Due to Dave being a teacher and a coach (and our well-known love of gift cards) we usually have an ample supply of gift cards to various restaurants, shopping centers, gas stations, bookstores, movie...
View ArticleMy Quick Tip to Clear Kitchen Counter Clutter
In general, I like to keep my flat surfaces relatively decluttered at all times… especially the kitchen counters, and especially this time of year when I’m doing lots of holiday cooking, baking, and...
View ArticleGet Your Papers Organized Once and For All
All year long, I get emails and questions about various types of paper clutter — however, this time of year, I am almost scared to check my email because of all the paper clutter questions I get...
View ArticleHow I Use Templates To Simplify My Digital Photo Books
While I truly am not a paper craft person and have far too little patients for bits and pieces, paper scraps, glitter, sequins, etc. I have really come to embrace and enjoy the “paper craft” of making...
View ArticlePreserving Your Memories Just Got SO Much Easier!
I’ve never been an overly-sentimental person and I’ve always hated paper clutter (including photo and memorabilia clutter) so it’s probably not a huge surprise that I have digitally preserved all of...
View ArticleHow We Organize ALL Our Paper Clutter
Over the years, I’ve written dozens of posts about paper organization… and while I can ALWAYS come up with more tips, tricks, and ideas to simplify and organize those dreaded paper piles, I thought I...
View ArticleMy Quickest ‘Quick-Tip’ to DeClutter Your Inbox
Although I rarely do massive amounts of deep cleaning at any point in the year (I try to spread it out so I’m not overwhelmed), I do find that almost every April, I get fed up with ALL paper clutter...
View ArticleWedding Anniversaries… and More Memories Preserved
Summer is the season for weddings… and for anniversaries (at least in our families.) Dave and I celebrated 10 years in June, my parents celebrated 35 years in July, and Dave’s parents will celebrate...
View ArticleMy Monthly Photo Checklist
I’ve written at length about how I organize our photos, how I create our digital photo albums, how I edit our photos, and how I back up our digital photos to Flickr and to our portable hard drive....
View Article10 Ideas to USE UP Kid’s Artwork
The number of questions I get about kids artwork is truly insane — apparently every parent and grandparent everywhere is looking for a way to reduce the amount of paper from their children and...
View ArticleWhy Every Household Needs An Important Information Binder
When we had Nora at the end of 2011, Dave and I already had good life insurance policies to cover the financial “what ifs”, and we were in the process of setting up our Dekker Family Living Trust to...
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