Comments on: Review: Confessions of An Organized Homemaker

By: mom, again

mom, again — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:54:55 +0000

I’m thinking I need to re-read the chapter on Organizing Other People. I’ve managed to teach my girls many of these habits as part of their general training in how to live. But I’ve not made much of a dent in my husband’s habits. He’s not a slob, just rarely quite does the whole of any task. The difference between loading the dishwasher & cleaning the kitchen isn’t much. (At least if I’ve cooked, cleaning as I go.) But, all the unwiped, not sorted, items placed in random cabinets type things build up.

Now that I know it’s just him I’m constantly tidying up after, rather than being an accumulation of 4 working adults, I’m getting pretty peeved. (In other words, the girls must have been neater than I gave them credit for, cause they’ve moved out, but the relative speed of untidyness build up is much the same.)

By: Four Unlikely Books That Have Made Me More Frugal — Almost Frugal- a frugal blog

Four Unlikely Books That Have Made Me More Frugal — Almost Frugal- a frugal blog — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:02:37 +0000

[...] systems than I had previously thought. For more on Confessions of an Organized Homemaker, you can read my review [...]

By: How to Schedule Time and Obligations — Almost Frugal

How to Schedule Time and Obligations — Almost Frugal — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:28:39 +0000

[...] I have three places where I record information, although two of them are really just duplicates of each other. The two systems that mirror each other are both paper based. One is an agenda that I carry around with me, where I note appointments as I make them, obligations, birthdays and so on. The other is a monthly wall calendar, one of the monthly kind, which hangs just on the inside of the toilet door. (This is the perfect place to post information so that my husband can not say he did not know about something.) When I schedule something I make sure that the information makes it into both calendars. This system comes from my reading Confessions of an Organized Homemaker. [...]

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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:03:17 +0000

[...] I am an organizing junkie. (Proof can be seen here and here.) I love boxes and putting those boxes into smaller boxes and them stacking them on top of [...]

By: Almost Frugal Creating Organized Habits — almost frugal

Almost Frugal Creating Organized Habits — almost frugal — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:01 +0000

[...] of the things that came out of reading Confessions of an Organized Homemaker was my openness to changing certain habits. I realized that [...]

By: Ann - One Bag Nation

Ann - One Bag Nation — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:54:00 +0000

I read this book a few years ago. The best piece of advice for me was to have designated areas in the refrigerator for certain items. We now put the pb, jam/jelly, and almond butter in the same place; the milk, coffee and cream are always in the same place, and I have a shelf for whatever is defrosting for dinner.

I love knowing exactly where to find the stuff we use every day, instead of having to dig around for it!