Almost Frugal » Frugal Organization http://almostfrugal.com Learning about frugality Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:54:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Streamlinedhttp://almostfrugal.com/2011/02/06/streamlined/ http://almostfrugal.com/2011/02/06/streamlined/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:26:11 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5605 I’m trying to become more…streamlined this year. Not necessarily more organized, because I’m already fairly organized, but less distracted and needing to do 20 things at once. Part of the reason for needing to multi-multi-multi-task stems from the fact that I tend to overbook myself and my family- with activities, chores, fun & games or [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2011/02/06/streamlined/feed/ 7 The Horrors of Movinghttp://almostfrugal.com/2009/10/05/the-horrors-of-moving/ http://almostfrugal.com/2009/10/05/the-horrors-of-moving/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:43:55 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=3698 We started moving a few weeks ago, but this weekend was when it really started. We moved all the cupboards and bookcases, so there’s nothing but heaps of clothes, boxes, books and Stuff. Everywhere. It’s an organized person’s worst nightmare. Posting is going to be a little light around here for the next week or [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2009/10/05/the-horrors-of-moving/feed/ 9 Stuff, Stuff and More Stuffhttp://almostfrugal.com/2009/09/06/stuff-stuff-and-more-stuff/ http://almostfrugal.com/2009/09/06/stuff-stuff-and-more-stuff/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:12:43 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=3646 Supposedly, one of the benefits to being frugal means that you use your stuff wisely and well. You don’t go out and buy excessive stuff when you don’t need it, you’re able to resist going shopping as a hobby, you even manage to say no when something’s not in your budget. And once you own [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2009/09/06/stuff-stuff-and-more-stuff/feed/ 7 Frugal Gifts for Friendshttp://almostfrugal.com/2009/08/12/frgal-gifts-for-friends/ http://almostfrugal.com/2009/08/12/frgal-gifts-for-friends/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:38:12 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=3553 I was browsing some friends’ blogs this morning as I drank my coffee, and came across a list of perfect gifts for girlfriends. Imene is a fellow expat, although she has gone in the other direction- from France, to the US. In her post, she gives her ‘go-to’ list of gifts to give friends… gifts [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2009/04/27/reader-travel-tips/feed/ 2 Making Room For Storagehttp://almostfrugal.com/2009/02/27/frugal-organization-small-house/ http://almostfrugal.com/2009/02/27/frugal-organization-small-house/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:43:20 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=2606 Living in a small house has its advantages, to be sure. Lower heating bills, less time spent on cleaning, lower rent or mortgage payments. But (and there’s always a but) the major downside to living in a small house is that there’s so little room for stuff. That’s a big problem, of course, but not [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2009/02/27/frugal-organization-small-house/feed/ 11 How to Schedule Time and Obligationshttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/08/06/how-to-schedule-time-and-obligations/ http://almostfrugal.com/2008/08/06/how-to-schedule-time-and-obligations/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:00:40 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=700 So what with all this talk of volunteering (willingly and less so) and time obligations and being spread too thin, I thought I would share how I keep track of it all, and frugally to boot. I have three places where I record information, although two of them are really just duplicates of each other. [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2008/08/06/how-to-schedule-time-and-obligations/feed/ 10 Volunteer. It’s Frugal!http://almostfrugal.com/2008/08/04/volunteer-its-frugal/ http://almostfrugal.com/2008/08/04/volunteer-its-frugal/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:00:50 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=693 If time is money, why waste it on doing something for free? For a multitude of reasons, not all as altruistic as you might think. I’ve volunteered for a variety of different causes at different times in my life. When I lived in the United States I wasn’t personally affected by the causes for which [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2008/08/04/volunteer-its-frugal/feed/ 4 Turn Down Time Into Up Timehttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/06/18/turn-down-time-into-up-time/ http://almostfrugal.com/2008/06/18/turn-down-time-into-up-time/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/2008/06/18/turn-down-time-into-up-time/ How many hurry-up-and-wait moments do you have in your day? I know that I have quite a few of those times where I have nothing to do but stay where I am and wait for the next thing to happen. For me, the biggest chunk of potentially wasted time is school pick-up, which happens twice [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2008/06/18/turn-down-time-into-up-time/feed/ 3 Review: Confessions of An Organized Homemakerhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/06/09/review-confessions-of-an-organized-homemaker/ http://almostfrugal.com/2008/06/09/review-confessions-of-an-organized-homemaker/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/2008/06/09/review-confessions-of-an-organized-homemaker/ My best friend, who would be the first to admit she is what we could kindly call organizationally challenged, gave me a copy of the book Confessions of An Organized Homemaker by Deniece Schofield. I had leafed through her copy on one of my visits to her house, and (after a bout of organizing) she [...]

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