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Are You Prepared? The Importance of an Emergency Grab List for Quick Evacuations

Preparing a list of essential items to grab, depending on whether you have 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour to evacuate, ensures you can a

Sep 8, 20243 min read

Prevent frantic calls from the pet or house sitter with a simple Continuity Binder

Pity the person entrusted with taking care of your home, pets or kids while you’re away on vacation, or rushing across country to a loved...

Mar 24, 20224 min read

Cooking lists will inspire, save money, lower stress

Cooking has always been something of an aspirational pursuit for me. I'll see some recipe in a cooking magazine - or just an Instagram...

Jul 23, 20214 min read

ICYMI: 'Must Read' articles for April, 2021

One of the benefits of having wide-ranging interests and well-curated social media is discovering little gems that will inform as well as...

Apr 26, 20213 min read

Don't let Spring Cleaning add to your stress levels

Do you still 'Spring Clean'? I don't, mainly because being organized in my approach to weekly cleaning seems to lessen the need for it....

Mar 30, 20216 min read

The power of Being Prepared: The Legal stuff.

Who gets to decide what happens to you, and your stuff, when you can’t make that decision anymore? Is it important to you to die at home?...

Feb 26, 20217 min read

The power of Being Prepared: Part One - Overview

Are you a world-class worrier? I am. Occasionally. We all are at times. Especially in the middle of the night. That's when worries really...

Feb 15, 20219 min read

Swing-top bottles are my space-saving, money-saving favorites

Once upon a time, I thought Swing-Top (aka flip top, or bail, brace or E-Z Cap closure) bottles were just for beer. Then, I started...

Jan 30, 20213 min read

Empty out those bags of frozen vegetables so you can see what you've got!

It's one of my pet peeves: Buying a new bag of frozen vegetables only to later discover a partially used one - with a sad little...

Jan 12, 20213 min read

Is 'scarcity mentality' eating up your time and resources?

It started with toilet paper. Then, the cleaning supplies ... and Clorox disappeared. Canned goods were next. The 'scarcity mentality'...

Dec 22, 20205 min read

Protect yourself and the grocery delivery person

Until the pandemic, I thought only very busy professionals - think Manhattan - had groceries delivered. Now, I find myself having...

Dec 15, 20202 min read

Pare your kitchen down to the right essentials

Years ago, I couldn't seem to get enough gadgets and gizmos. I had two different types of pressure cookers, a rice cooker, one of those...

Dec 8, 20206 min read

Keep those shirts and jackets off the closet floor.

My husband just can't button a shirt on the hanger. They slide off onto the floor. Same with the lighter weight jackets. Well, it's not...

Nov 30, 20203 min read

These 10 simple kitchen hacks will prevent dinner-time meltdowns.

We've all been there. The clock marches up to the dinner hour and you have that wide-eyed 'deer in the headlights' look. Uh. Oh. What are...

Nov 22, 20206 min read

Corral all those tea bags, Ma'am!

I'm a BIG tea drinker. And, I have a LOT of different kinds of tea. It's a lot to corral and keep track of. Shuffling around random tea...

Nov 14, 20201 min read

Kitchen Equipment: Measuring cups

I've got several measuring cups, beginning with the tried and true Pyrex models in three different sizes. They're durable, and like mine,...

Nov 8, 20201 min read

Kitchen Equipment: Funnels

I grab for a funnel several times a week. To pour the newest batch of home fermented Kombucha into the Grolsch bottles, ground flaxseed...

Nov 8, 20202 min read

Mason Jars Are Your Kitchen and Pantry Savior

File this under what I used to believe: that I needed specific kinds of containers for different pantry items. And, then specific...

Oct 30, 20202 min read

Buying The Wrong Things In Bulk Is No Bargain.

We've all done it. Spent an afternoon wandering the aisles of Costco or Sam's Club, and whoops! How'd we manage to buy all of that? But,...

Oct 28, 20203 min read

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