I still have piles of books and stuff everywhere to take to my bookstore, and holiday stuff everywhere to pack up. Brian and the boys pulled up the old carpet, so there is still floor stuff to get to. But today I managed to clean the bathrooms. and think about resuming my flylady routines. This [...]

What helped me to clear the clutter in our home was to reduce the amount of stuff we had. Then when cleaning each room could be quickly restored to order within minutes. Especially kids’ stuff like toys, papers, clothes (kids’ clothing breeds in the night, I swear). toys: yah they will cry if you do [...]

This drawer was a big mess! had to get it together, clean it out. This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!

I can’t remember where I got these from, will have to google search for references, but check this out: 1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident. 2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of [...]

We adore Seventh Generation! and though it was hard at first to adjust to the prices (I was used to buying the 89 cents dish detergent, LOL) I soon realized ways to absorb the cost, like using less detergent and having less dishes. So it evens out. We make a bottle last a month or [...]

More pics from our recent basement clean-up. Sadly, most of this stuff was truly trash; very little could be re-used because the water and mold damage was too great. We had to wear face masks and use the dreaded bleach to clean out the basement. We had to throw a great deal out. I learned [...]