You pulled out your vase to display those new flowers, and…sigh. Did you spend a lot of time that you didn’t have cleaning out your flower vases from all that dust that settles on the bottom when they’re not in use? (And often, some of that dust seems permanent…it’s difficult to get down there!). Did…
Organizing & Cleaning
How to Get Your Wood Floors to Look Brand New
Have your floors suffered from years of scratches and abuse? No worries. My wood floors have seen a lot. They’ve been trampled throughout the years by lots of children, wheels of baby strollers, and heels of dozens of guests joining us to celebrate a simcha. We don’t remove our shoes or treat it delicately…and yet,…
How to Get Your Kids to Clean the Playroom
If you’ve ever heard lots of groans…or, quite frankly, simply see kids disappear when you tell them it’s time to clean the playroom, then you may find this technique absolutely useful and clever. When we moved into our home 5 years ago, one of the things I was most excited about was our playroom. Out…
Help Me BCP! How Do I Keep My House Perfectly Clean? Here’s Our Day-by-Day Task List for Each Day of the Week
Where to start? (Or what we’d probably prefer an answer to…where does it end?) A cleaning schedule can make it easier to keep up and keep your home pristine. This post launches a new service of Between Carpools called, “Help Me BCP!” If you have a quandary and think we can help, email or message…
Do You Do Hand-Me-Downs? Make Giving and Receiving Work for You
What do you do with clothing when no one will be wearing it soon? And how do you organize the hand-me-downs that you receive? I love hand-me-downs. My youngest is the smallest girl on my side of the family, but not on my husband’s. That means we get to receive AND to pass along lots…
Organize The Photos That Are All Over Your Computer
Organize your photos on your computer so you’ll always know where to find them Have a teenager with some free time on her hands? Going away for Pesach but still want to get some “spring cleaning” done? It’s always a good time to tackle those pictures hiding out on your hard drive. As you can…
The Cleaning Products That Will Make Your Life Easier
Cleaning for Pesach is hard enough (especially for those of you who do want to do it perfectly and get rid of the dust too). You may as well use the products that make it easier! As simple as they are, intuitive cleaning products really do makes our lives easier (and homes cleaner and hence,…
How to Take Apart and Clean Almost Anything
Learn how to get into those spots where the most crumbs reside with easy how-to videos to clean almost anything. “Dust is not Chometz and Children aren’t the Korban Pesach”. Did you know that there are thousands of videos and instruction pages online that show you how to take apart appliances, clean ovens, reassemble those…
Are You a Procrastinator? Especially When It Comes to Cleaning for Pesach? We Know Why.
4 reasons you might procrastinate…and how you can get that motivation to get going. Pesach is definitely coming, and Pesach waits for no woman! It’s a fact on the calendar and it’s approaching faster than it’s possible to believe time can move. How can that be? It seems like just yesterday it was Tu B’Shvat….
The Life Changing Magic of Marie Kondo. Also, How I Finally Organized My Belongings, Once and For All
Do you like getting rid of stuff or do you like saving things? I thrive on throwing things out. Give me a trash bag and I will make stuff disappear. No, don’t worry, I won’t just throw away perfectly good items (those I will make sure to give to someone who needs/wants it). I am…
