You can fit more in there than you think. I know it might be rare for someone in my stage of life who cooks and feeds lots of people, but even though I have 3 freezers (the main one in the kitchen, and both a full freezer and chest freezer in a storage room), I…
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How to Keep a Pocketbook Organized 100% of the Time
6 ways to ensure you’ll always know exactly where to find all your purse essentials. While the following tips will give you the tools to have an organized pocketbook, there’s no magic to keeping it organized: a pocketbook needs maintenance. That doesn’t mean you need to set aside 10 minutes at the end of the…
Working Moms Alert: How to Get It All Done and Not be Overwhelmed
6 Tips to Help You Focus and Successfully Manage Kids, Work, and Home I remember the days, when I had less than half as many kids, and less than half as many work projects…and I thought I was sooo busy. Life doesn’t usually get simpler as time goes on. I likely felt more overwhelmed back…
How to Finally Organize All Those Books
The system that worked for my family’s ever-growing collection. We own a lot of books. A LOT of books. And the collection just keeps growing. Every member of this family spends hours per week lost in the written word. We started a little tradition of taking the kids to the local Judaica store on every…
How to Be Madly Organized This Yom Tov Season – FREE google sheets menu template
Stay cool under pressure. A customizable spreadsheet can help make prepping for Yom Tov easy. Free download! Excel (or Google Spreadsheets, to be more accurate) is the tool that makes my life work. I use a spreadsheet to make preparing for Yom Tov or any simcha completely manageable and not overwhelming. We’ve provided my spreadsheet…
Genius Products That Will Make Your Closets Neater and Cleaner!
Inexpensive closet hacks It’s easy to have your closets organized when they are custom designed like this: Now that’s a closet! But if you are like most people, whose closets consist of simple shelves and drawers, here are a few little things that you can add that make a big difference. Cupboard Shelves such as…
How to Stock Your Guest Room and Be the Best Host
All the things your guests would want but may be too shy to ask for. Nothing teaches you more about being a good host and how to stock your guest room than being a guest yourself. One Shabbos last winter, my family stayed in a beautiful basement that belonged to complete strangers. We had been…
5 Things I Always Have in My Freezer
Because life’s just smoother when dinner is as easy as preheating an oven. The saddest sight, for me, is an empty freezer. I rely on my freezer. It’s always there, bailing me out when I need it most. True, there’s the constant restocking to think of, but that becomes sort of a habit. Here are…
