How do you know if you have too much stuff? That’s our topic today in part three of our From Clutter to Clarity series. Watch the video below for five signs you might have too much stuff: 1. If picking up after your family is a part-time job With less stuff, cleaning takes so much less time! I mentioned in… View Post
So you decided to get organized. You go to the container store, or Target, or even The Dollar Tree and buy cute jars, bins, boxes, and baskets. You get home and start putting stuff in them. Soon, you’re struggling to figure out what should go in which container, some things don’t fit in the containers, and there are a lot… View Post
Scribbles From Emily is now The Minimal-ish Mama! Surprise! Oh gosh, where do I start?! It all started on a beach in North Carolina. I’d just begun a summer-long mission trip with CRU (then Campus Crusade for Christ), and I’d been telling my mentor about all the people who’d so generously donated for me to go. “You should start a… View Post
Imagine if each thing in your home that isn’t where it’s supposed to be made an actual sound – like a radio playing static, or a different musical tone. Individually, they’re not that loud. But collectively, it’s a cacophony of background noise. You can still talk over it and have a conversation. But that level of noise would make it… View Post
Still have Christmas stuff hangin’ around? We feel you! The boys and I have some cleaning and decluttering motivation and inspiration for you today as we get our life together and take down the Christmas decor and do some deep cleaning! We’re on the counters, we’re in the fridge, we’re in the dryer… at least, Bennett is, LOL. Is Edison… View Post
