Speed Cleaning

Speed Cleaning tips from Somewhat Simple

How to Curl Your Hair: Wavy Curls

I love this tutorial from Lilttle Miss Momma on how to curl your hair. Thank you Ashley! :)

Cleaning Your Washing Machine

A great tutorial for cleaning your washing machine from Ask Anna found via Somewhat Simple

Plan Ahead Meat Preparations

I think planning ahead and preparing any part of a meal to make things easier in the future is a marvelous idea. Here's some plan ahead tips from Clean Mama.



How to Avoid Taking Your Stress Out on Your Children

I like this article over at The Idea Room  about avoiding taking our stress out on our children -

it's by Heather Johnson over at Family Volley.

 

I know I take a lot of my stress out on my kids and they don't deserve it. She gives 11 suggestions to helping us manage our stress and putting our kids first.  This is just the simple list you will have to look up the article to get all the details, but I wanted to have it recorded somewhere for me to reference. :)

11 Suggestions to managing stress and putting our children first:

- Don't multi-task - Focus on your children
- See things from our children's perspective
- See our children as people
- Laugh
- Minimize
- Don't over schedule
- Establish routine
- Have realistic expectations
- Manage your time
- Plan ahead
- Play together as a family :)

Clean Mama

I just came across this site. Clean Mama. I'm always on the look out for good idea to clean and organize my home and life. Check out clean mama she's got some great tips. :)

Hanging Pictures Straight - Tip

A great tip to hanging pictures straight on the wall. (I always struggle with this) found the idea of TipJunkie.

"Lay the picture you are hanging face down. Take some masking tape or

painters tape (anything that is not very tacky so it won’t peel the paint off the wall) and

lay it over the hooks where the nails will go. Then use a pen to mark where the hooks are.
Next peel the tape off the picture frame and tape it on the wall at the height you want your picture to hang. Use a level to make sure it is straight."