Managing Common Household Clutter
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Joe of JoeTaxpayer. In Sherri’s three part series on eliminating clutter, she discussed how to attack it and get it under control. Today, I’d like to add my own thoughts that may help you avoid clutter issues in a few areas in your home. I refer to [...]
Guest Post At Organize IT
James at Organize IT has been kind enough to feature a guest post of mine: How to perform a successful root cause analysis. If you are looking for a way to find real solutions to real problems then head on over and have a look. There’s a lot more to problem solving than simply addressing [...]
Create A Great Outdoor Space
In our neck of the woods we spend nearly six months under a blanket of snow and only about three months under the warm rays of the summer sun. By the time June rolls around we’re pretty eager to get outside and stay outside until September! There is no place quite like the old backyard [...]
Creating A Budget That Works
A while back I wrote 8 tips for effective budgeting. In that article I pointed out that it took nearly 10 years for us to come up with a method that works really well for us. One of the biggest hurdles for setting a budget is finding a system that works for you. There is [...]
Best Of Serene Journey: May 2009
One of the highlights for us this month was having a guest post featured at Simple Mom. It was all about family traditions; why they’re important, what to do if you don’t have any in your family already, and some fun ideas to get you started. All the ideas listed in the article are things we [...]
Household Shortcuts And Handy Hints
Hate cleaning? Me, not so much. I quite like it really. I realize that lands me smack dab in the vast minority of people by making a statement like that, but it’s true. I find it relaxing and it’s very satisfying having a clean and tidy area once all is said and done. What I don’t [...]
On The Concept Of Friction
I’ve talked about the idea of friction in a few articles here already and I thought I should explain exactly what I mean in a bit more detail. The scientific definition of friction is as follows: Friction is the force resisting the relative lateral (tangential) motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, or material elements in contact. While [...]
8 Steps to Hosting a Party Everyone Enjoys – Including Yourself
Editors note: This is a guest post from Alex Fayle of Someday Syndrome. Recently Sherri posted an article on how to host a great barbecue and it reminded me about my favorite party-planning methods. As much as I love having people over, hosting a party used to overwhelm me so much I’d want everyone out of [...]
Best Of Serene Journey: April 2009
April has come to a close for this year and that means it’s time to roundup the best posts of Serene Journey over the past 30 days. Whether you’re looking for how to get up early each morning, what to do with a bowl full of lemon’s or how to clean your kitchen as you [...]
7 Tips For Cleaning Your Kitchen As You Go
Does this sound like you? You’ve just got dinner started and now it’s on to dessert. There’s about a square foot of counter space left to even begin and so it’s full steam ahead. Then you sit down to dinner and when done you think wow that was nice only to take the dishes to [...]
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