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How to Soften Brown Sugar

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Darn! The brown sugar is as hard as a rock again. The chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for brown sugar and you just know it won’t taste the same if you use white sugar instead. What do you do now? [ ... ]


The Ultimate Home Revival: EverythingMom’s Spring Cleaning Checklist

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Want to make a big impact on your family’s life? Organize a spring clean, tossing out the old dust (and out-grown baby clothes) and welcoming sunshine and light back into the corners winter hid cobw [ ... ]


EverythingMom's Spring Revival

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Ahhh - Spring! We are waking up with the sun, the lemonade stands are popping up along side the tulips and the kids are splashing in muck up to their eyeballs. We want to help you get a fresh start o [ ... ]


Creating a Backyard Oasis

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Creating an experience outside of your home that can offer you a form of escape from what you typically live with on the inside is essential to embracing summer. Other than the obvious fact that your  [ ... ]


Hacks: An Entertaining Kid's Bed and Storage Unit in One?

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A few things that most parents come to know within a short period of time: Ikea furniture is pretty generic, but extremely inexpensive; kids collect a lot of stuff within a short period of time; even  [ ... ]


How to Organize Laundry

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By: Vered DeLeeuw Organization of laundry is important if you want to avoid those daunting mountains of dirty clothes, or the just-as-daunting piles of clean clothes waiting to be folded and put away [ ... ]


Try Something Different

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Are you a parent who yells? I know that when I have personal meltdowns and end up yelling at my kids – I hate it. I hate myself in that moment. Never, ever do I want to be the kind of parent I see w [ ... ]


Healthy Up Your Pantry

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Having a well stocked pantry is the best way to create meals on the fly. If you have all your staples on hand, you can make masterpieces with the fresh veggies you bring home from the farmer's market. [ ... ]


Quick Storage Solutions for Everyday Things

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When I look at my own home, with two young children, a husband, and a busy mom running her own business, I know how quickly high traffic areas can get out of hand. The “stuff” we use everyday can  [ ... ]


Time Savers

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By: Vered DeLeeuw Despite being surrounded by huge time savers such as home appliances, computers and an endless assortment of gadgets, people today seem to be busier than ever, and this is especiall [ ... ]


3 Things Every Kitchen Should Have

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It's not always easy to take care of your family, work, and cook dinner for a house full of picky eaters every night. But there are ways to make a nutritious dinner with less time and effort from you. [ ... ]


Organizing Your Child's Play Space

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Everyone loves having their own space to hang out in, kids are no different. Having a play space enables kids to explore and have fun, whether that's by reading books or building towers, saving the pr [ ... ]


Gain Control Over Your Family Bulletin Board

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Establishing a message center system in your home will most definitely impact how your family communicates. Whether you have children or not, life is busy. Appointments, deadlines, family functions, a [ ... ]


How to Organize a Closet: 10 Useful Tips

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By: Vered DeLeeuw Most closets are fairly small. Which means closet organizing should be a big priority. A cluttered closet prevents access to clothes and makes choosing your outfits significantly mo [ ... ]


Whistle While We Work - Family Chore Time

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Chore time or family time? There’s only so many precious minutes in a weekend or evening, so do I spend them playing with the kids, or saving the kids from overflowing trashcans, crusty countertops, [ ... ]


Closet Organizing On The Cheap

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You've probably seen those expensive closet organizing systems that make your closet better organized than your kitchen. These are wonderful products if you are looking for top-of-the-line, but if you [ ... ]


Freezer Cooking: Tips on Freezing and Planning Frozen Meals

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One of the great things about freezer cooking is that you get to control the whole process. Here are a few ideas, tips, and suggestions to make it a little easier. Organizing Plan on under cooking [ ... ]


Mommy's Little Helper

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Mmmm... maybe not so much. “When the baby comes you’re going to be my big helper.” I would say to my 5 year old as she watched my belly bloom.  “You’re going to help me dress baby, wash ba [ ... ]


Out with the Old, In with the New – Recessionista Style

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It’s almost Spring and with that comes the annual Spring cleaning. Or as we call it in our house – the Spring clean out. But what we purge we must replace, and with the economy still in the dumps, [ ... ]


Edible Container Gardening for Newbies

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You may want to grow in containers for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you live in an apartment with only a small balcony or you have a huge yard with bad soil. It's a great starting place for new food  [ ... ]


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