Today is my kids’ first day of school since Hurricane – they have missed a full week of school. Things aren’t quite normal yet, because some of the homes – and one of the schools – don’t have power yet. My daughters’ school is open, but our school district’s middle school students will be going to school at the high school today, since the middle school is still without power. My area of New Jersey didn’t get hit anywhere near as badly as the New Jersey shore did, but there are a lot of downed trees and utility poles, and of course, some of my community is still without heat and Continue reading...
Organizing the Garage
Yesterday, with Hurricane Sandy approaching New Jersey, my husband and I managed to clean out the garage enough so we were actually able to park both of our cars in our two-car garage. Getting the cars in our garage is a major accomplishment, since this is the first time we’ve parked both cars in the garage since we moved in more than nine years ago. In the garage is so much stuff – boxes of stuff for storage, bikes, ladders, a lawn mower and plenty of recreational items like beach umbrellas, folding chairs and athletic equipment. We were able to make space in the garage by stuffing lots Continue reading...
Mom Home Guide Places in Top Blog Contest
Thanks for all your votes! Thanks to you, Mom Home Guide has placed in the Circle of Moms’ Top 25 Home Management Moms blog contest! Mom Home Guide finished at No. 21. The contest honors mom bloggers who blog about running a family household -- moms who blog about stuff like organizing, planning meals and keeping a house clean and neat. Look for Mom Home Guide’s mention on Circle of Moms’ special feature on the contest, which will run in November. You can find Mom Home Guide’s profile – which includes some of our top posts and how I as a mom try to keep my home clean and organized (a Continue reading...
Time to “Boo” the Neighbors!
It’s that time of year again – it’s time to “boo” the neighbors! We started a little Halloween tradition last year in our neighborhood where kids and families take turns “booing” each other, secretly leaving fun little packages of treats, toys and goodies by a neighbor’s door. We are new to the tradition, but the Halloween tradition is popular in many neighborhoods across the country. Booing the neighbors is sort of like “Secret Santa,” where the gift recipient is left to guess who the gift giver is – but this fun activity is a fall tradition instead of a Christmas one. Our Own Continue reading...
Organization Spree: The Kitchen
I've been on an organizing kick lately. This year, I've blogged frequently about how I'd like to create a fun, but clean basement playroom for my kids. (Check out my posts on my plans for fixing up our unfinished basement on the cheap). My kids currently have a play space in our unfinished basement, but the toys are stored in open storage, which makes the basement playroom space look messy. Plus, since the basement is unfinished, the only color in the space (besides the toys) is the drab gray of the basement floors and walls. I like what the folks at mom blog, My Blessed Home, did for Continue reading...
Vote for Mom Home Guide!
It's been eight months since I started MomHomeGuide.com in February. It's been a fun eight months! Since then, I've been blogging about everything I do to make my house a home for our family: I've shared some of my favorite recipes, my various DIY projects, what I do to organize our home, and the fun activities I do with my kids. I have been learning a lot along the way, and have been working hard to make MomHomeGuide.com the best it can be. I've just entered the blog into Circle of Moms' Top 25 Home Management Moms contest. The contest will highlight the top home management mom Continue reading...
Freezer and Pantry Meals
One night last week after getting home late from an evening full of my kids' after-school activities, we found that I didn't really have anything to prepare for our family's dinner in the fridge. My kids didn't want to go to the grocery store, so instead of getting calorie-laden (and expensive) take-out food, I decided to prepare our family's meals from what I could find in our pantry. My husband and I had frozen French bread pizzas, and my daughters had boxed mac 'n cheese, one of their all-time favorite meals. To get a little green element in there, I opened up a can of peas. Our Continue reading...
Updated Entry Hall
I should be working on a freelance story I have this week, but the mess in my home’s itsy-bitsy entry hall has just been irking me! My home is almost entirely filled with carpeting. (I would LOVE wood floors, but I know I will never have those, unless I won a home makeover contest or something.) Wood floors are just so beautiful and are much easier to clean! I hate vacuuming and tend to destroy my vacuum cleaners! So in my house, we take our shoes off before coming into the house to keep the carpets clean. I wasn’t used to it at first, but now I like taking my shoes off when entering a Continue reading...
Keeping the Stove Clean
If there’s one thing that drives me crazy about my kitchen, it is how there are spaces between the stove and the countertop. The spaces are just big enough to allow particles of food and spices to slip between the cracks, making it difficult to keep the kitchen clean. I cringe to think about what’s probably accumulated between the stove and my home’s kitchen cabinets! (I am afraid I’ll rip the laminate flooring in my kitchen or cause worse damage if I try to move the stove to clean behind it.) I’ve thought about caulking the space, and have kept a large cutting board over one of the Continue reading...
Welcome, Autumn! (20 Things I Love About Fall)
Now that the weather is getting cooler, I am excited about fall and the fun activities that my family and I can share together the next few months. So to get in the spirit of the season, I decided to share the 20 things that I love most about the fall: 1. Fall walks in the woods and the sight and smell of autumn leaves 2. Watching my kids make huge piles of leaves in the yard to jump in 3. Brewing cups of mulled apple cider for my kids 4. Snuggling under warm comforters on cool autumn nights 5. Fall movie nights with the family and big bowls of buttery Continue reading...
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