Homemaking Organized Blog

So if it’s happened to me it’s happened to others. And maybe like me you have searched on the internet for a solution.

I’m talking about ultra sticky fingers from Craft Spray Glue.

Image via Wikipedia Spray glue.

I was working on a craft piece for my daughter’s English class later this week and I stupidly decided that the spray glue would be easier to work with. Well after almost sticking the paper to everything BUT the background it was supposed to be on (and I guess I have 15 seconds for permanent stick) I finally got things situated and went to wash my hands.

NOT!

The glue would not come off! And not only that but I was stucking to the towel as I was drying my hands.

My next to-do was a load of laundry too and can you imagine sticky fingers and nice fuzzy laundry?

Yes it was not good.

So I scoured the internet cringing as my fingers stuck to each key on the keyboard.

Finally!

Apparently cooking oil gets it off. Some say not but I was willing to try.

I use almond oil to moisturize my face (seriously dry skin) so I pour a little of that on and rubbed for a few seconds.

Voila!

It worked. So note this in your notebook of things to know.

Right now (as in 1/16/2012 8pm pacific time) you can get Organized Simplicity as a Kindle book on Amazon for free. I’m all about organizing books so this is nice. These deals come and they go so act now.

Even if you don’t have a Kindle you can read Kindle books on various devices. I read them on my Mac.

Kindle for Your Machine

Thank you Simplified Saving

psst…Enter my giveaway going on now for ListPlanIt

So maybe you’ve figured out by the content on my website and blog that I love lists…no? Well I do. They work. Simply and beautifully they work. I’ve used them while attending college,  in corporate America, and the last several years at home. I’ve made them for my husband, mother, sister, and friends. They get the job done. They keep you on task.

This week I’m hosting a giving away  for some ListPlanIt Goodies.

What is ListPlanIt? A place where you can find over 500 streamlined, efficient forms and checklists for most anything you need to organize.

Studies have shown that checklists are one of the most efficient and result producing tools in the goal to get organized. I use them all throughout my home for many things. That simple act of checking off done! is so rewarding. AND you don’t get caught up in trying to remember what to do next. You can just do!

So if you’ve been struggling to get it together in 2012 and need some help organizing ListPlantIt may have the list for you.

Read more about ListPlanIt here (this is my affiliate link).

Details:

Contest Runs from January 15, 2012 until 1 minute after midnight Saturday morning January 21.2012.

1 Person will win a Personal/Family ListPlanIt Print Membership: With this membership print the planning pages you need when you need them. (no downloads)

2 People will win the ePlanner of their choice: (1 per person) From Baby to Travel these planners are fillable so you can fill and go.

Follow the directions in the nifty Rafflecopter window (if you don’t see it click more).  Leave me a comment. Something nice about planners and checklists and such. I can’t comment back because that would enter me in the giveaway so thank in advance. And have a lovely day.

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I know people say that New Years Goals don’t stick and by the time March rolls in you’ve forgotten all about them. Well these following New Year cleaning and organizing roundups are for January (mostly) so plenty of time to get it out of your system and leave a clean and well organized home behind. Besides that’s more than 21 days which we all know is amount of time it takes for something to become habit. So get your clean on and choose your favorite way to clean and organize.

HomeMadeSimple Get Organized in 30 Days

CleanMama Clean and Organized in 2012 complete homekeeping calendar for Jan 2012.

I'm a little late with this one but it only takes 14 days. I'm impressed with the fridge on Day 4.

Home Storage Solutions is continuing on with their 52 Weeks to an Organized Home missions. Jump in to get your Kitchen in gear.

I had thoughts to make our own calendar this year but then I got a nice free one with healthy recipes on it in the mail. Since I’m in the throes of a new planner we went ahead and decided to use it.

Problem: The pages are really thin and January promptly ripped through a day after we hung it.

Solution…not: We even tried applying some of those hole reinforcement tab/sticky/thingys and those stayed on but the glossy pages slipped through and again the calendar was on the floor.

We don’t have any pressing appointments this month and I’ve been keeping duplicates of every ongoing thing on the computer calendar and in my personal planner so I really wanted to use this calendar…because it was free!

HomeMadeSimple solutions for hanging your family calendar.

Solution!: I got my HomeMadeSimple email today and they had a few solutions for hanging calendars since they realize that so many people are now printing their own. I chose solution number#1 (see pic below) and so far so good.

For me it’s making a big ol’ menu plan. Not weekly, but monthly. We don’t eat out anymore due to food allergies (And if you stop eating out you’ll notice that eating out just isn’t the same if you try and do it again. The food doesn’t taste as good as homemade. You become more sensitive to any additives, etc.) so we really vary our dinner menus.

I’m also not one to stick to one source for recipe ideas. These are my main go to sources for meal ideas and recipes.

• Taste of Home (number one right now) (link to last night’s dinner)
• Saving Dinner (number two right now)
• America’s Test Kitchen (to ge the cooking method down right)
• The Web  (for that recipe I just can’t find).

When I’m being smart I put it all in my recipe software, Shop’NCook (Which I’m opening now because I forgot to add tonight’s dinner to it) because I can make a nice menu plan and keep track of how my family is eating. Then at the end of a month I have a whole month of good menu ideas and I don’t have to start from scratch again each week. Although that is sometimes fun it’s nicer, more efficient, money savvy, and a just a good idea to have a month to look at.

This is where I fail.  I’m severely delinquent in adding recipes to the software. Breakfast and dinner. One of my lingering projects has been to keep an accurate account of what we are eating. There are certain recipes we really like to revisit and if I would just keep track it would be a lot easier.

So my anti-procrastination is to add last night’s’ dinner to my software, make a note in my-to-do list to to do this each night. Make a print out in february.

This includes breakfast.

By the way click the button on top and Visit Amy at New Nostalgia for some great Anti-procrastination link ups.

Free Printable Monthly Menu

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Baby
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Books & Magazines
$2.00 off the January issue of Essence magazine

Foods
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Health Care
$10.00 off any OneTouch Meter
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Household
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Personal Care
$1.00 off any (1) LISTERINE Antiseptic Mouthwash
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60% off ALL Frames + 40% off ALL Lenses
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Pet Care
$1.50 off ten cans of Purina ALPO Dog Food

I just wanted to remind you that today is the LAST DAY to get the
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If you want to get out of debt, get organized and make healthier
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Have a wonderful week!