Before any festival- especially Pesach, I do as little cleaning as I can get away with, because even though I am organized, I hate to clean and because I actually prefer to focus on the cooking, which is the same from year to year, (I try to make my life simple, and no one remembers!)…
Someone posted about picnics in a Facebook group I belong to. The post was about feeling like she didn’t make good picnics compared to others. Of course, I had to chime in. This year, we picnicked 5 different times in one week. Over the course of the week, I learned a lot both how I can improve…
Ever since I read Zero Waste Home about 5 years ago, my life has transformed. It helped spur me to start my personal organization business, (BalaganBeGone) and quit my job in graphic design. It also helped me reduce what I have and be more minimalist. (I plan to write more about this is a future post.) Being…
About a quarter of the way through my Pesach seder prep, and 21 hours to go… feels like progress. The kitchen was totally cleaned and made kosher for Pesach by last night and I have already started my cooking, for 19 people (and two babies). All the shopping is complete. How did this happen you ask? Well team work and organization.…
Pesach So after a lovely morning at the beach with my kids, because all we had left to clean for was literally the kitchen sink, we came home and of course started yelling at our kids to help us finish cleaning, they still had to tidy their rooms for one final vacuum, uggg, all that relaxation GONE. Since my kids are 9,…
Pesach is coming, my kids are on school vacation, I have some work, and there is cleaning, shopping, and cooking to be done. But I feel relaxed. We will have 20 people at our Pesach Seder, this seems like a lot of people, but is it? In my quest to make my life less cluttered, I have…