Make A Difference

Labor Day is on the horizon, and a new school year is upon us. It’s time to think “one last road trip” before the coming of colder weather.

Family vacation travel can be enriching, enjoyable and exciting–but only if you’re organized.

The family that fails to plan for summer travel can end up frazzled, frustrated and longing for the quiet comfort of home.

This year, get ready! Whether it’s car trips, plane travel or close-to-home “stay-cation” trips, we’ve assembled OrganizedHome.Com’s best, easiest tips to organize summer vacation travel.

With summer weather set to “scorch” these days, it’s time for an energy-saving tune up for your refrigerator and freezer.

Keeping food fresh–while conserving energy–can bring a helpful boost to the strained food budget.

Try these tips to minimize energy use and save money on groceries:

Fill the freezer, but give the fridge some air

The freezer works most efficiently when packed as full as possible. Need to fill in some space? Tuck extra ice for cold drinks or cold-packs for summer picnics into any empty space in the freezer.

In my years as worker, mother and home manager, I have experienced a full range of life’s little organizational challenges. I have run a business from a home shared with two tiny children and moved cross-country (and back). I’ve merged two cluttered households into one small city apartment, and lived for many happy years with a card-carrying packrat husband.

The challenge of home schooling a child beat them all hands-down, organizationally speaking.

Teachers, parents and homeschool families know that training kids to the planner habit makes for successful students.

School districts throughout the USA issue planners to pupils and integrate planner use into the school day. Homeschool families use planners to track and organize lessons, chores and activities, while tech-savvy teens rely on smartphone calendar and to-do apps to organize their work.

A student planner is only a tool. How do you teach a child to use one? Try these tips to teach kids the planner habit.