Let me say, first of all: I hate that I’m writing this post. I dislike masks. Yes, I wear them in public and my family wears them in public, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it. I miss seeing people’s faces. I miss smiling at strangers. (You may not know this about me, […]
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Cleaning Champion: Affresh Dishwasher and Washing Machine Tablets
This post is not sponsored by Affresh. It is happening because Amazon, who knows a lot about what I buy, kept recommending them to me. No joke, every time I’d go to shop, these babies would be “Recommended for you.” Well, the joke’s on me, because the not-so-sneaky advertising worked. What’s a girl supposed to […]
The Best Cleaning Routine
Ultimately, the best cleaning routine isn’t what I do or your best friend does, it is whatever will work for you. What days you do what task don’t matter as much as getting them done. And mostly, that is what I want to help you with – knowing how to get them done and avoiding […]
Clean Routine – FREE Editable Printable
I developed a consistent cleaning schedule more than 12 years ago when I had infant twins and needed to figure out how to clean enough. Without a schedule, whenever there was a calm moment, I thought “should I be vacuuming or something?!” After I created a schedule, I could do my daily task, and then […]
Make Laundry Fun: Folding Magic and Washcloth Races
You know I always have a lot to say about laundry. It is a struggle for so many families. In addition to the millions of tips I’ve offered before, today I’m going to share a few more tips that I’ve recently acquired. These things have made laundry way more fun for my kids! Folding Magic Washcloth […]
EASY Stacking Laundry Baskets
There are 2 consistent things about my life: meals and laundry. I can choose to fight it or embrace it, so I embrace it. Since it isn’t my favorite thing in the world, I’ve come up with ways of making it easier to get done. One thing that has helped me is to have different […]
Ask Mary Anything #1 – Laundry Room Video Tour
So …. my first video is terrible. I mean, terrible. For some odd reason, Facebook kept popping up with “poor connection” and so the video skips in odd little places. But, it still manages to give you a tour of my laundry room if you want to see it. See the video on Facebook now. […]
The Easiest Way To Do Kid’s Laundry
This tip was one of the first things I’ve shared on my blog 5 years ago and it has helped countless people transform their laundry issues! Has it helped you? Will it help you? This is the easiest way to do kid’s laundry whether you have 1 or a dozen kids. I’ve had people come […]
Beyond Killing the Monster – Tips for Maintaining Laundry (One Laundry Basket & Specific Loads)
Considering I didn’t even know how to do my own laundry when I went to college and my husband had to teach me everything he knew about laundry when we got married, it is sometimes hilarious to me that I talk so much about laundry on the blog and have so much advice on the […]
Why an Organized Laundry Room?
It is not a myth, it is completely true: it is easier to do laundry in an organized and tidy laundry room/laundry area. As I prepared the materials and blog post for the Laundry Room week of the Declutter Challenge, I reviewed some of what I’ve written about laundry in the past. I’ve come to the […]