Arg!!! Grease Stains

My daughter has a purple t-shirt that is nothing special really, it wasn't even expensive. 

It is a basic, solid colored, dark purple shirt. 

I like this shirt because it is simple and no-frill and it looks cute on her.

It is one of those great basics to have on hand. 

As you can tell I am quite fond of this shirt :)

Now imagine how I felt when I pulled it off the drying rack, 

after the last time it was washed, and it looked like this!!

I have NO IDEA what in the world my child did or spilled on this to make it look like this!

AFTER being washed!

January 14th is National Organize Your Home Day! Part 2

Ok, so as promised here I did P.A.R.T.Y (Put Away Random Things, Yeah!) today in honor of NOYH (National Organize Your Home) Day.

The three areas I decided to tackle were the storage shelves in my kitchen, the top of the refrigerator and the top of the washer and dryer.

Here are the before and after pictures to show what kind of difference a little bit of time and energy made in making those spots more organized.

Take a look....

The Storage Shelves in the Kitchen

January 14th is National Organize Your Home Day!

I have to admit that I did not know that January 14th was "National Organize Your Home Day" but supposedly it is. Most of these random holidays I do tend to let pass without much thought, but since I am on this "clean slate" "new organized year" and so forth path I guess I have to come up with something to organize today.....

Despite all my efforts, there will always be something that can be organized better or organized again or just plain can be organized period, so this should not be too hard. 

Monday is Laundry Day!

As I loaded the washer this morning I started thinking about how much of my time is used on laundry. Monday is laundry day...and so is Wednesday and Friday too! Granted, we are a family of five so of course we will generate some laundry throughout a week. Also, we use cloth diapers so that adds a few loads as well. But that is not all. I believe the main reason laundry takes long at my house is because of my mom. Let me explain.

My mom is responsible for.....

     *teaching me how to do laundry properly and carefully

     *teaching me to take pride in my clothes and in taking care of them