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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

2018 GSPAC – Zone 1: Kitchen, Day 5: Dishwasher/kitchen table/floor

July 27, 2018 No Comments
The Great Summer Purge & Clean, the kitchen

Today wrapped up the first week of my 5th Annual Great Summer Purge and Clean: The Kitchen Zone. Today I focused on cleaning/organizing the top of my dishwasher (it’s a […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

2018 GSPAC – Zone 1: Kitchen, Day 4: Microwave & cupboards

July 26, 2018 No Comments
The Great Summer Purge & Clean, the kitchen

Moving on to the microwave and cupboards around… I forgot to take a before pic of the microwave, so I didn’t bother with an after pic. It’s just a microwave. […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

2018 GSPAC – Zone 1: Kitchen, Day 3: Stove area

July 25, 2018 No Comments
The Great Summer Purge and Clean, day 3

Ok, we are in the stove area today…this means the stove and the cupboards above and next to, including my junk drawer…Plus I tacked on the cupboards below the kitchen […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

2018 GSPAC – Zone 1: Kitchen, Day 2: Fridge

July 24, 2018 No Comments
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Today I tackled my fridge and freezer and some cupboards in the nearby area. I KICKED BUTT!! Luckily we are quite short on food right now, so this job was […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

The 2018 Great Summer Purge & Clean is UNDERWAY!

July 23, 2018 No Comments
Great Summer Purge and Clean

FIRST ZONE: THE KITCHEN I feel like I’ve not done this in awhile…I waited quite awhile this summer before getting going on this (life happened)…and the past 2 years have […]

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Find your “Shiny Sink”

July 21, 2018 No Comments
Find your shiny sink

  As I prepare to start yet another Great Summer Purge and Clean, I am reminded of the Flylady and her “shiny sink” philosophy…   …and I went in search […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean is FINALLY coming!!

July 20, 2018 No Comments
Great Summer Purge and Clean

Today’s the day I finally sort out this year’s “Great Summer Purge and Clean”. I have had so much I have been working on already this summer, I haven’t had […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

Rebooting for a new year

July 29, 2015 No Comments
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So my Purge and Clean is done for the summer….yes, I sucked at blogging about it…maybe I’ll drag out some more pics and blog some more about it soon, if […]

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2015 Great Summer Purge and Clean: The Kitchen

June 20, 2015 1 Comment
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Weeks 2 and 3 were The Kitchen…dun dun DUUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!! My kitchen was seriously TUH. RASHED! (trashed)  It was. For real. I didn’t take any before pics. Intentionally. It was embarassing. […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

2015 Great Summer Purge and Clean: Yard Work

June 20, 2015 No Comments

At the same time that I am working on a new zone each week….I am working on a section of my yard every week…in 15min a day because it’s too […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

2015 Great Summer Purge and Clean: The Big Room

June 6, 2015 No Comments
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For anyone not familiar with my annual Purge and Clean, please visit this page for all the info. And read the start of this year here. So….to continue…..apparently I suck at […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean 2015 has started!!

May 26, 2015 No Comments

Because it takes so long for me to write stuff up sometimes and to edit pics with “before” and “after” captions…so much that I don’t post as often as I […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

Getting back on the Purge and Clean horse

June 20, 2014 No Comments

I haven’t written in awhile because life got away from me for awhile there. But I’m getting back on track again, so I thought I’d update what I’ve been up […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

Too hot for yard work

June 12, 2014 No Comments

So this week has been a bit of a wash in terms of my Purge and Clean. I may get out there today to accomplish something, but I have a […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

Zone 1, Day 7: Table and floor, Great Summer Purge and Clean

June 7, 2014 No Comments

Well the last day of the kitchen zone was highly successful! I didn’t think I had it in me, but I made it through transforming my grungy kitchen floor into […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

Zone 1, Day 5 & 6: Sink counters and cupboards, Great Summer Purge and Clean

June 5, 2014 No Comments

Day 5 & 6 of my purge and I still am mainly doing cleaning…not so much purging. Mostly because I have so very much that is competing in my life […]

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The Great Summer Purge and Clean

Zone 1, Day 4: Microwave area, Great Summer Purge and Clean

June 3, 2014 1 Comment

Well things are still coming along, but I’m getting a little knocked off track by life. But I still kicked butt on this area! Didn’t get to the inside of […]

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This beautiful book arrived at our store yesterday This beautiful book arrived at our store yesterday. First time I had heard of it. Really beautiful young child version of #malalayousafzai ‘s story. The attack is not detailed, so even a young child could learn from her story without having to be introduced to the horrific  details before they are ready. Imaginative and inspirational story by  @malala with gorgeous illustrations by @kerascoet_  #inspiringchildrensbooks #bookstagram #learningwithpicturebooks #inspirationalbooks #inspirationalbooksforkids  #picturebooks #picturebooksofinstagram
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