Keeping food fresh is an important skill for any homemaker. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels terribly guilty about throwing away food I’ve allowed to spoil. I overestimate the amount of produce we can use. Something gets pushed to the back of the refrigerator. We end up eating out more nights than…
Dee’s Homemaking Posts ~ All in One Place!
Here are my homemaking posts, all in one place for easy reference! I’ve been blogging for about a decade and have amassed quite a lot of posts. When I started Life With Dee, I transferred something like 1700 posts from my old blogs, Tea With Dee and Dee’s Kitchen. I had high hopes of going…
Time Management Toolbox
If the purchase of books made one an expert, I could teach courses in time management. I have been reading time management books since the early years of our marriage. Do I have it all together? Nope. Have I learned some helpful methods for managing my time? Yes, I have. Take a look. Maybe there…
Spring Cleaning ~ Tips and Motivation
Have you started spring cleaning yet? Or do you spread the tasks out over the year so you don’t have to partake in this springtime ritual? Spreading out the cleaning makes more sense when one’s time and energy resources aren’t what they used to be (um, like me?). However, there is something rather satisfying about…
Organizing With Bankers Boxes
Minimalism and decluttering and organizing are big buzz words lately. Everywhere you look people are “KonMari-ing” their homes. I’m doing some serious decluttering, myself. But unless you take it to an extreme level you’ll still have items in your home that need some type of storage. Christmas decorations, out-of-season clothes, sentimental mementos, and any number…
La Maison ~ Home, the French Way
Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved to “play house”. No matter where I was, I nested. At home, my room was my sanctuary and I loved making it pretty and comfortable. Next door at my grandparents’ house, I would play by the hour in a corner of her den, setting up a little “house”…
Creating a Beautiful Life ~ My Bedside Table
Creating a beautiful life is something each of us has within us the power to do. We can intentionally create the life we desire. It doesn’t happen overnight but each step brings us closer to our vision of a life well-lived. A “beautiful life” will look different for each of us because we aren’t all…
Company Ready in 5 Easy Steps
The phone rings. Someone wants to drop by. You’ve got 15 to 30 minutes. Yikes! You glance around. The house is not, shall we say, “company ready”. Where do you start? Ready For Company in 5 Easy Steps! 1. Assess the situation. Take a deep breath and assess the condition of…
Decluttering Challenge
During the month of January I participated in a decluttering challenge group on Facebook. The idea is that you get rid of one item on Day 1, two items on Day 2, three items on Day 4, etc. By the end of the 31 days, your house is 496 items lighter. Did I actually get…
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