In March 2015 I started a new job and embarked on a new journey – a journey to make living life easier.  This has now become my slogan for the company which I started from this blog. Clearing out clutter and getting rid of possessions that no longer serve their purpose and are just taking […]

More important than having a tidy home, is having a clean home!  You can actually have a very tidy home with everything in its place but dust on every surface, or you can have a clean home with clutter all over the place. It doesn’t matter whether you have full time help, part-time help or […]

For most of us in South Africa, who have domestic help, December can be a very difficult time, for this is usually when most domestic workers go on their annual leave. Usually for 3 weeks at least For some, it is a time to realise how much this employee does for you and how much […]

Week 2, This weeks assignment: Clear out your magazine and newspaper collections. I am still sticking to the easy stuff this week. I hope everyone was able to do their 15 minutes. I say that I am sticking to the easy stuff but, in my house, newspapers, and more especially magazines, are a huge issue. About […]

So here we begin!  I am starting off slowly with the easy jobs first, so that we can get into the swing of the 15 minute routine. The first area I want to cover is what is called a family launch area. For my family that will be my entrance hall. This is the place […]

If you look at how you grew up and how your parents grew up, you will notice that you and your kids have far more ‘things’ than in previous generations, yet technology is supposed to simplify all of this. We live on credit, so buying goodies and gadgets is easy. I know my father had […]

Recently, on a Facebook group, there was a question from a new mom on how she is supposed to keep her house clean with a new baby and she wondered how others did it. The answers ranged from, – ‘you don’t ‘, to things like “less sleep” or,” get a cleaning service”. These were all […]