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Simple Entertaining: A Grocery Store Tablescape
Dinner Club Table We’re in a dinner club with four other couples, who happen to be some of our best friends. Every other month we get together at someone’s house and the host couple provides the main...
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4 Tips For an Easy Christmas
I love the holidays, but I’m always looking for ways to keep it simple without sacrificing the tradition and fun. Here are four tips I’ve discovered over the years, that make for an easy Christmas....
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Blog Rewind: Simplifying and Decluttering in the New Year
First of all, congrats to Rebecca Mc for leaving comment number 44 and winning the Happier at Home book and tote bag giveaway. I really wish I had a book to give each and every one of you who left a...
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Kids’ Clothes, Toys, Artwork and Schoolwork: What to Get Rid of and What to Keep
My in-laws celebrated their 61st anniversary this year. They also moved out of the house they’ve lived in for 50 of those years. Various combinations of their nine kids spent weekend after weekend...
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Selling Online to Get Ready for the Holidays
We’re entering what amounts to the busiest time of the year for most people. The holidays bring lots of time commitments in the form of shopping, decorating, cooking, baking, attending social events,...
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Simplifying College Savings
I wanted to pop in quickly to tell you that last month I took advantage of a feature of 529 accounts that I’ve been reading about for years: the ability to transfer your college savings for one child...
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6 Decluttering Strategies that Work for Me
We’re in a state of transition at our house and I’ve been decluttering like a madwoman. Here’s why: My daughter Lindsey is graduating from college this weekend. She has taken a job in Kansas City...
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4 Ways to Simplify Your Finances
Note: On posts like these I like to restate my disclosure that The Family CEO is for general information or entertainment purposes only and does not constitute professional financial advice. For...
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3 Kitchen Shortcuts to Make Your Life Easier
We’ve been doing a lot more eating at home this year, especially in the last month, so I’ve been falling back on the shortcuts that have stood the test of time in our kitchen. Here are three of my...
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3 Ways to Keep Clutter from Accumulating in Your Home
Achieving a clutter-free house, room, closet, or drawer is one thing; keeping it that way is quite another. It’s an ongoing process. It’s true that the process gets easier with time, but it’s a...
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40 Day Clutter Challenge
Today I’m participating in the Ultimate Blog Swap. You’ll find me posting over at Quintessentially Kate about Found Money, and I’m excited to welcome Lisa from Organize365 to The Family CEO. Here’s...
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The Money Hiding in Your House: Textbooks
Most of the time it’s not worth the trouble to try selling books online. The vast majority of books don’t bring a lot of money. And the ones you think might be worth the most (John Grisham novels,...
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Packing Simplified: Carry-On Luggage
This past Thursday through Sunday I attended the Financial Blogger Conference in Denver and it allowed me to accomplish something I’ve never done before. I didn’t do any public speaking or win any...
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