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Drowning in a sea of LEGO manuals? I used to be too! Thankfully, I created this easy hack that will help you organize all of your LEGO manuals once and for all

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Drowning in a sea of LEGO manuals? I used to be too! Thankfully, I created this easy hack that will help you organize all of your LEGO manuals once and for all

You’ll save space and keep your manuals safe too. If your family is full of LEGO builders, then check out these fun and helpful ideas. This LEGO organizing solution will help your family keep their bricks separated and organized for faster building. Then, store the cute Minifigures in the DIY LEGO jar so you can find them when you need them. Whether you are on the “paper” part of your KonMari decluttering spree or you are looking for a way to preserve your LEGO manuals so they are easy to find, I have just the hack for you! Yes, you...

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As the year comes to an end, it can be easy to shove your teaching materials into storage and “deal with it” next school year

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I get it! We are all tired and ready for summer break! But what if you can start your year organized, prepped, and ready to go? Here are a few tips on setting yourself up for next year while wrapping up this year. Before you dive into all these great tips, grab this EOY Checklist (best of all, it’s FREE!) In this freebie, you will find places you can put the tips below into action. Each category follows a tip, so as you wrap up your year, you can check those items off your list! There are multiple options to...

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In the weeks leading up to Jack’s birth, I had two main goals: get the house moved in as much as possible and get our freezer stocked as much as possible

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In the weeks leading up to Jack’s birth, I had two main goals: get the house moved in as much as possible and get our freezer stocked as much as possible

For those of you who have been reading since I was pregnant with Sam, you may recall that I use a really easy, no-fuss approach to stocking our freezer. The idea of doing a mass shopping trip and spending a whole day preparing freezer meals is just really overwhelming to me. So instead, I simply duplicate (or triplicate or quadruplicate) any meal we’re already having for dinner and put additional sets in the freezer. This not only allows me to use up extra ingredients that might otherwise go to waste; but over time, I build a really solid freezer stash...

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In the weeks leading up to Jack’s birth, I had two main goals: get the house moved in as much as possible and get our freezer stocked as much as possible

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In the weeks leading up to Jack’s birth, I had two main goals: get the house moved in as much as possible and get our freezer stocked as much as possible

For those of you who have been reading since I was pregnant with Sam, you may recall that I use a really easy, no-fuss approach to stocking our freezer. The idea of doing a mass shopping trip and spending a whole day preparing freezer meals is just really overwhelming to me. So instead, I simply duplicate (or triplicate or quadruplicate) any meal we’re already having for dinner and put additional sets in the freezer. This not only allows me to use up extra ingredients that might otherwise go to waste; but over time, I build a really solid freezer stash...

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