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Vlog: Folding Towels & Sheets

by Mandi on April 30, 2012

folding-towels

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There are some great posts in the archives of Life Your Way that don’t get much attention anymore. This week, I’ll be sharing some of my favorites. Whether you’ve been around since the beginning or are a new reader, I think you’ll enjoy them!

Well, we won’t be folding any towel monkeys today, but I am sharing my tips for folding common household linens like towels and fitted sheets in today’s vlog.

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How do you fold towels and sheets?

Mandi Ehman is the founder and publisher behind Life Your Way and the co-author of All in Good Time, as well as a wife and the homeschooling mom to four beautiful girls. She lives with her family on a little slice of heaven in wild, wonderful West Virginia and loves coffee, chocolate, easy meals, beautiful things and minimalist spaces.

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source: Nina Scaletti

source: Nina Scaletti

September is a popular time for reorganizing and simplifying, and if you haven’t been using a home management notebook — or it’s been a while since you’ve revamped yours — this is a great time to spend some time working on yours!

Typically kept in a 3-ring binder, a home management notebook holds everything you need to run your household, all in one convenient location.

The What & The Why

The overarching purpose of a home management notebook or binder is to build a command central that holds all of the information anyone in the family needs regular access to; however, there are many different ways that individual families use their notebooks.

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Manage Your Paper Clutter: What to Look for in Online Data Storage

April 21, 2011

Jessica from Life as Mom and I have joined forces with AboutOne.com to bring you a vlog series on managing your paper clutter! Today I’m talking about what to look for in online data storage:   Please click here to watch the video if it’s not showing up for you! Watch the rest of the [...]

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Manage Your Paper Clutter: Digitize Your Files

March 31, 2011

Jessica from Life as Mom and I have joined forces with AboutOne.com to bring you a vlog series on managing your paper clutter! Today I’m talking about strategies for digitizing your paper files: Please click here to watch the video if it’s not showing up for you! Watch the rest of the videos in the [...]

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Project Simplify: Kids Clothes & Toys

March 25, 2011
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All month, I’m participating in Project Simplify over at Simple Mom. Each week for five weeks, Tsh is sharing a new hot spot and inviting readers to join her in decluttering & simplifying that space. I’m excited to be participating and decided that I’d give you a peek inside our home with vlogs instead of [...]

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Project Simplify: Declutter & Organize Your Wardrobe

March 11, 2011
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This week, Tsh launched Project Simplify over at Simple Mom. Each week for five weeks, she’s sharing a new hot spot and inviting readers to join her in decluttering & simplifying that space. I’m excited to be participating and decided that I’d give you a peek inside our home with vlogs instead of just telling [...]

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Manage Your Paper Clutter: Sources of Clutter

February 17, 2011

Jessica from Life as Mom and I have joined forces with AboutOne.com to bring you a vlog series on managing your paper clutter! We’ll spend the next few months discussing strategies for managing your paper clutter. In this series introduction, we’re talking about the sources of clutter: Please click here to watch the video if [...]

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Our Homeschool System: Organizing & Planning

August 20, 2010

Today I wanted to take a few minutes to show you our homeschool system. This year we are using Classical Conversations with Sonlight Readers for our 6 and 4.5 year old, and our two younger girls will get Daddy time during school. Yes, I realize how ridiculously lucky I am to have that setup — [...]

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