Tame your wild plastic grocery bags

This may be one of my favorite things from pinterest.

Football fold grocery bags for compact storage.  It is easy, fun and dramatically reduces the space they take.

You can go to this link for instructions with pictures, but basically you fold the bag in fourths lengthwise, fold from the bottom up in triangles and tuck the end in.  Just like when you made footballs out of paper in school.

Drop several into the bottom of your small trashcans so when you change bags there is a new one ready right there.

Chore Cards

My children and chores have not been very compatible lately. Heather pinned these Chore Cards on Pinterest, and I LOVED the idea - so I made some! The kids get to begin using them tomorrow. They can get their cards punched for walking the dog, doing their homework, practicing their instruments, sorting the laundry, taking out the trash, cleaning their room, etc. I made each of them there own chore chart to go with the cards. This way they know what is expected daily, weekly and as needed (emptying the trash, for instance), without being reminded. I'm really excited about this - let's hope it works!

Here's a pic of the ones that I made: (at the bottom it says "Do your chores, get a punch. Punch them all, get a prize!" Noah told me he didn't want to get punched, that might hurt!)