Home Management Tips

Have you ever wondered how it's possible for some people to work a full-time job, raise three kids, have an active recreational lifestyle, and still maintain a well-run household they're never ashamed to show to others?

The answer is that they've learned to follow a set of principles that help them stay on top of their household chores and responsibilities. They know that if they let themselves fall behind, it will be many times harder to catch up than it would have been to stay caught up.

This system of household management is outlined on this site, along with many other articles and tips to help you learn to manage your home efficiently and economically.

Articles

Push Pull Discipline

The purpose of discipline and how to get what you want from your family.

The Big Diet Secret

There’s only one big diet secret and it can make all the difference in the world to your chances of successfully losing weight.

6 Quick Clean Up Tips

Drastically cut the amount of time you spend cleaning by devoting a few minutes here and there.

Cleaning with Vinegar

Vinegar is a versatile household cleanser, and it’s cheap. Find out how to use vinegar to clean your house.

Timing is key to reducing wasted efforts

Saving time on errand day is easy if you follow a few key guidelines.

A clutter-free house looks cleaner

A quick tip for reducing clutter and making your home look cleaner without the work.

My first blog post

Introducing Lynn and the Home Management Tips blog.

Don’t Forget to Manage Your Household Finances!

Quicken Deluxe 2012 is an easy to use, reliable software solution for managing your household finances. If you're ready to save time and money by taking better care of your home finance issues, you might want to try Quicken.

Quicken is from Intuit, the company behind Mint.com. If you prefer an online only solution to managing money and don't need the detail that desktop money management software can give you, you should try Mint. I recently revisited Mint because of the useful Mint Android app. It's the easy way to keep up with your account balances on the go. I do still use the discontinued Microsoft Money but am in the process of switching to YNAB (for budgeting), which I'll write about soon.

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