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This week I am doing battle against one of my biggest foe's: procrastination. When I'm overwhelmed with all there is to do and behind on my work and when the house has become a stopping-off point and ceased to feel like home, then I know it's time to tackle this all-too-familiar enemy.

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This year and last year, I am giving you motivation to help you get yourself organized. My Organized Resolutions series will run every Wednesday this month. Today I am going to talk about keeping the house clean...but best of all, I've got a FANTASTIC giveaway from Oreck--The Bagless Vacuum and Steam Mop!!!! I have admitted time and again that I do NOT like to clean. I do not attempt to fool you into thinking that I think cleaning is fun! Organizing is fun for me. Cleaning is not. I hope you're not disappointed -- this IS Organizing Made Fun, not Cleaning Made Fun! My point is, I'm lazy when it comes to cleaning. I'm always looking for the easiest possible way to keep my house looking clean and clutter-free without actually having to do a lot of that cleaning! By far, my most popular post I've ever written is my 15 Minutes a Day of Cleaning! The picture above has been pinned over 550,000 times. I'm not joking...I can prove it! My biggest criticisms from others are that you should DUST before you VACUUM. I only used the schedule above to show what I did when my kids were babies and dusting was all I could manage on Tuesdays and I had more time on Mondays to vacuum. It was only for an example that you could actually keep a small home clean in 15 minutes a day. I still do something similar 13 years later {Yes, I have a teenager now}. I encourage you to find some sort of routine in this New Year to keep your home clutter-free and clean. I have found yet another amazing tool that is helping me to cut time and clean faster and easy! It's the Oreck Versa-Vac. I'm all about cleaning with natural products. I love a steam mop because there is nothing but steam cleaning and sanitizing my floors! I've had TWO steam mops before -- both died within a year of purchasing them. Big B-O-O!! Versa-Vac comes with a 2 year warranty! Y-A-Y!! It has all kinds of great features like a long cord {which is important to me}, it vacuums AND it steam mops, it has an easy to see and use dial on the front AND {another cool part} a lock to hold down the steam when you mop. The steam part dries up quickly! When you're done vacuuming, you can pop the "mop" part on and turn the dial to steam mop. Here is why I LOVE a steam mop. Do you see this nasty mess above? We were dog sitting a little chihuahua. And, apparently, when I leave and close the door she drools really bad and walks through it because she's upset that I'm gone. Lovely! So, it was the perfect place to test out the Versa-Vac. I first vacuumed -- although this was caked on and nothing really came of the vacuum, but it vacuumed up the dog fur. Then, I put the mop on and turned it to steam. I can clean my floors and sanitize them without any cleaners!! I love that. Here is what it looked like ten minutes later. It dries FAST, too! We have hardwood floors in about 3/4 of our house and then vinyl sheeting {similar to linoleum} in the rest of the house {only carpet is in our small master bedroom}. This is able to work on all kinds of surfaces so go HERE to check out more about it. Are you ready to win one of these? I am telling you that you SO want to have one....I LOVE mine!! Here is what you have to do to enter to try and win one - - go to the Rafflecopter widget below {for email subscribers, you'll need to click on the post title at the top of this email} and enter. I've given you lots of ways to enter and the only required entry is that you need to go and visit Oreck.com to learn a little bit more than what I told you here about the Versa Vac. No big deal! So...enter away! And tell your friends, too!! This giveaway ends next week so don't wait to enter!!! a Rafflecopter giveaway Like what you see here? Consider becoming a follower or subscribe via email! Are you an Organized Reader? I'd love to see your organized space. Email me HERE and show me your space to possibly be featured as one of my Organized Readers. Parties: A Bowl Full of Lemons I received the product to review for free from Oreck. “Oreck Corporation provided the prize for the sweepstakes but is not the sponsor of the sweepstakes.” Connect with me:

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I want to introduce Christine of iDream of Clean, who I met at Blissdom back in February. She is an amazing Mommy and blogger! Today she's giving you some great advice! Keeping a clean home can sometimes feel like a never ending battle. It could look great today but be declared a disaster area tomorrow! The thing is, it doesn't matter how clean your house, the mess always returns. The dust somehow creeps back in. The upkeep just. never. ends. But you know what? That doesn't mean we shouldn't clean. Quite the contrary actually. When we make it a habit clean the kitchen every night, pick up as we go, and automatically put belongings back in their place, our home is automatically a cleaner place to live. But you know what? We can do more. Not much more…just ONE additional cleaning task. Every single day. If we make it a habit to do one - just one - extra thing each day, our homes will undoubtedly be cleaner and more organized. Do one thing. But which one? You may be wondering which extra task you need to add to your routine. Well, the simplest answer is: Whatever needs to be done! It could be changing the air conditioning filter, decluttering the pantry, or cleaning under the stove. Perhaps it's making time to touch up the paint on your walls. It could even be washing that dreaded outdoor garbage can so you don't gag on trash day! Extra cleaning tasks are the little things neglected during your daily routine but make a BIG IMPACT in the overall feel and look of your home. It doesn't have to be difficult. You can even take the easy road by signing up at Spring Cleaning 365 for seasonal, daily prompts. Just do something…anything...every single day. You'll be sure to have have a cleaner and more organized home! I'd love to hear from you. What's your top of mind "one thing" that needs to be cleaned in your home? With a house full of boys, Christine feels like she's always cleaning up some kind of creative mess! Thankfully, she's learned a few shortcuts over the years, like doing one extra cleaning task each day. She'd love for you to give it a try yourself by taking the 31 Days to a Clean and Organized Kitchen challenge at i Dream of Clean. Come join the fun! Like what you see here? Consider becoming a follower or subscribe via email! Join me on Facebook - where we interact and have lots of great fun. You can also see behind the scenes pictures and fun stuff I do on my Instagram!

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It's that time of year again -- time to figure out what in the world you want to get that special someone in your life! Well, I have LOTS of great gift ideas for you or your special person to consider - that will get you organized! I asked my Facebook fans, a couple of weeks ago, what they would want for Christmas that had to do with cleaning and organizing. Guess what they chose? Roomba for vacuuming Dyson Slim Elfa Closet System Hoover Floormate Neat Receipt Scanner Maid Service {natural cleaning} Silhouette for labeling Professional Organizer in your area Norwex Cleaning Rags Oxo Containers InLinkz.com Here are all the ideas they gave me -- there were more, but this is most of them! Great ideas, right? You can click on any of the pictures to find where they are. 1. Roomba Vacuum 2. Dyson Slim 3. Elfa Closet System 4. Hoover Floormate 5. Neat Receipt Scanner 6. Maid Service 7. Silhouette/Cricut machine for labeling 8. Professional Organizer 9. Norwex Cleaning Rags 10. Oxo Containers WOW- these are great ideas for someone to give YOU or give to someone who wants to get organized! I say, if you can get maid service or a professional organizer to help you out for a Christmas gift - GO for it! Organize Now: week by week guide Hair Care Rack Garment Bag Organizer Stacking Jewelry Organizer Mounting Tie Organizer Under cabinet K-cup organizer Fridge Binz Car Organizer InLinkz.com Next, I have some of my favorite ideas for organizing. These are things you could give someone, or if you want to be extra organized, a great idea for a gift for yourself! 1. Organize Now: week by week guide - a great book to help get you on track and organized! 2. Hair care rack - of course you want to look good and keep your hair tools tidy and neat. 3. Garment bag organizer - for the person in your life that travels a lot. 4. Stacking jewelry organizer - this would be great in a top drawer of a dresser to organize your jewelry. 5. Mounting tie organizer - for the man in your life to get organized! 6. Under cabinet K-cup organizer - this is pretty neat to organize those and keep them tucked away! 7. Fridge Binz - I have these and I LOVE them! Keep your stuff organized and tidy in there. 8. Car Organizer - everyone needs this if they own a car. It's great to keep important things and move things quickly in one container. Lay N Go Cosmo Getting Organized Magazine Subscription Professional Organizer Ebook for lowering your grocery bill {FREE} Clean Eating Slow Cooker Recipe Book See Jane Work Office organizing {Editable} Cleaning Kit Christian EBooks Confident Mom 2013 Planner Sydnee: Ipad Organizer Clever Container - DBL Designs InLinkz.com And last, these are special to me because they are from my wonderful sponsors who have GREAT gifts that you could enjoy or give to others. 1. Lay N Go Cosmo - I have one of these and it's seriously great to use this when I'm traveling, especially, to hold all my make up, but they also have large mats for Legos or other toys to tote around! 2. Getting Organized Magazine Subscription - who would NOT want this? Umm, yes please! 3. Professional Organizers - I have a full page full of all kinds of professional organizers who have linked up from all over the WORLD! They would LOVE to help you get your house organized! 4. An Ebook for lowering your grocery bills - I think this one is pretty obvious! And, it's FREE! Plus she has more you to learn in her other Ebook on grocery savings! YOU can get a 20% discount on my book Grocery Savings Strategies. You can get this discount through December 10th at http://www.junecleaverimnot.com/grocerysavingsomf 5. 5 Dinners in On Hour has some fantastic Ebooks and a new one on clean eating - make five dinners in one hour each week using her recipes. 6. See Jane Work - they have fantastic and beautiful office supplies. Wouldn't it be fun to get something fancy and special to make your home office organized and pretty? 7. Clean Mama - her editable and printable schedules and plans and homekeeping documents are amazing! What a great gift to give someone or receive! 8. Christian Ebooks - a site loaded full of Christian ebooks for your E-reader! 9. Confident Mom - she's got your 2013 planner ready for you to plan your hear ahead! 10. The Sydnee Organizer - I was sent one of these neat Ipad organizers to try out! It's super neat and I loved it. You would probably love to check it out and see how it works to handle Iphones, Ipads, and more in one place! 11. Clever Container -- DBL designs has all kinds of GREAT organizing products that would make great Christmas gifts. Whatever you decide to give for your Christmas gifts - may it be organized! If you want to get organized {or clean} ask for things to help you get organized and clean! 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I can't believe that Christmas Day has passed by already but that just means it's time to start getting organized for next Christmas. I started practicing some of these tips in the last few years