I stumbled across this photo and was WOWED! Give it a try… it works great.

More great DIY Ideas:

• Photo Backdrop Ideas on a Budget
• Easy Halloween Table Runner
• Trumeau Style DIY Mirror
• Convert a Mason Jar to a Pour Spout

Have a great weekend!

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Meet my new best friend… My Job Chart an online chore chart.

Like many of you, I’ve tried a lot of different ideas to get my kids to work around the house while also teaching them the value of a dollar. I’ve used posters, magnetic boards, the reward jar and even made a funny job application to get them excited about chores. Some worked, some didn’t, and none of them have gotten my son as excited about doing chores than My Job Chart.

I had to tell you about this cool new website. Seriously, my son LOVES to finish a chore now and track his progress. He’s a computer nerd so the online chore thing is right up his alley. (Mmm… wonder where he got that from?)

Easy & Free to Use

The tool is super easy and took me about 5 minutes to set up each kid’s chores. You can print out their chore chart and they can log-in themselves and check off any chores that they do. I get an email at the end of the day letting me know what they accomplished.

The coolest part is when he’s done with ALL of his chores and has checked them off in his dashboard… he gets a round of applause! It makes him so proud that he wants to do it again!! I wish I had an applause sound bite after completing my to-do list:-)

Points & Rewards

Each chore has a point value that you can set. So if you have competitive kids like me, they will love seeing who can get the most points. ha! They can earn money or rewards per point, it’s up to you. Just customize it how ever you like. I can’t believe this is free! I would seriously pay for it:-)

My son can’t wait to pick out rewards that I set up for him. You can even choose items from Amazon. We have 100 points set to getting dessert after dinner all the way up to 2,000 points for the new Lego Star Wars Wii game and that is his BIG motivation for doing chores right now.

There is even a cool “Share” your points section that teaches them about giving to charity. They will be able to shop with their points for their rewards or give to charity.

The whole site is set up fantastic and very kid friendly, even Suze Orman has endorsed it.

You can watch the video, How MyJobChart.com Works, to get a summary of the entire site. But it’s so easy that you’ll probably just want to go directly to My Job Chart and get started. It’s free, simple to use and your kids will actually look forward to doing their chores.

I also love the sweet notes I get from my son…

Thanks to My Job Chart for being a sponsoring Living Locurto! I love their site and they have really made my life a lot easier. Hope you’ll tell your friends.

• Follow My Job Chart on Facebook to see what people are saying.

• Visit My Job Chart to get started.

Let me know if you’ve tried this in the comment section. If so, what’s been your favorite part?

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I’m super excited to add these stylish tags to my shop! Get your closet organized with these 6 labeled tags that say skirts, dresses, tops, jeans and then two blank ones for you to write in your own description. These are perfect for little girls, teens or women of any age!

BONUS Discount for e-News subscribers!!

Get these tags for only $1.49!! (for a limited time only)

If you are getting this via my new e-news, you should see the coupon code in the right sidebar. (e-news should go out by 11 am central time.)

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New subscribers will also get a beautiful welcome freebie! I’m also working on another fun freebie to come soon.

***Hurry!*** This discount is only good until September 7th!

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Cathe Holden has the mother load of free printable kitchen decals. Head on over to her blog to download these adorable labels for yourself!

Cathe also has the cutest vintage growth chart printable that she scanned from an old bank promotion. I’m printing the pink one for my daughter!

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I’m going on a trip soon where I’ll need my birth certificate. I looked everywhere downstairs and found nothing! I headed upstairs to look through the hall closet where all of my old work files are stored. I just knew it had to be in there! Well this is how my search went…

1. I got the bright idea that I would clean out the closet while looking for the birth certificate! BAD IDEA. I didn’t realize it’s been nearly 10 years since I’d gone through most of that closet!

2. I came across an envelope with my dad’s funeral card, his will (where he left me his deepest love among a few other personal items), his last emails to me which I found on my computer after I returned home from his funeral. Then came the tears… and laughter because the last email he sent was hilarious!

3. I found my son’s baby book. More tears… this time for my daughter because she has nothing of the sort! And also because I had not ONE wrinkle in any of the photos. Amazing what 8 years with kids can do to your skin!

4. Then I found some old photos of my family that I looked through for who knows how long?

5. I threw away stacks of old receipts and forms. Not knowing if I need to keep them or not?

6. I forgot I had planned to start a party planning business way back in 1999. This must have been during my first pregnancy when I had lots of energy and nothing else to do! ha. I found all of my documents from my big plan. My business was going to be called Amy’s Adventures. (It’s interesting that I now have a blog and shop about parties.) I even found sketches of my potential logo.

7. I also found documentation that I used to own the domain name amysadventures.com. Look at what I found when I typed in that URL. Maybe I should have kept that one??

Not only is my hallway a huge mess right now, but I’m emotional, tired from staying up late and I still haven’t come close to finding the birth certificate! Mom, if you’re reading this… do you have a copy?

So I need an organizer.

I need to not be so tied to things. I need to throw the stuff away. I need to have a place to put things.

Did I say I need an organizer?

How about you?

Could you throw out your logo sketches from 10 years ago? Get rid of your Dad’s last emails? Do you know when you can throw out business and tax documents? Any organizers out there?

UPDATE: After all of that searching… my mom did have my birth certificate!

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