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Back To School: 12 Tips To Make It A Smooth Transition

It’s the end of July…summer break is coming to a close and school is on the horizon.  If you haven’t started thinking about or taking action to prep your kids (and yourself) for back to school, well now is the time!  Here are a few tips to help you and your children with the transition: [...]

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Quick Tip: How to Dice an Onion

This is a really great way to dice up an onion…fast! I’m not a fan of cutting onions because they make me tear up so much but this tip seems to help out quite a bit. Check it out…I hope it helps you too!

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Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics Part 4/Step 3 – Purge

Wow! We made it to step 3…Purge! This is probably the most challenging step for many people. I personally find it to be the most rewarding. It’s tough giving up all that stuff you either bought, earned or were given, but it’s also a wake up call. It makes you realize you really don’t need [...]

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Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics Part 3/Step 2 – Assess

Ok…here we go.  We’re moving on to Part 3 in the Simplifize Your Life: Organizing Basics series.  In the last post we discussed the first step in the organizing process: Needs.  Now we’re going to talk about step 2: ASSESS. Armed with the knowledge of your priorities and how you want your particular space to [...]

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7 Steps to Organize Your Garage

It’s summertime! The kids are home and families are planning their summer activities and vacations, which means…folks need access to their garages. That’s where all the tools, toys, bikes, sporting and camping equipment are right?  Too bad all that stuff you need is spread out all over the garage with no rhyme or reason.  No [...]

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The Power of Saying “NO”

Why is it so hard to say NO?  It  certainly isn’t difficult for little kids (just ask my toddler).  But it seems as we get older, we somehow adopt this notion that we have to say YES to everything and everyone.  Why is that?  Maybe we fear being politically incorrect or being labeled a non-team [...]

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Keep the Memories, Not the Clutter: How to Organize Your Kids’ Artwork

I received my first Mother’s Day cards from my two year old daughter this year. The cards are so adorable! So adorable in fact that I just had to hang them on my fridge. What? Me? The professional organizer hanging clutter on her fridge? Yes! Yes I did. I just couldn’t resist hanging up these [...]

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