Now that summer is officially on its way, it is time to ensure your home stays well maintained. While a top to bottom inspection is required every spring and fall to check for any damage and prepare for the upcoming months, it is important to think of this as a year-round necessity. While it ... [read more]

We've all done it, probably more than once. Whether it is coast to coast or down the street, Americans move and move a lot. According to the US Census Bureau, the average American changes houses once every five years. Given our nomadic tendencies, you'd think we'd have a system for minimizing headaches and maximizing efficiencies. Yet ... [read more]

Are you guilty of falling short of a true spring clean? The tendency this time of year is to focus on physical clutter, but the kind you can’t see – emotional clutter – is just as important to tackle. By emotional clutter we simply mean all those repressed, suppressed and unexpressed emotions and old beliefs ... [read more]

Chances are you think there’s a “right” way to organize something. But who defined the “right way” in the first place? Listen and discover what habits of your mother’s you may be subconsciously repeating, why we have it easier…and harder…than our moms did when it comes staying organized, and what you should be doing ... [read more]

Do you think there’s a “right” way to organize something, like loading a dishwasher or folding the clothes? If you do, have you ever stopped to think about who defined the “right way” in the first place? Chances are you “inherited” that approach from your mother, who probably inherited it from hers. And so on. I ... [read more]

Sometimes you just need a little reminder to take the simple steps you know you should take when you're uploading photos but that for some reason you put off until...well...someday. And then when you don't take the little steps, photos spiral out of control, and the next thing you know just organizing the messy digital ... [read more]

My mother travels every year from Arizona to Michigan and back again. She is what is referred to as a ‘snowbird’. That’s right, she flees at the first chill in the air. I can’t blame her; the winters in Michigan can be terrible. So Mom packs up and brings whatever she ... [read more]