organizing
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by Alicia on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 | No Comments
Organizing doesn’t have to be drab and boring! Get colorful hatboxes to store items. You can keep them out as decorations too! You can label the bottom of the box so you can easily see what is inside without marring the decorative outside. -
Cool Organizing Find: Les Mess Cards
by Alicia on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 | 3 comments
As a mom of an eight year old, Lucy, I am always looking for easy ways to get her to help out more in cleaning up and getting organized. I try to make helping out a game but at times I just run out of creativity and ideas….then I came across this great card ... [read more] -
Book Excerpt: The Organized Mom: Simplify Life for You and Baby One Step at a Time
by Sarah on Monday, May 24th, 2010 | 1 comment
Excerpt from The Organized Mom: Simplify Life for You and Baby One Step at a Time By Stacey Crew Published by Adams Media Transitional Organizing: What Is It? Major life changes and transitions are generally what throw people into the greatest state of disorganization. Think about these common scenarios: A job change: Changing jobs requires physical and ... [read more] -
Do the Hard Things First – It’s Actually Easier!
by Stephanie Dickison on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 | 1 comment
Even organizational experts have tasks they don’t like doing. The author of It’s Hard to Make a Difference If You Can’t Find Your Keys, Marilyn Paul, PhD, confesses that she does not enjoy checking things off her to do list. Gasp! We all have a drawer or a file or pile that stumps us. It’s completely normal folks. ... [read more] -
3 Simple Organizing Truths That Can Change Your Life
by Stephanie Dickison on Friday, March 5th, 2010 | 3 comments
Sometimes it just takes the way someone says something for it to click for you. I hope that happens for you today. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by how much you have and much there is to do, know that it is possible to get out under of it. And it just so happens that they are ... [read more] -
What I’ve Learned from Doing My Taxes
by Stephanie Dickison on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 | 1 comment
It’s strange. I shouldn’t dislike doing taxes so much. They shouldn’t make me grumbly at all. Mine are easy compared to most people. And I love nothing more than to be incredibly organized and have a system for everything, so taxes should just be like everything else. It should feel good to be filing away items ... [read more] -
Sometimes All It Takes to Get Organized is a Small Change
by Stephanie Dickison on Friday, February 5th, 2010 | No Comments
February is a funny month. We get itchy in every sense of the word – dry skin from the intense wind and cold, cabin fever from staying indoors for so long, and irritable because nothing seems to be working. Everything has slowed to a halt and you feel stuck. Sometimes all it takes is a little ... [read more]











