Get Ready For Summer By Being Prepared
The last days of school are upon us and the trees are almost all leafed out! Finally the calendar and Mother Nature are in alignment! I am shocked as always how fast a school year goes. I like to say when times are good….time flies by and when times are bad time is so [...]
The Excuses That Professional Organizers Hear
When I tell people that I am a Professional Organizer, their response is usually the same, “boy do I need you in my house!” and they laugh. So it got me thinking about what some of the things are that are stopping people from taking that next step and hiring me. 1. They are too [...]
How To Get The Male Gender To Organize
I received a question on my MS. Simplicity Facebook page asking for help on how to organize husbands and sons. As a married mother of three boys and being surrounded by them for the last twenty plus years I was surprised by this question. I was a messy teen girl, just ask my mom as [...]
Skills I Want My Boys To Have
Raising children is a slippery slope at times. We have to compete against friends and the media and our busy schedules to try to mold and grow children into productive members of society. I have one child that has left the nest and I am preparing for two more to leave in the next four [...]
Flood Of Papers
The number one issue that I hear from clients is what to do with all that paper? They have stacks and stacks and sometimes boxes of it and they simply are paralyzed with fear and don’t know what to do with it. So the paper pile just keeps growing and growing and growing. I think the blame [...]
Graduation Party Ideas
So I am almost a year away from having had my first child’s graduation party, a party that I had planned for a couple of years. You see, I have been going to graduation parties that my friends are having for their kids and I am seeing what I love and seeing what short cuts would [...]
What To Do With Your Messy Child
So what do you do if your child is messy and you fear their future as a star on the show “Hoarders”? First be realistic. Is it really that bad or are you just imagining it? Second, start being proactive in a loving way. When your children are young, that is the time to [...]
The Voice In Your Head
We finished our Spring Fling Challenge this week and it was a great success. For 21 days I gave tips on my MS. Simplicity Facebook page for little challenges. Many items were flung and many homes were organized along the way. Sometimes we need that little voice in our head telling you to just get rid [...]
Junk That Junk Drawer
Today’s challenge has to do with those elusive junk drawers. We all have them, some may have more than others. They are the drawer where things get thrown when you don’t know where something goes. But what if you took the time to empty those drawers out and find a place for everything? The biggest [...]
Organize Your Socks And Underwear
I realize that not everyone has an organized sock and underwear drawer. I realize that most people just throw them in a drawer and call it good. Sometimes not even matching the pairs of socks….the horror of it!. So a couple of years ago I organized one such drawer….let’s call these clients “Roy” and “Michelle”. [...]
