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Archive for March 2008

March 21st, 2008

Toy Storage Your Kids Will Love & Actually Use

Bongo Buddies Alligator Hamper: he won’t eat your kid’s clothes, just store them until you get a chance to do laundry. You could also use this for storing stuffed animals or blankets. Other cute hamper style creatures include Shark, Lady Bug, and Frog. 

Circus 3-Tier Rotating Storage: Bright colors and spins!

Stack-A-Buddies Storage Unit: Really cute, and [...]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

March 21st, 2008

Lose Paper Clutter & Get Organized with NEAT Receipts

NEAT Receipts is, well, a pretty neat idea. NEAT Receipts is a scanner and software hybrid that allows you to scan your receipts into your computer. This is a stellar organizing option, as opposed to having a file cabinet full of messy saved receipts.
Features & benefits:

Scan, analyze and organize your receipts, bills, business cards, warranties, [...]

By Jennifer -- 4 comments

March 18th, 2008

Time to start organizing your garden seeds

This is just about the earliest time of the year (in North America) to start prepping your outdoor seeds for spring. You can of course, sow quick grow plants indoors year round (think lettuce), but most transplants with a long growing season, like bell peppers, tomatoes, etc., should be started now, not earlier.
Since we’re also [...]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

March 15th, 2008

Organizing by Simplifying

With Spring coming up I bet many of you are thinking, “Spring cleaning!” Maybe not that excitedly, but still. In any case, I think that one of the best ways to organize is to simplify. That said we’re going to have a little spring simplifying along with our cleaning this year. Actually, I’ll likely talk [...]

By Jennifer -- 16 comments

March 14th, 2008

Organize Your Life Carnival #22

Welcome to the March 14, 2008 edition of the Organize Your Life Carnival.

Jose DeJesus MD presents Improve Investment and Financial Results - Simplify and Conquer posted at Physician Entrepreneur.

Josh presents The Bigger Picture posted at Josh’s Place, saying, “Organizing your life is key, and I believe that it must begin with your [...]

By Julie -- 4 comments

March 13th, 2008

Follow James Cury on the Journey of Renovating his Kitchen

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Have you ever renovated your kitchen or maybe really wanted to? I have been to people’s houses before to help them organize a space and they would prefer to just bull doze over it and start from scratch. There are several rooms in my home [...]

By Julie -- 0 comments

March 12th, 2008

Extreme Organizing - Remove the Mess from the House

So, when it comes to office, playroom, and family room organizing you can always try to stay on top of it. Or, you could remove the problem completely. For example, I try to keep my office tidy, I really do. However, my office is also the room we use for art projects. The [...]

By Jennifer -- 9 comments

March 10th, 2008

The Right Hanger Does Make a Difference

I used to think hangers weren’t a big deal. Sure, I used them, but I used only the wire and plastic ones. Little did I know that the type of hanger you use can really make a big difference. Wire hangers can stretch out your clothes and leave marks across the shoulders. They really aren’t [...]

By Julie -- 5 comments

March 10th, 2008

Pop Quiz: Name This Organizing Structure

The lovely Sandy from All Holiday Cafe sent me this awesome link a while back - I think she meant for me to post it at Offbeat Homes - and it is offbeat, but it’s also a super slick way to organize your books. Oddly, Julie posted something like this recently (that’s your clue).
So, without [...]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

March 8th, 2008

Weekend Contest Fun!

So, while these contests aren’t exactly organized based, I have posted them everywhere else in the free world, so why not here too. Don’t organizing folks like prizes too?

I personally have two blogs running contests right now;  I’ve got a cool Baby Sign language book contest happening and at Tree Hugging Family, Peggy and I [...]

By Jennifer -- 4 comments