Organize a Fun-Filled Family Summer

If your schools are like most school districts, you have about 14 week days before school comes to an end.  This CAN be a good thing if you are ready.  Summer gives you time to do fun things with your kids & spend time with them making family memories.

I know you’re re-running in your mind last summer’s chaotic, crazy, messy, tiring, endless entertaining, endless feeding, nutty family film from last year.  Don’t do that…..start picturing what you really want to happen this summer.  Now keep that film running in your head & follow these tips to get you there.

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Don’t Let the Clutter Leprechaun Steal Your Sleep

With Daylight Savings Time starting this Sunday morning, – YIKES! – it seems very appropriate to talk about the lack of sleep most of us experience.  The zombie shows are so popular because most of us are walking zombies ourselves & we see ourselves in those shows.

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A Professional Organizer Just Might Save Your Sanity

Today, I received a call from a mom with two small kids and one on the way.  Her comment is one I hear a lot:  “I used to be able to keep up with all the stuff before the kids!”  When kids & life comes along, it creates more stuff for us to manage.  It can get overwhelming!     

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Here Comes Summer: It’s Never Too Late to Do Some Spring Organizing

Summer is coming quick! Here it is already May 7th, Mother’s Day is this weekend and there is still some spring organizing to be done. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a magical list of reminders to help you refresh your home and calendar before the summer break starts? Guess what? The list below will help you achieve it!

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Cooking for Thanksgiving? Get the Project Foodie App

It’s that time of year to plan out that scrumptious turkey dinner that everyone looks forward to.  Once you have come up with your desired menu, there are so many aspects of the Thanksgiving meal that need to be considered.  Wouldn’t it be nice to somehow get some help managing it all?

While listening to KRLD News Radio 1080 in Dallas today, we discovered a wonderful app that can help in all areas related to cooking called Project Foodie.  This app may be just what you were looking for…that extra help to manage all of the nuts and bolts of making Thanksgiving dinner a great success.  It is a free app on iTunes, and ...

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Simplify Your Life with Daily Chores Modified for Our Modern Times

Our great grandparents were probably brought up with a days of the week” list of chores to help break up the big jobs over the course of an entire week.  Theses days we have so many modern conveniences to make things easier, however we can still benefit from having a set schedule.  Here is our take on the modern-day details of each of these daily chores.

 

Monday ~ Wash Day

It’s much different doing the laundry now than it was back in ...
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What Kind of Procrastinator Are You?

We all procrastinate.  Even really organized people procrastinate.  Psychologist Dr. Linda Sapadin’s curiosity about why some people procrastinate more than others lead her to discover the six types of procrastination.  So which type are you?

Six Procrastination Styles

PERFECTIONIST

  • Says, “But it’s not perfect yet!”
  • Because they fear others will judge their work, the start is overwhelming.   Wanting the results perfect, their work is never done.  (This is me, but don’t tell anyone!)

DREAMER

  • Says, “I hate dealing with all those bothersome details!”
  • They are all ideas but doesn’t want to deal with details.

WORRIER

  • Says, “I’m afraid to make a change!  It’s too much work.  It might not turn out right or be ...
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Take the Stress Out of Getting to School and Work on Time

Do your mornings become part of a world that seems to thrive on stress?  Decision-making left until morning? Parents trying to get themselves to work, as well as get their kids off to school? Two hours packed with anxiety-inducing rushing around? Regularly wishing at 7 AM that you had prepped the night before?

 

Since you already know what needs to be accomplished each morning, execute as many getting-ready-to-go decisions as possible the night before so that you can all easily get through the morning routine.

 

  • What are you going to wear?
    • Check your calendar – often you need to make a wardrobe decision based on events such as meetings (for you) or field ...
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