Tag: organization
REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY – Rubbermaid Bento Storage Containers
Are you organized? I am very organized at work, and on the computer. But around the house where I don’t have a lot of room? Not so much. I don’t have enough dedicated storage space in the house so things end up sitting right out in the open. Yuck! Recently I learned about a new [...]
2011 SCOUR Project – REVIEW – Tatutina Take Out Menu Boxes
Do you have some takeout menus in your kitchen? Where do you keep them? Are they organized and easy to get to? We keep ours in the takeout menu/potholder/junk drawer, which looks like this. The drawer tends to get a bit full and frequently the menus slip over the back and down into the cabinet [...]
2011 SCOUR Project – REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY – CoolCare Counter Top Curling Iron Holder
Does anyone in your home use a curling iron or straightener? Do you worry that one of them has been left on when you leave the house? Does your bathroom counter look anything like this, with hair care appliances all over it and cords hanging everywhere? My teenager uses a blow dryer and straightener. Lots [...]
REVIEW – Post-It’s Summer 2011 New Organizational Products
My desk at work is organized. My desk at home – not quite so much. I made a promise to myself that while I’m recovering from surgery I will try to get my desk area at home more organized as soon as I’m physically feeling well enough. Some of the products I plan on using [...]
It’s All Too Much DVD And Book From Peter Walsh
Shortly before Christmas I was offered the opportunity to check out an organizational book and video by Peter Walsh. With New Years approaching I thought it was a great opportunity so I accepted. It’s All Too Much DVD Your personal, at-home organizational coaching session with Peter Walsh! With more than an hour of Peter’s tips, [...]
REVIEW – OXO Good Grips Office Collection
Are you organized? In some ways I am, and in some ways not so much. My desk sometimes gets a bit overloaded and cluttered. I’m always looking for better ways to try and organize things. Lately I’ve been pondering getting a large dry erase board. I already have a small one and like it, and [...]
Microsoft Office Live
As part of the Executive Board of the PTA and Chair of two committees I have a lot of stuff to organize. Some of it is electronic, some of it is data collected from paper. Different pieces of the information are used by different people. In the end I wind up with a ton of [...]
Mayfair Lane Review And Giveaway
I work best when I’m organized. Sometimes juggling a gazillion things at once can be tough to organize. I work best when I can see everything all in one place and have information I need right at hand. Always looking for a way to improve my system, I accepted the opportunity to review some products [...]
I Have A New Plan Of Attack For My Paperwork
Some of the paperwork I’ve been keeping at home has gotten a bit out of control. It took me more than 30 minutes to find something last night. That started me going through papers. I threw some out but need to organize the rest. I came up with a new plan of attack this morning [...]
Back To School – Organizational Tips From Avery With Giveaway
Earlier this month Avery Dennison Office Products announced its relationship with organizational expert Jodie Watson, founder and president of Supreme Organization and the organization expert from TLC’s “Real Simple. Real Life” television show. Watson shares her expertise in an effort to help kids prepare for back-to-school and stay organized for a more successful and productive [...]
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OfficeMax [In] Place System by Peter Walsh
Recently OfficeMax invited me to join in a webcast featuring organizational expert and author Peter Walsh that would demonstrate the [In]Place System, a new exclusive organizational collection of products. Yes, that’s Peter Walsh from the Clean Sweep series on TLC. I felt thrilled and honored to be invited but unfortunately was not able to attend. [...]
Spring declutter underway
I started my straightening project yesterday. Spring cleaning if you will. I promised myself I’ll do at least a half of an hour a day organizing around the house. I have many things that need to put away and just as many things that need to be gotten rid of in one way or another. [...]
Getting my paperwork organized
I recently realized that I need to reclaim my house and organize things better. I decided that I was going to go through all of the papers in the house and scan them. That way I could shred originals and regain a lot of space. My thought was that I wanted all of the documents [...]
Stop emailing me and meet me in my tent
This week the Parent Bloggers Network is asking parents what they’re doing to get their act together in 2009. Recently I made a promise to myself that I was going to try and organize all of my paperwork and correspondence. I’ve gotten a nice start on organizing the paperwork by taking control of the paperwork [...]
Review of NeatReceipts Mobile Scanner
My son has developmental delays, which means he has an IEP for school. That means that a LOT of paperwork comes home. I’m also on the Executive Board for our town’s Special Education PTA, which means more paperwork. Plus I get the normal household’s paperwork. I throw as much of it out as I can [...]
