Organizing for the New Year

Fun fact...  If you Google "organizing new year" you will get over 2.4 billion articles.  Wow!  I'm not sure how valuable all of those articles are, but that one little statistic tells us everything we need to know.  Millions of people want to be organized, millions of people want to make money off helping people get organized, and I am highly unlikely to write an article with any tips or tricks that haven't already been written about.  You can find plans to follow, calendars to schedule your tasks and seminars to give you the tools and get you motivated.   First, let me be clear that some of those resources are amazing.  I've read some of them and even stalked a few bloggers over the years.  However, I have also worked with a lot of people that wanted to be more organized.  Some of those people were actually really organized to start with and others were, well not so much!  The common thing about every single one of the people I have worked with is this...  they all set aside...

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De-Cluttering Bathroom Cabinets & Drawers

After a few posts of fun and festivities, I thought you might all be ready for some more organization!  Since my bathroom vanity needed a little refreshing, I decided that would be a great way to kill two birds with one stone.  Nothing like showing pics to the world...

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“Boo” Baskets & Pumpkins

Although I don't get into costumes, spooky movies or cat, witch and goblin decorations - I do find lots of fun things to enjoy in October with the coming of fall and Halloween!  One of our fun family traditions is to "BOO" our neighbors, and we love to carve...

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Making New Friends

We have been having so much fall fun that I'm going to have to insert an off-schedule blog post or two... I love fall!  I love the cooler weather and the routine that we have settled into with school and fall sports.  This last week has been a busy one for us, partly...

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Building or Remodeling? How to Design your Closets

In my last post I confessed that I've been hanging out in a lot of closets!  I know that sounds miserable to some of you, but I've still been working on more closets - having more fun!   I finally put the finishing touches on Jase's closet this weekend, when my...

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Refreshing the Kids’ Closets

I know some of you will be mad at me for saying this, but I love the cooler temperatures we are getting here this week! I'd rather be cold than hot any day, and even our short burst of 100+ degree weather was a little much for me. I also know that with the cooling...

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A New Way to Organize Dress-Up Fun

Today is a first for my blog - I am featuring a project I completed for a client instead of myself!   I know, some of you didn't even know I have clients.  I've kinda been keeping it to myself!  I know, secrets don't make friends, but sometimes proper timing is...

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Back to School, Back to Work

Facebook was flooded with cute kiddos off to their first day of school today.  I loved seeing many of your kids - thanks for posting!  Well, my kids have been in school for a week now - crazy!  I know, pictures should have been on Facebook a full week ago, but I'd...

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Back to School, Back to Work

Facebook was flooded with cute kiddos off to their first day of school today.  I loved seeing many of your kids - thanks for posting!  Well, my kids have been in school for a week now - crazy!  I know, pictures should have been on Facebook a full week ago, but I'd...

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Naval Blue Wall Stripes

This has been such a fun summer for me... enjoying lazy days with my kids, baseball games, the beauty of Colorado, late nights, and WAY too much ice cream!   I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that can't believe summer is almost over.  Maybe the heat will last a...

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