The Paper Monster

Do you have a paper monster living at your house? You may not have ever seen him, but you’ll notice (or maybe not notice) the mess he leaves behind. We collect all kinds of papers. Bills, statements, menus from take out places, school or activity related papers, magazines – you name it. We have piles […]

The Search for the Perfect Planner

If you’re anything like me, you’ve gone through a few planners in your day, sometimes buying more than one each year. The perfect planner will keep you perfectly organized and on time, right? Well, that’s the thinking anyway. The perfect planner has to fit the way we live our days and the things that we […]

Clean Out Your Car!

Have you seen the Fabreeze commercial where the mom saves all of the stuff that accumulates in her car in a week and then loads it into the car? And then the family climbs in, blindfolded, and talks about how fresh the car smells. Would anybody do that with your car? I try to keep […]

How to Have a (Fake) Immaculate House

Becky from Organizing Made Fun wrote a series of posts about “How to Have a (Fake) Immaculate House” a while back. I bookmarked it and read it all the way through. And then I thought “what great ideas”. And then I did what you always do when you have ADHD. I forgot about it and […]

How to Organize Anything

Wow. That sounds pretty impressive, doesn’t it? Well the truth is that organizing anything just boils down to a few simple steps that are the same whether you’re organizing your closet or your spice rack. Start by setting aside enough time to get the job done. Estimate how long it will take and then double […]

35 Organizing Resources

Wow! Can you imagine 35 resources to help you get organized? It’s enough to overwhelm a person. 😉 I can’t take credit for it, though. 35 Resources to Help You Get Organized is from the genius mind of Get Buttoned Up over at BlogHer. I’ll give you a list of my top 5 resources, but […]