I would like to thank the Sylvania Advantage for interviewing me for their Boomers & Beyond publication (February edition). You can read their entire magazine at this link.
Showing posts with label Making the News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Making the News. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Tuesday, January 06, 2015
From Cluttered to Clean
It's a new year and time for a new you!
One of the best ways to begin becoming more organized is to let go of things. Items that are no longer serving a positive function in your life should be sent on their way: donate, recycle, sell or trash.
Here's a fabulous little article from the Monroe News to give you a few little ideas to get started:
One of the best ways to begin becoming more organized is to let go of things. Items that are no longer serving a positive function in your life should be sent on their way: donate, recycle, sell or trash.
Here's a fabulous little article from the Monroe News to give you a few little ideas to get started:
I truly believe that if you can live with less, you will have more time, energy and freedom to accomplish anything.
You can do it! I believe in you.
You can do it! I believe in you.
What did you let go of from your home?
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Organize Spring Magazine ... Woo Hoo!!
Not only is the mother of all snow meltdowns about to begin but a national publication is hitting the book stands and yours truly is one of the "leading experts."
Woo hoo!!
You can pick up your copy at your favorite Costco, Target, Barnes & Noble and other major new stands.
I was interviewed for the section on organizing tips and tricks for storing your winter gear for the beautiful warm sunny days of spring and summer.
Also, being a single mom with any second becoming a "mommy meltdown moment" in a flash of a Nerf dart whizzing by head, I was asked about ways to find some time for yourself in a section entitled "Taking a Moment." I laughed out loud when I read one of my quotes.
If you are looking for some great tips (and laughs) on getting organized this spring, get out and grab your copy today!
What are you looking forward to doing this Spring?
Friday, September 20, 2013
Surviving the Back to School Chaos with these organizing tips
The kids are back in school.
... oh, man! Now we have to get up early, be on a schedule and eat dinner in shifts due to after school activities. That's a end of summer bummer.
Here are a few great tips the Rebecca Regnier and I chatted about on her weekly show Rebecca Regnier's Full Plate:
So, take a moment and think about your home and family.
What is working?
What can be working better?
Talk about these things and come up with a game plan that everyone can help maintain some sanity in your home during the school year. Everyone in your home can help in some way.
Yes, my boys are living, breathing proof that your kids can do their own laundry.
What are your tricks to back to school?
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Home Lifestyle Show - Organizing Tips presentation
The Monroe County Home Builders and Remodelers Association (HBRA) asked me to be their "Celebrity guest & Master Organizer" for their Home Lifestyle Show. I was quite honored to share with their audience tips and tricks to getting organized.
This is an article that appeared in the Bedford Now and the Monroe Evening News prior to the event:
This is an article that appeared in the Bedford Now and the Monroe Evening News prior to the event:
It was a great event and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Glad I could help and encourage the attendees to think about the "other" benefits about being organized and ways to be more productive throughout the day.
What is your favorite organizing trick?
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Organizing Tips for the Holidays ... and a Hot New Book
Rebecca Regnier invited me to her weekly show Rebecca Regnier's Full Plate to talk about some organizing tips you can use to, hopefully, ease some of the overwhelming anxiety that can build this time of year.
I have published a book, Divorcing A [______], sharing some of the craziness that happens from the divorcing process. Along with little lessons, and a good dose of humor, learned in the process. It has received some fantastic reviews on Amazon.com. You can purchase directly from me (autographs are free, just ask!) from the book website or visit Amazon.com, eBooks available with Kindle and Nook versions.
The book is targeted for anyone going through a divorce, though you can apply the lessons learned to any struggle or challenging event in your life. I am thankful for the wonderful feedback from readers.
What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Friday, September 16, 2011
Conquering Your Closet Clutter
So put on some comfy clothes, turn on some music tunes and grab a few (alright several) bags to begin loading them up with donations.
BIG THANKS to The Courier out of Findlay, Ohio for putting together this awesome article below filled with tips and tricks for getting organized. You can read the article below (which is a bit fuzzy hard to read) or you can go directly to the nice big, easy to read article here.
Remember, to give your items a hard look. Just because it is your favorite shirt EVER, doesn't mean that 4+ years later it loves you. You want clothing that looks great on you and makes you feel good.
What is your favorite shirt EVER?
(yes that top picture is me from 3rd grade. That was a favorite shirt)
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Organizing your Car's Trunk
If you don't have a plan to contain these items, every time you go to place your groceries into your trunk you will be greeted with chaos leaving you no clear area to plop your newly purchased items.
Here is one quick organizing solution for getting your items organized in your car trunk:
(Now, I never said "Junk," nor as a professional organizer would I refer to your items as such.)
With your new plan to keep your daily trunk items in one place, you now have lots of free space for all your shopping needs.
What is the oddest thing you found in your trunk?
Monday, August 22, 2011
Do You Seriously Dust Your Magazines?
Who knew these innocent little reads could cause such headaches as the pile up around you, if you do not keep them in control.
Here's a quick organizing video from Your Rocket Organizer to help encourage you to get your magazines purged and organized:
Grab a brown paper grocery bag and start loading it up with your old magazines. Any magazine over 3 months has got to go. Most articles are available on-line if that is your justification for keeping it. If there is a layer of dust on them, it has got to go. (plus do you seriously want to dust a magazine?)
Please consider dropping off your magazines to a recycling center or check with you local school to see if they may need them for art projects.
Remember getting organized is an investment in yourself.
Enjoy the day!
What's your favorite magazine?
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Big, Thick, Black ...
Chances are if you DO make lists, you are getting things done more efficiently and without the stress of:
"D'OH! I forgot the bread!"
In this clip Your Rocket Organizer (me ... smile), chats about lists and how they can help you get organized:
What's the funniest thing you have added to your list only to cross off?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Using Some Thing for Something Else and Making Your Life Easier ... YEAH!!
Big storage bins are a wonderful way to corral and organize your stuff. Though these big storage boxes can become a black hole for many small items that easily make their way to the bottom
... Never to be seen again.
Thinking outside the box (pun completely intended), will give your deep, darkly hidden items life and purpose in your world. Plus you'll be able to find them quick and easy ... Hooray!!
Check out this organizing trick:
Sometimes the solution to your organizing and storage woes are outside of the area focus.
In this example: Using trash bins in a storage locker.
What's your favorite use of some "thing" for something else?
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Organizing those Damn Legos!
@$*#&# &%#@*! %$&^*#@!!
Here's a great little trick you can use to help organize those little landmines:
If you give your kids some tools and guidance, they can be organized. They spend all day in school making sure all the pencils, papers and scissors all end up in the correct spot. Your kids can be organized at home too ... though you need to be an example to them, as well.
What's the worst toy you have stepped on?
Thursday, June 23, 2011
That Cable Bird's Nest in Your Home
But those cords ... oh, dear those cords and cables!
Here's a quick trick to keeping your electrical cables organized:
Find your twisted, tangled up mess of cables and start sorting them out.
Get them organized into neat little bundles, getting rid of those you no longer use or have no idea what device they go to.
How big is your cable nest?
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Grab Your Toilet Paper and Get Organized
It's your home.You have lived there for years and become accustom to how things are.
Look around your home
and pick a room.
What do you see?
One BIG, HUGE mess with no hope of EVER getting organized. Why even bother? You've lived this long with it. Yeah, you feel overwhelmed and cranky about it, though there is nothing you can really do. It's just too much.
You have a problem. And, yeah, it may be a pretty big one, too. The thing is that all BIG problems are made of up smaller problems. Those smaller problems are made up of tiny problems. Solving these tiny problems, is exactly what you need to accomplish to love your home again.
How do you find these tiny problems to solve?
Reduce your vision.
Here's a clip from FOX Toledo news showing you this little trick:
What do you see? Tiny problems.
By reduce your vision of the entire area, you can focus on smaller tasks. As you conquer these smaller tasks, the bigger problem begins to dwindle away. You begin to breathe easier in your home. Everything seems lighter and brighter.
Pretty slick, uh?
Get out there and enjoy the day!
What did your toilet paper roll show you?
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Easy Access in your Fridge
OK. Please tell me I'm not the only one reliving the 80s with Dead or Alive's, "You spin me round?"
We digress ... on to the video:
Don't limit the organizing turntable to spices, mustards and mayo.
Think about where else you could put a new "spin" on organizing.
(Oh, I feel so clever)
What is your favorite fridge item?
(yes, beer counts)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Clearing Clutter in your Kitchen Drawers
Do you have a bouquet of spatulas and other items that are over 5 years old, still in their packaging, lingering in your kitchen tools?
Perhaps it is time to let some of those items go.
Check out another organizing tip from Your Rocket Organizer on FOX Toledo news:
Now that you can easily get into your kitchen tools quick without slicing your fingers on your potato peeler, make sure you get outside and enjoy the day!
It's beautiful and so are you!
How many spatulas do you have?
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Spring Break Packing Tip from Your Rocket Organizer
OK, I'm playing catch-up on getting the FOX Toledo Rocket Organzing videos posted.
Not giving out any excuses. My fault for the delay.
In this video, we are offering a great organizing tip for your Spring Break trip and a great way to save $25-35 or more each way on your airfare:
FOX has been so incredibly kind to put together a webpage with all these organizing videos (click here).
I will continue to post the videos as quickly as possible here, too!
What is your "MUST HAVE" for travelling?
Friday, February 04, 2011
Thank you for your help in shaking up the organizing world
In the most wonderful words of STYX:"Tonight's the night we'll make history ..."
The premier of the "Organized Solutions" segment will air on FOX Toledo News at 6:30pm. Then you can tune in EVERY FRIDAY to learn a fun, sexy, sassy organizing trick.
WOW!
There were so many times I was so close to quitting.
Damn thankful to have pushed through and make it to today.
There were people who told me to get a "real job" or that I was "working below my ability." To them I say thank you as well. You pushed me to rise above your criticisms.
Most importantly. I want to thank you: my readers, fans, friends, family and the Universe for all your support, comments, thoughts, laughter, tears and pride. I certainly could not have made it this far without you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
WOW!
Who are you thankful for today?
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Organized Solutions is coming to FOX Toledo
Here's a little article that appeared in the Monroe Evening News about this upcoming news:
There will be posting and links of all videos coming soon to this blog and the website.
Anyone have Oprah, Ellen, or Conan's numbers?
They should probably be watching.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Undeck the halls!
Time to get all those holiday decorations down and stored away for another year. If you are looking for some guidance on how to organize all those items, check out this great article from the The Courier out of Findlay, OH, also known as Flag City, USA:
The article does a fantastic job breaking down the steps to "undeck" your home.
1. Take inventory
2. Light the way
3. On the ball
4. Boxes and labels
5. Wrapping in up
6. Take your time
Remember, Always take the time to reward yourself.
You are SO worth it!
What holiday item did you say "bye, bye" to in your home?
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