I'm often asked for suggestions on how to prevent items from disappearing from shared home spaces like kitchens or family rooms – even on the job. The British Medical Journal published the results of a study documenting the disappearance of teaspoons from their cafeteria. They purchased both…
Your little one is finally asleep after reading Goodnight Moon for the fifth time, and singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" in all of the three bears' voices. You attempt to back out of their darkened bedroom without waking your adorable sleeping monster, and then it happens. You lose your…
Believe it or not a little band-aid and some antibiotic cream can go a long way to living a healthier life simply by killing a few germs. Since I am in the business of making lives better, here is exactly what your first aid kit should include. If you don't have one, you can buy some pretty good…
Collections get a pretty much universal bad rap. They can be expensive, dusty, excessive, and even dangerous. Collections, however, are not a bad thing, without them we would have no libraries, museums, or preserved scientific specimens.
Information on getting organized for back to school is everywhere from television commercials to sale ads in the newspapers – and even billboards. But there is an entire population of students and educators who are not included in all of this hoopla: home-schoolers. Educating children at home is a…
The military has touched each of us in some way throughout our lives; a parent, spouse, sibling, friend, or even personally served our country. For many in the military, their careers provide them with an opportunity to accumulate a variety of things that are significant, both historically and…
In our electronic age, it is very difficult to avoid the big bundle of cord spaghetti - you know, that place where all of your cords end up. The very best thing you can do is move forward with a clear system in place to prevent adding to the chaos with new tech devices. Only then can you go back…
To e-read or not to e-read, that is the question. My answer? A little of both is ideal.
In my business, my biggest competition is cousins and friends of the disorganized. We allow our "people" to help us get organized but what is organized for one person isn't necessarily organized for anyone else. In fact, such valiant more often than not make matters worse.
I see a lot of stuff in my line of work and frequently strength my brain to come up with creative storage solutions to meet the needs of each individual and family. One area that continually baffles and frustrates me is board game storage. The tiny little pieces, no problem; keeping up with…
