Holidays Made Simple
Oh, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. As I write this, we have barely finished celebrating Halloween just a couple of weeks ago. We haven't paused a moment in November to be thankful for all we have and we are already thinking of acquiring more. I heard radio ads this morning about buying jewelry and

A Finite Number
Sometimes when I am taking people through the organizing process, they want to know how many of something they should have. The answer is a finite number. ( A definite number. Not infinite. In other words it could be measured, or given a value.) The quantity can be determined easily depending on the item in question. Enough

Grocery Shopping TLC
Buon Appetito! While on vacation in Italy, we stayed in a house that was near the largest grocery in town. It had four aisles, and two of those were pasta. Our refrigerator was very tiny and so we had to plan each morning what we would eat for the day. We could only buy what we could carry. Less choices, no co

The A-List (or stuff you need for a new apartment)
Our two daughters, Leah and Kelsey are both in college. My husband and I attended college. My little sisters attended college,. I worked at The Container Store helping families get ready for college and I have pack client's cars to send their kids to college. I am an expert on what one might need for a dorm room. I