Ideas for Photo Organizing and Story Sharing
Get in the picture
Like most people, I don’t love having my picture taken! (And let's be honest: most women are too busy taking the photos of their families and friends and are often not in the picture.) My personal experience is that I am always thinking, "I don’t have any makeup on"...
Organizing Your Taxes: Inside an Organizer’s Taxes (sort of)
How to Organize Your Taxes I just submitted all of my tax documents to my accountant and thought this would be a great thing to share since taxes are something EVERYONE deals with! So let's talk about how to organize your taxes. Disclaimer: I am not a tax professional...
Organizing a Legacy: keeping the past in the present through organizing
For generations, families have handed their “important” stuff down to the next generation. It almost seems like part of human nature. I have read several articles about how the younger generations don’t want the stuff and how upsetting this can be for the older...
Inside a Professional Organizer’s House: Storage Room Organization (Part 2)
One of the many things that I love about our old home is the large amount of storage space. We have two large storage rooms in the basement. Sometimes when you do have large storage rooms, it is easy to turn them into a dumping ground because you think you have all...
Inside a Professional Organizer’s House, Part 1
HOPE Organizing turned 10 in the spring of 2017! To celebrate, I invited clients, potential clients, friends, and family to an Open House in September. This was a true "open house" in that I let people look inside almost every closet, drawer, and cabinet in my home....
Celebrating 10 Years of HOPE organizing – Open House
HOPE organizing turned 10 in the spring of 2017 and to celebrate I invited clients, potential clients, friends, and family to an Open House in September. This was a total Open House as I let people look inside almost every closet, drawer and a cabinet in my home. ...
Grandparents Day
This Sunday, September 11, is Grandparents Day. Congress passed the legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents' Day and, on August 3, 1978, then-President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation. Therefore, Grandparents Day has been...
Permission to Delete your Photos
In recent months, I have really embraced deleting my photos! Yes, the person who is always talking about saving and sharing your memories is giving you permission to delete some photos. I truly believe that future generations will thank you for it. In January, our...
