Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
~John Quincy Adams
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
~Harriet Beecher Stowe
Have a great weekend!
Incredibly, almost one million acres of forest vanish off the face of the earth every week. Typical sixty-foot hardwood trees cut for marketplace use take 30-50 years to regenerate while a sixty-foot bamboo plant takes a mere 59 DAYS to replace.
Bamboo may be the most eco-friendly, sustainable natural resource the world has. Its root system is continually sprouting new growth and new shoots, which makes replanting after harvesting unnecessary. And bamboo does all this naturally without any chemicals, pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers. Bamboo reduces runoff and prevents water pollution via its high nitrogen consumption. Growing bamboo also dramatically reduces greenhouse gases because it absorbs carbon dioxide five times more than the same number of trees and produces 35% more oxygen than the same number of trees.
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I would like to extend a giant "THANK YOU" to all of our Stacks and Stacks customers and our Clutter Control Freak readers who made purchases over $100 during our Haiti earthquake drive.
We were able to donate over $5000 to the American Red Cross for Haiti!
Thank you all for your generous response!
All the so-called "secrets of success" will not work unless you do. ~Author Unknown
The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. ~Author Unknown
I think the hardest part of starting any organizing project is actually starting. Start something really cool this weekend - have a great one!
That's right, it's almost tax time again. That time of year when all the folks who use the EZ forms and have a few little tax deductions running around rejoice over the inevitable refund they will recieve. But for a lot of us, it's more complicated than that. Here is a post I came across by cjpilgrim on eHow.com for organizing at tax time:
Let's face it we all are not as organized in our life as we would like to be. Just as soon as the holidays are over, we are faced with instant dread. Tax time is upon us
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Living here in Wine County California, one ends up with a lot of corks. It’s hard to just throw them out when you know there must be a ton of creative uses for them out there. I did a search for creative uses for all these corks and found some great creative ideas!
Enjoy!
Napkin rings - Drill a hole in the center, thread pretty ribbon through and tie.
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From now until January 28th, Stacks and Stacks is donating $10 on every order over $100 to the American Red Cross Earthquake Relief Fund.
Just one more way to lend a helping hand.
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
~Mark Victor Hansen
Have a wonderful, productive and not perfect weekend! 
This post came from an email I received, with no author to site…
Coffee filters …. Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing!
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome… Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.
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It’s a new year, and a great time to take stock of all the photos you have accumulated over the last year. This is especially important at this time of year because, right after the holidays, most of us have an explosion of new pictures! Since I only order pictures about once a year, there are usually about 200 of them to sort through.
What I like to do is sit down with all my photos and three baskets. Each basket has a number. Number one is for pictures that I absolutely want displayed somewhere.
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Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
~George Claude Lorimer
Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. ~Charles Kingsley
Did you know…
… that today is Procrastinator's New Year? If you are a procrastinator, you should finally be getting around to celebrating the new year today. Or tomorrow. No hurry.
When you are responsible for taking care of others — whether it be at work, at home, or both ― then taking care of YOU can become a low, maybe even non-existent, priority.
Women, in particular, feel incredibly off-kilter when this occurs, but men are also not immune to self-neglect and its repercussions.
Here's what I mean…
- You're working more hours, so that's less time for exercise. You gain a few pounds, and your pants are fitting tightly…and you feel blah.
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