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Clutter Video Tip: Setting Up a Donation Station
ByHere's Lorie Marrero from Clutter Diet with another great Video Tip for you. Since I'm a HUGE Goodwill fan, I love this one! 
Although I prefer these bins to the paper bags, as we have a local clothing recycle bin that resembles a big mailbox and you don't need to have them bagged up do donate there. Even more green!
Tuesday Tip: How to Get a Real Person!
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I usually address all my customer service needs with companies from their websites. Most are intuitive and easy to use. But sometimes there is an issue which requires a direct question to a live person, so a phone call is required.
Ah, the dreaded customer service phone call.
Most customer service representatives are friendly and helpful. Once you finally get to one.
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Declutter Your Computer - Part 1
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Today I want to talk about an area of the office that may just be one of my favourite things to organise - your computer!
Because we can't see computer clutter as obviously as we can see physical clutter, we often don't realise it's there but believe me, it's still affecting you.
How does it affect you?
When you open your Inbox and feel drained at the sight of all your emails, when your computer runs slow because there are so many photos on there and when you click into your Google Reader and can't BELIEVE how much some people post because you went through your blogs for 3 hours yesterday and now there are 127 unread items yet again!
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Get Organized for Tax Season in 5 Easy Steps
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In the words of Dave Barry, "It's income tax time again, Americans: time to gather up those receipts, get out those tax forms, sharpen up that pencil, and stab yourself in the aorta."
Filing taxes = huge pain. We all know it. We all go through it once a year. And while there's no way around tax season, there is a way to make the process less stressful.
P.R.E.P.A.R.A.T.I.O.N.
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Web Accessibility For All - We've Got It!
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Stacks and Stacks is doing something new to reach out to seniors and the disabled!
We have a new icon on our website that offers a link to a web accessibility tool for seniors and the disabled! The tool is absolutely free to download and free to use, and can help people with impairments navigate the internet and our website.
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Clutter Video Tip: Organizing Medications
ByHere's something I forget to organize - medications! Lorie has some great tips - enjoy!
Clutter Video Tip: Make Housekeeping Easier- Choose Wisely
ByLorie Marrero's Clutter Video for today gives great tips on how to buy smart to make laundry easier! Take a look:
Check out more on ClutterDiet.com
Clutter Video Tip: Planning Menus to Save Time
ByI'm a big fan of Lorie Marrero and ClutterDiet.com! Lorie has some great clutter video tips that she produces every week, and I am going to bring you some of those here to Clutter Control Freak. This one is on menu planning - Enjoy!
5 Organizing Tips for Working Moms
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It's not quite Spring yet, but it may be time for a bit of Spring Cleaning - for your office!
Michelle Maffei has written a great post over at SheKnows.com with some timely and helpful tips on doing just that. Here's an excerpt:
Whether you work from home or just use your office for family purposes, giving your home office a spring cleaning will boost productivity while reducing stress. From categorizing the clutter to keeping at-home kids happy so you can work, give yourself a career spring cleaning and organize your office with these tips for working moms.
1) Put clutter into categories:
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Valentine's Day Goodies
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The Gals over at GetButtonedUp.com have the cutest free printable Valentine's Day cards!
Check it out and make someone's day on the 14th!
Do You Know What You're Cleaning With?
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According to the National Research Council, only 20% of chemicals have been tested for acute effects less than 10 % have been tested for chronic or reproductive effects and 80% does not have toxic information available and only 1% of toxins are required to be on a label. Yet, all of these things are on our grocery shelves, can harm us, our children and the environment.
We are constantly hearing about second hand smoke, smog, emissions from cars and factories ruining our air supply. Yet, the one thing that we use in our home to rid it of bacteria, mold and bugs, no one seems to question.
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Beware of Vampires!
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Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Beware of vampire energy in your home, sucking the money right out of your wallet and producing over 50 million tons of CO2 emissions in the U.S., equal to 11 million cars.
My friends over at Big Green Head have put together a cute interactive post to show potential energy vampires in your home and how to eliminate them. Check it out…
The Mind-Body Clutter Connection
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Do you follow the advice of clutter experts and still feel overwhelmed and unable to crawl from underneath the piles of stuff? Sheila Hawkins over at ChaoticClutterKing has written a great post on what the real issue may be! Here's an excerpt from the post:
You can’t clear the clutter by focusing on your “stuff”. How many times have you eliminated that pile, the overflow in the closet or even cleared the clutter from an entire room only to have it come back to haunt you
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Win a $50 Stacks and Stacks Gift Certificate and Get Organized!
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Are you resolved to get organized this year?
Well, the folks over at ClosetPages.com are having a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from StacksAndStacks.com to help you do just that! So hop on over and read the post to get some great tips on organizing your closet, and enter to win!
Good luck!
And While We're Quoting…
ByJust found this quote in an EXCELLENT post, What NOT To Say in the New Year, on The Clutter Diet Blog!
Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
Please read the rest of the post here! Thanks again, Lorie!
A Great New Use for Binder Clips!
ByBinder clips ROCK! Thanks for this GREAT tip, Lorie!!
How to Stay Motivated in 2011
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Here is a great article by Lesley Alderman/Real Simple.com to help you stay on track when it comes to those New Year’s Resolutions:
9 Secrets of Motivated People: Real-life strategies that will help you to actually accomplish the goals you’ve set for yourself this year.
New year, new you. It’s the perennial January catchphrase that holds such conquer-the-world promise. And then, well, you get sidetracked with conquering your to-do list. But even the loftiest resolutions (running a marathon, writing a book) don’t have to fall by the wayside come February. Staying motivated―and achieving what you set out to do on that bright New Year’s Day―is surprisingly possible. Just follow these nine mantras, provided by researchers who study motivation and backed up by women who have used them to realize their biggest ambitions. Read the full post here.
Product of the Week: 30 Pair Shoe Rack
ByThis is a great shoe rack for tight spaces!
Product of the Week - Commercial Grade Garment Rack
ByThis is an awesome garment rack! Because of its portability, I use it for my frequent flea market sales, and for winter coat storage.
Book Review: Organize Now!
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Recently Jennifer Ford Berry asked me to review her newly revised book - Organize Now! A week-by-week guide to simplify your space and your life.
I gladly jumped on it – I love organizing books!
I have to say, first off, that I love the book itself. It’s a hard bound spiral notebook that looks like a leather bound daily planner. The pages are thick to withstand frequent use and make quick referencing easy. The pages of each section are accented with fun colors and coordinating prints and sprinkled with some great quotes. It’s just an all-around fun book to look at and use!
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Product of the Week - Hotel Style Luggage Rack - Foldaway Suitcase Stand
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Product of the Week - South Shore 2-Door Wooden Storage Cabinet
ByThis cabinet is so versatile - you could use it for almost anything! It would be great for shoes and backpacks in my entryway.
Product of the Week - Motorized Tie Rack
ByFor the man with lots of ties! Or belts?
Get Rid of Clutter - Transform Your Life
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It's often hard to keep the momentum going after you start an organizing project. Reason being, unless you are a professional organizer or self-proclaimed organizing junkie, organization can seem…boring…pointless…overwhelming…difficult.
Does this situation sound familiar to you? Then it's very likely that when you think about getting organized, your natural procrastination mechanism kicks into overdrive.
You are not alone! In fact, one of the most popular questions about organizing is: "How do I get/stay motivated?"
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What the Heck is MDF? and Other Questions Answered
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I do a lot of online shopping and research. In my investigations, I’ve discovered that there are a myriad of terms that retail websites use, and they expect us to understand what they mean. Well, sometimes we don’t. And that’s why I’ll be bringing you a series of posts explaining some of these terms so you can be an educated online shopper. Today we’ll be talking about wood.
Anything claiming to be made of solid wood is just that – solid wood. Easy enough. But what about items that say they are made from particle board, pressed wood or MDF. Do you know what those are?
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But What Do I Do With All The Caps?
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I'm learning more about recycling everyday (thanks to my friends at BigGreenHead.com!).
Like many households, we have a giant blue recycling bin that we throw all our recyclables into. Like many people, I had some questions in my mind as I was tossing a plastic container or a pizza box; Can the lid be recycled? Is it OK if there is a little grease on the pizza box? Should I rinse out containers before recycling them? But when I'm in the kitchen, I'm usually doing five other things and I don't have time to find the answer.
I kinda just figure the guys at the recycle place will figure it out.
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An Animal Lover's Paradise
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I know there are a lot of you organizing nuts out there who are animal lovers like me. Have I got the site for you! Animal Town USA.
They sell al kinds of stuff by various artist, and everything has an animal or critter theme. There are boxes for organizing your trinkets, flags for your mailbox, jewelry, and a menagerie of wonderful houseware and gifts to admire!
Thanks for such a fun site, Animal Town!
Eliminate Your Growing Clutter…Weeds!
Let’s start by defining clutter.
That’s what being a Rik Rak Sister is all about after all. I’m just making sure that we’re on the same page before we get to the meat of the matter.
Clutter - n. A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble; a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter
That’s according to some on-line dictionary I found. But I don’t need to mince fancy vocabulary with you. Let’s get down to brass tax and say what it really means…
Clutter = all the crap that’s in your way.
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Product of the Week - Wooden Closet System - Deluxe
ByI want one!
Video: Organizing Your pets
ByHere is a great video on organizing your pets featuring Ellen Damaschino!
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