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What ever your reason or motivation for a garage sale, Here are 7 timely and fabulous tips for a successful sale.

My daughter and her family are moving to a different state and they have several items they don't want to take with them so they are having a garage sale. I just organized a two car garage and my client found so many duplicate, good, and unwanted items that she is having a garage sale.  The reasons for a sale are many and varied. No matter why you are having a garage sale here are some tips for a successful sale:

Tips for organizing back to school supplies and ideas on what to do with all the tons of paperwork that children bring home from school.

Do you remember that commercial Staples had on a few years ago that was aired in July? It was the one where the music was the Christmas song "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year". Every time it came on I just cracked up laughing. Along with the music a father was zipping around the store loading his cart with school supplies with the happiest smile on his face.  The children were standing there watching with sad expressions.

Do you get discouraged when you try to organize and never seem to get any where? Do your children do sloppy jobs when you tell them to get their jobs done? Here are some tips on how to create success when organizing.

Every morning I walk by a reservoir where all summer I have watched two geese and their four babies. They come to this reservoir every year and it is delightful to see them grow from fuzzy, furry little birds into beautiful Canada geese that leave full grown at the end of summer. The babies are now almost as large as their parents. What a treat I was in for last Friday. I could hear the honking of the geese before I could see them.  As I came even with the reservoir the four 'teenagers' were flapping their wings and then they flew up from one reservoir to the other reservoir about 40 feet away. Two of the geese were heading over my head but the sound of the other geese honking brought them back to the water where they landed safely.

Energy saving tips to use at home and a fantastic way to keep your important documents organized in one place.

I would love to be sitting by a pool with shade over me—I am not a sun worshiper, or under a beach umbrella at the beach listening to the shrieks of the gulls and the crashing of the waves. But I am in an office with the ceiling fan on for cool air.  Sherie Dodsworth the CEO & Founder of Securita PortaVault offers the following suggestions for staying cool at home. Along with staying cool there are simple tips to help you save energy at home and my comments as well:

Do the laundry and wash dishes in the evening to avoid adding heat and humidity to your home during the day when your air conditioner is working the hardest.   

Does your teenager need help on organizing her room? His is a comprehensive article on how to get and keep her room organized.
Teenagers are busy, busy people. Often they get a bad rap from adults calling them lazy. But in my experience, which includes rearing five daughters and professionally working with troubled teens they are ambitious, fun and interesting. Teenagers are my favorite age.

However, a lot of fights happen between parents and teens because they don't keep their rooms straight and clean. Out of five girls I had one who was habitually disorganized. We finally came to the agreement that she would keep the door to her room closed and would clean and organize it once a week.  That worked for both of us. Now that she is an adult and has her own place she is organized. Teach correct principals and eventually they will govern themselves.

Travel tips on what to do and what to know so you will have a carefree and happy trip when traveling to and in a foreign country.

Traveling to foreign countries can be a lot of fun and a great cultural experience. With research and planning the trip can be double the fun and less hassle. You will come home with great experiences to put in your memory bank and to share with friends and family.
Things to know before you go:

Do you think there is a right and a wrong way to organize? Depending on your own personality and style, that is the right way for you. Find your style, individualism and organizing becomes fun.

I was at a friend's home waiting for her to come out of the house so we could go shopping. The man next door was using a leaf blower to clean off his drive way. He was blowing dirt, not leaves. As I sat and watched him I thought why I hadn't I ever thought of that. A leaf blower was just that to me. It was to blow leaves.

Is multi-tasking a time management tool for everyone? Do you want to get more done in a day? This article may help you to do just that.

I just read another article that said multi-tasking is not possible and I just have to take exception to that.  It bothers me enough that I want to say it just isn't true in some instances.  First let's talk about the difference between men and women and can they or can they not multi-task.

Do you ever forget an appointment, lose a coupon, need a phone number, don't know what you are doing from one minute to the next? This article is for you. Using a planner will help solve your time management problems.

I don't believe in using this phrase: "Do as I say, not as I do". Well, I have to eat my hat—or is it eating crow? Sometimes I can't believe myself.  My confession is this……

HELP! I'm drowning in my children's art/school work. Your children's art work and school work is taking over your home. What on earth do you do with it and how do you organize it?  Here is a comprehensive article chucked full of ideas on how to store, use and display their projects and school work.

Your great plan for the summer was to go through all your child's school work/art work they brought home this past school year but yikes there is so much of it where is the best place to start?  First of all let's have a little talk:

Are you burdened with junky souvenirs or feel obligated to buy for friends and family when you go on a trip? This article gives tips on how to select souvenirs or not to buy souvenirs.

This summer are you doing a 'Stay-Cation' (is that how you spell a stay at home vacation?) Or are you going to go somewhere and call it a vacation? Going to the beach and listening to the sound of the waves sounds glorious to me, but no such luck this year.

Does it seem like you are always late to appointments and other things? Does this bother you or your family? This articles gives 7 tried and true tips to help you get where you want to be on time.

As I was coming home today on my morning walk I read a license plate cover that made me shake my head at with a little grin. It said "On Time Is When I Get There".  Do you know people who are chronically late?  It gripes me to have to wait for people who are late; it is such a waste of my time. I see it as a sign of disrespect and control.

Do you struggle with knowing what paper work to keep and what to get rid of? Do you have a ton of paper in your office and are being buried by it? This article discusses what to keep and what to get rid of.

Is your biggest problem in your office knowing what to keep and what to get rid of? As I organize offices for women I find this is a big problem in the majority of homes.  First it is necessary to have a filing cabinet that accommodates hanging folders. It is not necessary to have manila folders 98% of the time.

If you live in a small space and don't have room for a filing cabinet use banker boxes which also come in plastic and are more durable than cardboard ones. Files can be placed under the desk or under a table if necessary. A filing cabinet could have two drawers and the top used as a small table.

Do you have too much paper in your home and are suffocating from it? Here are eight timely tips to help you breathe again.

As a kid did you love to play a game where you would all pile on top of each other and the bottom person would be yelling, "Get off, I can't breathe"?

Do you ever feel like the paper in your home is making it so you can't breathe? Paper piles in homes and offices can become a heavy weight if not contained. Rules to breathe by: