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   Weekly Hints


 

Here are my favorite skills to help make organizing easier, faster... and more fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTITUDE

Maren Went Home for Christmas

The Sunday Dandelion        
             

BABIES

After the Baby Comes

 

       
             

CHILDREN

Teaching Children  Not to Hit

Organizing for Summer Jobs

Summertime Clothing Standards

Help!  I Have Housework "Personality" Problems...

Three Essentials Habits to Ease Your Pain

Managing Children's Clothes

CHILDREN

Handling Children's Wet Waterwear

Settling into a School Schedule

Simple, Important Bathroom Tasks for Children to Learn

Finishing The Dishes

Feeding the Neighborhood

Getting the Homework Done

CHILDREN

Organizing Toys

Why I Believe in Cartooning 

My Mother Got Upset About It, But She Never Did Anything About It...Are You?

Leave a Legacy

Organizing Dress Up Clothes

The Answer is NO!  

CHILDREN Dealing with Angry Children Better School Morning Routines Toys' Pickup Time      

CHILDREN

Summer Chores

Five Rules for Fair Fighting

Helping Them Keep Commitments

Pesky Neighborhood Children

Safely Organized

Choice is Good, Too Much Choice is Confusing

             

CLOTHING MANAGEMENT

Personal Design for 2009

Underwear Update        
             

FAMILY

A Family Mission Statement

Worst First Principle

 

 

 

 

             

FOOD MANAGEMENT

Cooking Partners

Problem Pantries!

Jam and Homemade Bread - Passing Skills On

Buy It to Try It

Refrigerator Organization

Organizing Recipes

FOOD MANAGEMENT

Feeding a Crowd

Master Menu for Two

Prepared to Feed Company

     
             

FOOD STORAGE

With All Your Getting, Get Going

         
             

GIFTS

Wedding Gift Giving

 

 

 

 

 

             

HOLIDAYS

Preparing for Halloween

Handling Thanksgiving Pressures

Well, Thanksgiving Week is Here, Now What?

Thanksgiving Thanks Bank

Stop, Look, and Listen (To Appreciate)

Finish Up (Thanksgiving) Before You Start Again (Christmas)

HOLIDAYS

Time to Think Holidays

You Can Feel the Holidays Just Around the Corner...

Catnap Craze - Keeping Your Energy Through the Holidays

Put Your Life Away, So You Can Enjoy Holiday

Four Simple Ways to Make Christmas an Ordered and Memorial One!

Its Almost Christmas Time...And Your Company Has Arrived! 

HOLIDAYS

Organized for the Holidays Binder

A List for the Next, New Year

Its Sandwich Week Between Christmas and New Years!

New Year's Resolutions

The Ruined (Memorial Day) Holiday

 

             

HOUSE CLEANING

My Faithful Mop

 

 

 

 

 

             

KITCHENS

Cluttered Counters

Between Now and the Kitchen

Updating the Spice Rack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY MANAGEMENT

Borrowing Money to Stay Ahead

Acquisition and Accumulation Addiction 

Financial Freedom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVING

Packing and Moving

Moving Moments

Urban Camping

Setting Up Shop

 

 

             

ORGANIZING

Organizing Photos on Computer

Pruning Now,  Pruning Right

Launching and Landing

Major Overhauling a Cupboard, Closet, or Room

Organizing for Weeding

 

ORGANIZING

Organizing Personal Computer Journal Files

15-Minute Miracles

The Wonder of Wastebaskets!

Are You Organized All The Time?

It is Never Too Early for a List

The Shoelace Syndrome

ORGANIZING

The Organized Tool Box 

Setting Up the Laundry Room to Expedite the Laundry!

DON’T Wear It Out, Use It Up, Make Do, or Do Without 

Organizing Pens and Pencils

Home and Food Storage Shelving

Preparing for Unexpected Guests, Meals, Gift Needs

ORGANIZING

Are You Ready for the Next Cold or Bout of Flu?

Internet Usernames and Passwords

Problem Pantries!

Organizing Internet Usernames and Passwords

Dealing With Stuff

E.E.E. Plan

ORGANIZING

Slinky Principle

Little Things Time

Annual Report

Behind Couches and Under Beds

The Later Closet

Pickup Time

             

PAPER MANAGEMENT

Three Piles (no more, no less)

Preparing and Using Personalized Forms

Endless Emails

Topical Filing System

Sorting Family History Paperwork

Saving Paperwork Just Long Enough

PAPER MANAGEMENT

Parameters for Saving Paperwork

         
             

PLANNING

Never Run Out of Anything Again

Set Up A "DREAM" BINDER!

20-Year Mapping

 

 

 

             

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Elegant Elephant Eating

         
             

SEASONS

Have You Finished up Last Year Yet?  If Not, Its Time to Put that Old Year Away!

Have You Seen My New Year's Resolution?

Pre-Summer Stress

Organizing for the Next Reunion this Reunion!

Organizing for Heat, Chaos, and Drag

Changing Summer for Winter Clothing

SEASONS

Asking For Help Holiday Greetings Organization Holiday People Survival Skills Successful Summer School Clothes Inventory Finishing Summer

SEASONS

A Christmas Smile The Christmas Kitchen

 

 

 

 

             

SERVICE

Did I Tell You I Loved You?

Are You Ready to Serve?

Angel On My Street

Hi-Byes

Spreading Your Love Abroad

 

             

SKILLS

One Thing Done ~  One Great Feeling

Working From Home

Oops Syndrome

Handling Confusion

In Order to Simplify, You Must...

Thinking It Through

SKILLS

Replenishing Habits

Stop Before You're Tired

Teaching Others to Wait

Getting Ready for the Day

Frustrated to Focused

Working Smarter, Not Harder .... Especially When it Comes to Running Errands!

SKILLS

If You Care .... Keep a Spare!!

Going Into Auto-Pilot

Double Dutch, please!

Laundry 1, 2, and 3’s

Need One, Buy Two!

The Broken Toaster Lesson

SKILLS

Wet Rag Management

Changing Your Attitude with Gratitude

Functional Chaos

Personal Speed Limits

Habits Are Forever

Ten Minutes/Day Keeps Disorder at Bay

SKILLS

Beauty of Backups

Changing the Unchangeable

Weeding Again

Finishing Up

Active Life, Feeble Mind

Don't Put It Down, Put It Away

SKILLS

Note Taking

The Pretty Kit Congratulations, You're Wrong Moving From Problems to Solutions    
             

STANDARDS

Your Way, My Way, or the Right Way?

Keeping Promises

Watermelon Words

 

 

 

             

STRESS MANAGEMENT

The Day After (A Major Event)

When Change Comes Charging Through

From Simultaneous to Sequential 

When You Miss Something Important

I’m Stressed!  Time to Withdraw, Regroup, and Re-Emerge  

Give Me Some Space!

STRESS MANAGEMENT

Double Discouragement

The Day After Company

When You're Short on RAM

Delayed Response Disorder 

When We're In a Hurry

Organized For A Monster

STRESS MANAGEMENT

Forecast:  Weary Weather

Bad News to Good Progress

Transition Times

Prepared Before

Voluntary Hibernation

Let It Go

STRESS MANAGEMENT

When Responsibilities Become Overwhelming

Calm Down and Recalibrate

       
             
TEENAGERS

Household Job Delegation

         
             

TIME MANAGEMENT

For a Better New Year, Set Up A Family Calendar Now

Quarterly Review

The September List  

The Ricks' Law of Leaving!

Wasting Your Time Profitably!

Monday Morning Madness!

TIME MANAGEMENT

Finish -> Forward

Procrastinating!  Why We Do It and What We Can Do About It

Morning's Abbreviated Essentials

Start Your Morning the Night Before  

Calendars for 2009

Catching Up

TIME MANAGEMENT

Weekly Map

When You Are Going to Be Late

Organize As You Go

Too Much to Do in Too Little Time

   
             

TRAVELING

Will You Be Traveling?  Make It Easier This Time and Every Time 

Staying At Motels

Reducing Redundancy For Lighter Luggage

 

 

 

             

VEHICLES

Car Cleanup  

 

 

 

 

 

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact me:  Marie C. Ricks, marie@houseoforder.com

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