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How to Keep Your 2013 Goals/Resolutions

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Happy New Year!  We are already well under way in 2013, and I hope that if you made any New Year’s resolutions, you didn’t make them so grandiose that they have already been broken. We are going to talk about some ways to ensure your success in whatever your goals/resolutions are for this year.

  1. Make them specific and obtainable.
  2. Choose no more than three.
  3. Write them down.
  4. Read them out loud at least once a day. Believe that you will accomplish your goals when you say them.
  5. Re-evaluate them after 2 months.

If one of your goals/resolutions is to pay your bills on time to avoid late fees, to be on time for meetings and appointments, to finally create order out of your piles of paperwork, and/or to maintain an organized kitchen/bedroom/office (you fill in the room or area), call Resolutions. Together we will work to make your goal/resolutions a reality for 2013!

How to Organize Your Kitchen

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This is the time of year where we are more likely to find ourselves in the kitchen baking and whipping up cauldrons of soups and casseroles. Having the oven on is a great way to help warm up the house and make it smell yummy. A more organized kitchen really does make the time you spend in your kitchen more enjoyable.

Here are a few tips to make your kitchen more functional:

  1. Group together commonly used items for purposes such as baking and assign them a home.
  2. Organize your space by use. Keep the items you use most frequently in your prime real estate area. Keep less frequently used items like holiday & entertaining pieces up higher or stored outside of the kitchen if space is at a premium.
  3. Set up zones near the devise being used. For example, store your cookware near the stove and all your coffee and related items near the coffee maker.
  4. Contain your plastic storage. Keep only matched tops and bottoms, and store them together to make it easy to grab for leftovers.
  5. Put like with like in your pantry just as you see in the grocery store. It makes food prep and shopping lists a breeze.

Organizing for Summer Vacation: Road Trip Tips

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Here are some tips to help you as you are organizing a summer road trip:

  • Make sure your car has been properly maintained. You don’t want any interruptions in your road trip because you failed to get your oil changed or checked your tire pressure.
  • Even if you do have a GPS device, it is not a bad idea to also have a detailed map for your travels. How annoying is it when your GPS can’t find your location and you end up driving blind?
  • Get rid of junk in your car. Spend the time getting rid of any accumulated trash, papers, water bottles, and other items that aren’t needed on your trip. How nice will it be to start the trip with a clean slate? Remember you are in tight quarters, so every inch counts.
  • Plan for boredom. Hopefully it won’t happen, but just in case, have a bag of games or activities so that the entire car can participate. A favorite one is having everyone look for state license plates. Print out a list all the states, and cross them off as you see them. How about audio books geared toward your final destination?
  • Be prepared for the unexpected. Bring a weather radio so that you can track a storm or weather pattern. Make sure your phone is charged in case you need to call for help. (Not a bad idea to make sure you have a car charger for your phone) Always lock your car even if you just step away for a second. Have a spare set of car keys made and give them to someone else in your party.

May is National Moving Month

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We are heading into the summer months and this is a popular time of the year for families to move. The kids are out of school, so there are fewer interruptions in their lives and, if moving out of town, the transition is easier on them.

Moving can be stressful. If you make a plan and pack in an organized fashion, you really can alleviate a lot of headaches. Here are a few tips to help you pack for a move:

1. Label at least 2 sides of each box. Label the long and short sides of the boxes. This way when the movers bring the boxes into your new space, you can ask them to make sure the labels face out and therefore, depending on how they stack them, the boxes will either have the label on the short or long side facing out.

2. Be specific when labeling. Don’t just write ‘Kitchen’ on all your kitchen boxes. That won’t be helpful when you are unpacking and looking for specific items like your pots & pans, drinking glasses, coffee mugs, or silverware.

3. Color coordinate your move. Choose a color for each room and then use that color label or dot for each box going into that room. Create a cheat sheet for yourself and the movers. Make a sign for each room with that color label or dot on it and hang it on the outside of the room so movers know what room you want the boxes and furniture to go into. For example,
kitchen = red, master bedroom = blue, office = green, etc.

4. Designate one area as packing central. Keep markers, packing tape, labels, colored dots, packing material, boxes, and other critical items together. When you are done packing for the day, make sure all items go back into that area.

5. You will always need more tape, boxes, and packing material than you think. Save your receipts and don’t skimp on supplies.

If you need help establishing homes and editing your belongings, call or email to set up an appointment. Resolutions is your Link to an Organized Future!

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