There are 4 weeks between Purim and Pesach. That’s 29 days or 696 hours – if you don’t sleep. Whether you sell your chametz or get rid of it all; whether you have a Pesach kitchen or spend the night before Pesach completely overhauling your every-day kitchen (or both); the …
Foreword: I wrote this more than a year ago, long before becoming a Professional Organizer was anywhere on my radar. I’m publishing it now because everything I wrote still holds true. I think the reason I feel so settled now is because of the time I took after leaving a …
My children are growing up so differently than I did. And I can only imagine how differently our parents and grandparents lived. When I was young, we did not own a car. My parents took me to and from school every day. On the bus. When I had a birthday …
Admit it. There are places in your homes or offices that you’re ashamed of. Piles of paper that never get filed; mounds of laundry that never find their way back to your drawers; closets that are so full, the doors can no longer be opened without risk of injury; desk drawers …
We recently took our kids on their first “real” vacation. Missed school days. Airplane. Sunny destination. The works. After years of travelling without them, my husband we felt bad leaving the kids behind, so we booked cheap tickets, asked a friend if we could stay in their home, and planned …
There’s nothing like a broken bone and a car break-in to remind you what’s really important in life. Last week my car was broken in to and my son broke his arm. Not that these two events are comparable, exactly, but they both reminded me that life can throw curve-balls …
