Unwanted catalogs

I ordered a sweater from a catalog once and then all of a sudden I started getting all kinds of clothing catalogs coming in the mail!  I know I didn’t ask for them or subscribe to them but how were they getting my address.  You guessed it.  Often companies sell or give your name and [...]

Managing Email

 

In a study last year, Dr Thomas Jackson of Loughborough University,
England, found that it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train
of thought after interruption by email (bit.ly/email2). So people who check
their email every five minutes waste 81/2hours a week figuring out what
they were doing moments before.
It had been assumed that email doesn’t [...]

Put it where you use it

There would be a tendency to put my daughter’s hairbrush and detangling spray with her hair items in her room because that’s what the organizing books say.  If you read closely you will find that there is a rule that overrides putting like things together.  That rule is — put it where you use it. 
Ideally, [...]

Daily Flatware

Don’t be confined to using the typical drawer organizers for flatware.  The typical organizer works well for alot of people but it falls short for many as well.  The typical organizer I am speaking of separates your fork, knives and spoons into small compartments shaped like the utensil it is supposed to hold.  You know [...]

Tip of the Day

A penny of morning is worth a pound of afternoon.
 
 

Bathroom Towels

I grew up getting a towel out of the drawer each time I bathed and then threw it down the clothes chute when finished.  With a large family doing this my family had ALOT of laundry. 
I now have a large family and I didn’t think it was necessary to always get a fresh towel each [...]

A Word on Chores

I found out the hard way not to give the chore of emptying the waste baskets to the 4 year old!
Emptying the waste baskets seems a good starting chore.  It can be done in cooperation with an older sibling or with a parent.  They can walk around and empty each individually.  All is good until [...]