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Mar 2011Better Homes & Gardens: Get Organized with Kathy Jenkins
Keep Your Bathroom Clutter-Free – Certified Professional Organizer Kathy Jenkins of Come to Order reveals her favorite ideas to reorganize the most frequently used (and overlooked) room in your home. Homes and Gardens Special Publications, STORAGE, Spring 2011 Issue © Meredith Corp Your Life Electronically – Should you store your personal information digitally and online? Here’s how to weigh the risks and rewards to choose the best products and...
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Mar 2011CTO Recommends Neatnix Slide ‘N’ Stack
These simple but clever multipurpose organizers provide clear convenient storage for sweaters, shirts, pants, towels, sheets and more. Neatnix Slide ‘N’ Stack dividers let you stack your items without having them tip over. This organizer comes with 3 Fold ‘N Stack dividers to place in between each item so you can select from the middle and still maintain a neat pile. They are textured on...
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Mar 2011Do You Know What Your Kids Are Thinking?
Recently many families have struggled because of tough economic times and increasingly stressful situations. Some have had to move, change their lifestyles, find a new job, or learn new ways to manage money. While these major life changes seem like adult issues, there’s no doubt that they also affect kids in very real ways. Parents need to recognize that kids are very intuitive! They generally...
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Mar 2011Ten Tips for Organizing Your Closet
While you may not spend much time in your closet, it’s where you begin your day, and you want to get off to a great start! With a little bit of time and effort, you can have clutter-free and neatly organized closet. You will not only make it easier to get dressed in the morning, but you can also create more storage space for the...
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Feb 2011Get Your Kids to Pay You!
When do your kids pick a fight? When you are on the phone, in the car, or at a store? No matter the answer let’s suffice it to say that it is never at a “good” time. And I don’t know about you, but playing referee is about as fun to me as cleaning a toilet! Love & Logic® Parenting teaches that you love your...
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Feb 2011CTO Recommends Carbonite
If you’ve ever lost computer files, you know what a disaster that can be. Back-up your entire computer with Carbonite. This automatic back-up system takes the worry out of losing your important data by securely backing up your files to one of our state-of-the-art data centers. If you’ve ever used it, you know just how valuable it is! You can even try it for free.
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Feb 2011What Kind of Bill Payer are You?
There are two types of bill payers: those who pay the bills the day they arrive (individual payers) and those who pay a group of bills when they get paid (batch payers). It doesn’t really matter which one you are; what matters is that you pay the bills on time and that you have money in the bank when they clear. If you are a...
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Feb 2011Ten Tax Benefits for Parents
It’s that time of year again…when you compile all of your tax related papers. In these tough economic times, it is important to get all the deductions and credits you can, so the IRS generously compiled a list in IRS Tax Tip 2011-18, dated January 26, 2011: Did you know that your children may help you qualify for some tax benefits? Here are 10 tax...
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Feb 2011CTO Recommends Shoeboxed
Shoeboxed simplifies your life and clears your home office of clutter! This service digitizes your paper documents, unlocks the data trapped on them, and organizes everything neatly in your secure online account. It’s great for tasks like expense reporting, accounting, tax prep and contact management.
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Jan 2011Your Life…Electronically
This article was written by Brian Kramer and includes information from his interview with Kathy Jenkins of CTO. The article is published in the Spring 2011 edition of Storage by Better Homes and Gardens, which is available on newsstands until March 2011. Should you store your personal information digitally and online? Here’s how to weigh the risks and rewards to choose the best products and...
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