Many children come home to an empty house after school. It isn’t an easy situation for a child or the parent! You’ll both benefit from establishing routines and house rules early on. So, how do reassure your children they are loved, even if you aren’t there? Here are some suggestions: Leave a stick-note or two around the house with encouraging messages. Make sure that you...
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If being “empathetic” doesn’t come naturally to you, you will definitely relate to what I have to say! Using sincere empathy on a consistent basis can be difficult. Right? Think about situations that have required empathy in the past. Times when you needed to be sensitive or needed to relate to your son or daughter’s emotional state or circumstances. Think about how you wish you...
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Treasured memories and traditions are often captured with photographs. Especially with cell phones and iPods, catching every moment is not only a part of our daily lives, it has become a social custom. To insure your images don’t get stuck in your phone or printed photographs aren’t shoved into drawers or shoeboxes or displayed in albums that will fade over time, here are some suggestions...
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Playing is often times the best way for children to accomplish a task, even when it comes to combatting household clutter. Dirty laundry, abandoned toys, endless refrigerator art work and unmade beds, have a way of creeping into our everyday lives. And, it isn’t fun. But, we have a couple “fun” tactics for cleaning up the kid-clutter: FRIDGE OR COMMAND CENTER Let’s start with the...
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Celebrate National Photo Month with us!! As you think about sorting, filing, archiving your family memories and what can help you organize your photo projects, consider using Pioneer Black & White Photo Storage Boxes. This set of six photo storage boxes are heavy duty! They hold over 1100 photos up to 4”x7” (or 10 VHS video cassettes if you have old family videos from your...
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Good Foods Grocery | Gayton Crossing Resource Room THURSDAY, MAY 8—6:30PM-7:30PM Not feeling like time is on your side? Too much to do and not enough time? Certified Professional Organizer Kathy Jenkins will share with you a new perspective on how to view time. Learn time management basics, how to manage distractions and interruptions, and how to juggle all that you have to do. We...
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Are you a 'comfy cleaner', getting to the dust whenever you can? Organizing your cleaning schedule is essential for a productive (and clean) home.
Happy New Year! Did you know it’s National Get Organized MonthSM, so what better time then now to get started on your New Year’s resolution? At Come To Order, we believe that if you have a few minutes then you have enough time to get organized! Do you feel like big organization projects are overwhelming and downright stressful… you start out with the best laid...
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Confidence is more than just knowing you can do something—it’s knowing you will do something well. It’s acknowledging that you have the skills and experience needed to succeed in whatever challenge you face. It’s recognizing that you have value because of the unique perspective you can offer. When your home is disorganized or you always feel like you’re muddled in chaos, it’s more difficult to...
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Yesterday we talked about personal growth – going beyond the “comfortable” and expanding your horizons to take more risks, learn something new, and overcoming your fear of failure. Today, we offer three more ways to jump start your personal growth: 1. Get focused. Many of us dream big, but sometimes we have so many things we want to do that we try to accomplish too...
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