Carrying a well-organized handbag gives a woman confidence. When you can locate a business card, band-aid or lipstick at a moment’s notice, you feel prepared and competent and every errand, meeting or carpool goes more smoothly. Whipping your purse into shape only takes a few minutes and, as Marjie Killeen discovered, provides a big […]
Do you have piles of paperwork lurking in your house? Many of us are so inundated with the inflow of bills, statements, school papers, coupons and correspondence, all we can do is stuff it somewhere out of sight until we find the courage (and several hours) to deal with it. Marjie Killeen’s in-basket was overflowing […]
Bills, statements, receipts, warranties, pay stubs—ugh. How much of this stuff do we really need to keep on file and for how long? Before you rent a storage locker for your boxes of old records, check out Marjie Killeen’s interview with Financial Coach Kelley Long, who answers these questions and more. If you’d like to […]
Cleaning out your clothes closet is a big deal.
Spring brings new puppies and house training, along with rainstorms that make already trained dogs unhappy about going outside to do their business.
What is it about spring that makes us want to clean? Is it the winter’s worth of dust settled all over the house, or the bedding and upholstery tired and drab from so much use? Besides window washing and carpet shampooing, what other jobs should you tackle this spring? Dust A Book Dusting the […]
The snow is gone, and warmer weather is almost here to stay. Here’s a list of the 6 things that need to get done (not all by you) as you transition your house from winter to spring. Wash the windows. Wipe away the grime inside and out and let that sun shine in. Unless […]
As sure as below zero temperatures, you can count on muddy, wet children tracking the remnants of a good time into the family home.
“Get organized” seems to be a perennial item on many of our New Year’s resolution lists. This year, we brought in the experts. Joe Lupo and Jesse Garza are the dream team behind Visual Therapy, a service touted by Vogue, Oprah and others, that helps clients organize their closets to define and enhance their own […]
Autumn’s mild weather allowed maximum procrastination of this year’s snow removal decisions, but snow’s coming; so wait no longer. Here are the key considerations for buying a new snow blower or shovel or hiring a snow removal service. Snow blowers “Snow blowers are a back saver,” says Libertyville Ace Hardware Store Manager Paul LaRoche, who […]
