What do I do now: September

Home Maintenance Tasks Paint interior rooms while it's still warm enough to leave windows open. Ditto for shampooing or replacing carpets. Check heating system including filters, pilot lights, and burners, and have the system serviced by a qualified professional. Clean and vacuum dust from vents, baseboard heaters and cold-air returns. Remove window air-conditioning units and store them. If they are not removable, cover them with plastic to protect them over the winter. Tour the outside of your house to make sure that soils around the foundation are properly graded. Soil should slope four to six inches for a distance of three feet out from the foundation walls. Watch for year-end close-out sales on lawn and garden equipment. Inspect storm windows for any signs of deterioration and make necessary repairs.

Remember:

• The less you own, the less you have to clean. This applies to quantity of objects as well as square footage in your home.
• One in, one out. If you buy something new, you need to get rid of whatever it’s replacing.
• If you get it out, put it back. An especially great rule to implement to keep your home and office orderly.
• Guilt is not a reason to keep something. This one is self explanatory.

New Place for Old Electronics

Don't know what to do with those old--and now outdated--tv sets? Can't bear to pay to recycle or throw away your ancient VCR?

Did you know that you can take your old electronics to any Best Buy in the US and they will recycle it?

That's right! Any electronic item--DVD players, computers, monitors, televisions--anything, can be dropped off at our friendly National Technological Retailer!

Best Buy does charge $10 for TVs, CRTs, monitors and laptops, which is offset with a $10 gift card.

You can even bring in inkjet cartridges, batteries, cell phones, CDs/DVDs, PDAs, and smartphones. Best Buy has a kiosk just inside the door.

Sometimes it pays to think green!

Extended Holiday Offer!

Good through February 28, 2009, our holiday home cleaning offer has been extended.
Call Linda, at 763.464.5037 to schedule!

Quotes we like: #1

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
-Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

Holiday Special

"...It's The Holiday Season!..."

Greet the Yuletide season with a plan!

Lists are empowering and they go a long way in making a hectic time more manageable. We at Organize Life have created a spreadsheet to help you this season. Feel free to print this simple holiday planner. Use it to keep track of the items you need to make those special dates less stressful. Filling the planner out ahead of time will empty your head of all of those planning thoughts that bombard you during the day. Make a list, create a plan and relax once you have gotten it all down on paper. Organize Life wishes you a happy and healthy holiday season!


Holiday Planner Worksheet
Holiday Planner Worksheet Example


Be sure to check out our holiday specials going on now at Organize-life.net!