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2019
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Supertramp says Take the Long Way Home. I've got 144,000+ miles on my 2010 RAV4. Good car, I intend to keep the poor dear until its engine falls out on a highway. And I drive ALOT for Casual Uncluttering LLC, anywhere from Marysville to Edmonds to Sultan to... My GPS disagrees. Until recently, I ...
06/25/2019
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I never thought I'd find enough to say to contribute to a second article about bathrooms ("How to Organize Your Bathroom in Seven Simple Steps") by Paige Smith for SelfStorage.com was the first) but I did. "How to Organize Your Bathroom Fast - Even in 15 Minutes" by Michelle Coy, January 14, 201...
06/23/2019
We did it! Ten of my NAPO Seattle Area Chapter colleagues and I took charge in the Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center Development storage space on Saturday 6-15-2019. I think we created room for Pete, the littlest equine on staff. I know ActiveRainers don't like posts which point "outwards," bu...
06/19/2019
Elizabeth Gregory Home (EGH). Not "house," which is what I first typed as I started this review. Home. And that orientation makes all the difference. All of the shelters I'm reviewing in my Charity Choice Monday posts want to be home for the homeless, however temporary. All of the staff want to g...
06/10/2019
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I'm in the middle of a calm decluttering. Calm because it's entirely voluntary. I'm conducting it strictly at my chosen pace. It's catching me some cash: I'm letting go of things by selling them on Facebook Marketplace. If something doesn't sell on Marketplace, I'll experiment with OfferUp, Nextd...
06/10/2019
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Charlotte Adams, the amateur detective in a series of five novels by Mary Jane Maffini, is a highly accomplished Professional Organizer (for real: the tips in the books are, some of them, quite good and she has awesome "technique."). She even belongs to my professional society NAPO (page 146, The...
06/03/2019
Created as an agency of the Eastside Interfaith Social Concerns Council - Jews, Muslims, Catholics and Protestants - the Bellevue Congregations for the Homeless (CFH) overnight men’s shelter first opened its doors in 1993. That original accomplishment has been magnified manifold to include case m...
06/03/2019
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Lauren Williams, CPO
Professional Organizer: Puget Sound homes