less stuff,more travel
The beauty of being attending the largest women’s blogging conference (Blogher11) in the world is that you get to meet and +listen to some very inspiring women bloggers tell you about anything and everything. At the Voices of the Year Keynote numerous bloggers were honoured and they each read or showed a post from their … Read more
I am finally here and I am so excited that I have a coveted invitation to 3M’s Goin’ Coconuts! Luau & Mixer at Blogher 2011 in San Diego! I am a VERY big fan of 3M for a few reasons: Canadian 3M headquarters is London Ontario (my home) Most (if not all) of the Duct … Read more
Picture credit: mizztissa.com What is the exact number of shoes one should have? Is it 5 pairs? 10? 30? 100? Thousands…o.k. none of us are Imelda Marcos (if you don’t know who that is, just think of any one of the Kardashians and you would be safe). I was working with one of my favourite … Read more
I was recently asked to write a series of blog post for the Mom It Forward website and this is the conclusion of the series. I hope you enjoy the post and please post on their website so they know how much you loved it! Now it is time to put the final touches on … Read more
As we move forward in our quest to organize Lauren’s room, we have come to some hard and fast conclusions: she likes her closet, bookshelf and dresser. Thank goodness, there is nothing worse than having to add furniture to the expense of organizing and re-decorating a teen’s room. One of the items that we were … Read more
The thing is I have a little secret… well actually it is a 14 year-old secret. Her name is Lauren and she is my daughter. Why the confession, you ask? Well, the thing is … Lauren… is well, disorganized! There I said it. For the last six years, I have worked as a professional organizer, … Read more
My NAPO Conference Journal Day 1 – the travelling As is usual when you are travelling and going to be away from the office, there was much to do before departure. Once most ‘T’ were crossed and ‘I’ were dotted, I hopped on an early flight to TO then to San Diego. Much to my … Read more
I will be attending the NAPO conference next week and I am looking forward to meeting a whole lot of professional organizer in real life. I have met many of you through Twitter (@downshiftingPOS is my handle) on Facebook (Downshifting Professional Organizing Solutions and LinkedLearning are my Business Pages) and LinkedIn (profile). I thought it … Read more