Articles tagged:organization

Posted: Fri Jan 21 7:53 p.m. by Judy DiForte AnnArbor.com Community Contributor

You know how you feel after a great spa treatment? All those little kinks have been worked out, every muscle is limbered up. You feel relaxed, rejuvenated and refocused. Aaah... you're ready to face the world again. Just imagine if you could get your computer to feel that way. OK, ...

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Posted: Thu Jan 20 10:29 a.m. by Judy DiForte AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Ask Betty: Overcome technophobia and let your computer help you get organized

“Kids today are smarter than we were at their age.” We hear that fairly often, right? And like lots of other kids, my son, Mitch, was playing computer games as a toddler. Are kids really smarter than we were? Well, they know things that we didn’t. But are they really ...

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Posted: Mon Jan 10 7:18 a.m. by Sarah Finks AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Organizing home manuals is a quick and satisfying evening project

Do you have a pile of manuals for your home laying around somewhere? This is a quick project that can be done with materials you have at home while watching television this evening.

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Posted: Fri Jan 7 8 p.m. by Judy DiForte AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Ask Betty: Get organized month! Tips for organizing paper documents and files

Don’t pack away that bag of New Year's Eve confetti yet — it’s National Get Organized Month! Come to think of it, do put away the confetti. It’s messy and very hard to sort. But you can still wear a party hat, because if you’re like most of us, getting organized is ...

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Posted: Wed Dec 8 9:21 a.m. by Sarah Finks AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Threeboys blog sponsors Dotmine day planner giveaway

Blue Time Mine It is time for a product review! For this review I am featuring a local company dotmine day planners. The company was created by Lisa and Sarah, both local moms, who I had the pleasure of meeting through my posts on AnnArbor.com. Sarah is also a contributing ...

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Posted: Thu Nov 11 1 p.m. by Judy DiForte AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Ask Betty: 11 tips for getting organized so you can enjoy the holidays

If you’re like me, you close the door on the last trick-or-treater, turn around and, WOAH! The Big Three Holidays are bearing down on you like an avalanche. The cooking, the shopping, the cards, the tree, the decor, the wrapping, the parties… There’s not enough time! We know that by ...

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Posted: Fri Sep 3 3 p.m. by Keith A. Paul Community Contributor
Create an organized workspace in your garage

Figure 1 by wakarimas Dear Keith, Our garage is one big storage shelf. It holds tools, bikes, toys, a lot of junk, and cars, if we’re lucky! My kids spend a lot of time digging through everything and my husband doesn’t have any room to work in it anymore. How ...

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Posted: Wed Jan 27 10:30 a.m. by Catherine Thursby Community Contributor
Tips for organizing your home office in style

A friend recently told me that January is a month of perseverance. Honestly, I couldn't agree more! It's a month you just try and get through. Recovering from the holidays, making resolutions and being trapped indoors makes us all a little stir crazy at this time of year. So this ...

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