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Tips Index of Tips: Mary's helpful tips have been featured in Woman's Day magazine. The article, "21 ways to Save Time Every Day. Remember, it all adds up." by Paula Spencer, had this to say: Woman's Day Tips:
To make sure you're using space wisely, clear everything off your kitchen cabinets. Before replacing items, ask your self, "Does it work? How often do I use it? Do I like it?" When her kids were small, Mary Pankiewicz made a lot of homemade bread, but now that she works, she no longer has the time. "The kitchen is a big guilt area," Mary explains. "We keep stuff in the cabinets because we think we should have it, or our mothers did it that way, or we use to do it, but it may not reflect our lives now." MASTERCARD, VISA, AND DISCOVER CHEERFULLY ACCEPTED! Mary's Interview on the Hallerin Hilton Hill Morning Show
1. Realize that traditional methods of organizing don’t work for everyone. 2. Don’t try to tackle too big a job. Start organizing your shoes, instead 3. Clutter is postponed decisions, so quit procrastinating. 4. Organize mail and excess paperwork while standing. 5. Prevent procrastination by asking yourself, “If I don’t want to do it now, 6. Get rid of clutter by asking yourself, “Does it pull at my heartstrings?” 7. When cleaning out the closet, ask yourself, “Do I like it? Does it fit? 8. Get rid of the things that no longer contribute to the fullness of your life. 9. Give away items that are still good but you no longer need, to local 10. Put prime items in prime space and group like items together. Tired of having “get organized” on your to-do list? Call Clutter-free & Organized to quickly cross your projects off your list. Call Mary today! 1. Have a designated place to sort mail. Is your house filling up with paper stacks? Fifty percent of Mary’s residential business is helping people who are drowning in paper. Give yourself freedom from paper piles. Let Mary help you set up simple systems to organize your important documents and get control of all the information coming into your life.
Travel Tips From Clutter-free & Organized 1. Write out a list of days and/or activities for trip. 2. Write out outfits for each day and/or activity. 3. Try to mix and match outfits so fewer items of clothes are needed. 4. Pack children’s outfits together in "Clutter-free Zippy Bags.” 5. Group small like items such as socks into "Clutter-free Zippy Bags.” 6. Take make-up and shampoo samples. 7. If flying, keep a day’s supply of your medicine, eye contact items, and 8. Make a list of all the items you pack, and it will make packing for your 9. If flying, use “Clutter-free Zippy Bags” to group items so if your 10. Less will be stolen when packing is done in clear bags.
MASTERCARD, VISA, DISCOVER CHEERFULLY ACCEPTED! Call 1-888-567-8688. Give them all names and spellings you have seen on envelopes. Pay close attention to the options in the automated message, though! At last check, the options were arranged like this: 1. Press 1 to stop for two years. Cell Phone TeleMarketers Tired of Receiving Checks in Connection With Credit Cards? Stop Phone Solicitations Where to Donate Items Computers: The National Cristina Foundation will match your old computer with an organization that can pick it up from your house. Log on towww.cristina.org or call 203-863-9100. For computer components that work, contact Share the Technology and they will match you with a nonprofit organization that needs equipment. To locate where to recycle computers that do not work, go to the Earth 911 website, click on Electronics and put in your zip code. Many branches of Office Max and Staples will recycle printer ink cartridges. Some will even give you a ream of paper for your cartriges if you ask for it. Stuffed animals/toys: Hospitals, police, and fire stations often give away toys. Teddy Bears for Tykes (281-335-5434) gives used bears to children injured in fires. Paperbacks, books, CDs, tapes: Books to Prisoners will send nonfiction paperbacks to inmates. Mail books fourth class to 92 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101. (2) BookCrossing encourages readers to register books on its web site (www.bookcrossing.com), get ID labels to paste into the books and then leave the books somewhere—a bus stop, restaurant, doctor’s waiting room—so others can pick them up. Then check the web site to see where your books have gone. (3) Donate CDs, videos, games, and tapes to your local library. Business clothes: Dress for Success (dressforsuccess.org) outfits low-income women for job interviews. Donate suits, skirts, blouses, and shoes. Luggage: Suitcases for Kids helps foster kids in every state and all over the world. (Foster kids often use trash bags to carry their belongings.) Log on to www.suitcasesforkids.org. Magazines: Senior citizen centers aren’t the only places that accept used magazines. Remember local health clubs, doctors’ offices, and motels. Athletic shoes: Give any brand old athletic shoes Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe. Various Nike locations recycle old shoes as athletic surfaces (playgrounds, running tracks, tennis courts, etc.) For more information, log on to www.nikereuseashoe.com Toys: Donate toys and videos that are still in good shape to your local Ronald McDonald House. These houses welcome donations for the siblings of sick children to help them pass the time while their brother or sister is undergoing long hours of treatment. Home-building and remodeling supplies: Habitat for Humanity has retail stores that accept donations of home-building and remodeling supplies, such as paint, cabinets, lumber, shingles, and windows—in good condition. Take them to a Habitat ReStore where they will be sold at reasonable prices. The money will be used to buy supplies for a Habitat project, and you’ll get a tax receipt. To find a ReStore near you, log on to www.habitat.org/env/restore.html or call 800-habitat. Car oil: Many Jiffy Lube stores will take used oil (in a clean plastic container) to a recycling center, which turns it into such things as heating oil or asphalt. Wire hangers: Take hangers back to the dry cleaners for re-use. Appliances: Look in your yellow pages under “Used Appliances,” which lists businesses that will haul away old appliances, for a small fee, and recycle the metal or buy your old appliance for parts. Cell phones: The Verizon Wireless HopeLine collects old cell phones from customers of any carrier, refurbishes the phones, sells them, and uses the proceeds to purchase phones and air time for victims of domestic violence. Phones can be mailed in or dropped off at any Verizon Wireless store. Log on to www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline. (2) Your old cell phone can be used by a victim of domestic violence. Go to the foundation’s Web site to find local collection sites. www.wirelessfoundation.org. Bathroom rugs: Pet shelters and humane societies love old bathroom rugs for their cats and dogs to lie on. The only requirement is that you must wash the rug before you take it over to the shelter. Towels: Many local homeless shelters are happy to have more towels and washcloths on hand, no matter how old or faded (but not in shreds). Food: You can donate leftovers from a big party to a local soup kitchen, crisis center, or homeless organization. Cars: Donate your old car to charity, and you’ll be rewarded with a hefty tax deduction. Coats and blankets: Call 202-737-6444 to find out which organization in your area gives coats and blankets to the homeless. Nearly anything: (1) Visit www.goodwill.org. They collect computers, clothes, furniture, household anything. (2) Habitat for Humanity will take mattresses and box springs in good shape, computer equipment, kitchen stuff, extra wood, paint, old tools, etc. Eyeglasses: Contact LensCrafters or your local Lions club: www.lionsclubs.org. Mattresses and box springs (in good shape): Habitat for Humanity. They will usually pick up. Are you drowning in stuff? Call Clutter-free & Organized to become unstuffed. Call Mary today!
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