Organize the Whole Shebang

Organized Women...this is for you!

Hey Girlfriend! I'm glad you found my fabulous little organizing + lifestyle blog. It's all about integrating function + fabulous sprinkled with sass + inspiration. I'm back after a year+ long sabbatical... I put on my big girl panties and kicked stage 3A breast cancer in the ass. 

I've had a lil' work done... [the smart woman's pocket guide to doing it all]  is now in booklet form!  Check her out... she's quite fabulous. She's now sportin' a larger digital download look as well...

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If you were looking for Organize in Style... you found her... but she's had a little work done if you know what I mean ;).

Cheers! Krista  

Organize The Whole Shebang... as seen on AM Northwest

Today on AM Northwest... I entered my 6th year of being their Organized Lifestyle Expert! #scantoballoonsstreamersconfetti I love doing my live monthly segment and Dave makes it all that much more fun. We got a bit silly before getting down + dirty with the details of Organizing the Whole Shebang...

If you're itchin' to get organized and don't feel like coming up with your own plan... I've done the work for you! Above I mentioned [The Smart Woman's Pocket Guide to Doing it All]...but she's also available in a right here, right now download version click here to learn more about them.

Visit the SHE MONTHLY PROJECT page for the FREE SHE VIP docs seen today on AM Northwest!

If you're looking for the Drawer Organizer shown on the segment... here is the 3-drawer version available at Storables... and while you're there you can pick up a copy of [The Smart Woman's Pocket Guide to Doing it All]...it's at the register next to all the other cute must-have items!

Cheers!

 

Organizing Aftermath... a sneak peek into the home of a professional organizer

I decided it was time to tackle some of the projects I put off while in treatment. My daughter's room re-do is one of them. She's 9 1/2 and ready to transition from her girly-girl room to something a bit hipper. [yes, it makes me sad]

The purging is complete... but the aftermath is taking over my dining room. I feel overwhelmed just looking at it. #igetoverwhelmedbypilestoo

There are distinct piles at work here... I know you can't see what I'm thinking so I labeled them for you :) But none-the-less the amount of work/stuff/chaos is overwhelming me.

So I'm going to do what I do for my clients. I'm going to assign an amount of time to it. Then set my timer and do it.

I do know the overwhelm is actually much larger thant the amount of time it will take...

I'm going to say.... 1 hour to tackle this project.

AND GO!

The Well Organized Closet

When I was having my home built we were given a small allowance for custom closets. I totally went over budget. It was worth it. Well worth it. So when I saw this in my in box I thought you'd want to know~

Storablesis having their annual Closet Sale! And.... I'm also excited to announce they are carrying my new Organize the Whole Shebang [The Smart Woman's Pocket Guide to Doing it All]... look for it at the register!

Need to do some purging before you tackle this project... Check out The Clothes Closet project on the SHE MONTHLY PROJECTS Page click here

Now Stop dilly-dallying and go creaete the closet of your dreams!

sooo... just how do you keep it all together?

I remember picking up my 'messy' kids from childcare and seeing others wearing a big white t-shirt over their cute outfits until juuuust before their mother's picked them up. The care provider created a system that worked for everyone involved. #clevershewas  

 

We could only wish for everything to stay perfectly in it's place, but that isn't how life works. And really it shouldn't. Life is more fun when we get messy... 

 

I created this monthly Keep it Together List for you + I to stay sane... because life is messy.

PLAN!

1. Review your Planner 
Look over your planner and reschedule that appt + text the sitter for date night.

2. Schedule Appts
Go ahead and get those doctor appts. on the books; have that 'thing' looked at because it's "not" nothing, so stop ignoring it sistah! 

 3. Plan She Time
This one is all about you! Schedule a manicure, get a coffee date on the calendar, take a walk, go window shopping.

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PRETTY IT UP!

4. Put-Aways
Clean out your catch-all bins + put away that project you've abandoned.

5. Dash + Dump
Take 2 minutes to get broken items, trash + recycling out of the house.

6. Dash + Donate
Set it free sister... take 2 minutes to gather your "perfectly good" yet you don't even use items and place them in the car destined for the donation center.

7. Returns
Get those return items out of your house and into the car so that you'll have an excuse to go to Target.

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TAKE CARE OF IT!

8. Download Photos 
Time to move your photos off your camera and onto your computer + the cloud.

9. Self Breast Exam
Pinky promise me you'll do your monthly exam... I wish I had.

The Keep it Together List is an integral part of....

  Organize the Whole Shebang 
  [the smart woman's pocket guide to doing it all] 
   A Month-to-Month Plan
to Get it + Keep it Together...
Monthly Organizing Projects + to-do lists... 
This is the Answer to How That Girl Does it All!

 
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I'm Smitten... a new favorite thing

Sometimes I wonder how I've never heard of something... Like how did I not know this clever trick or how come it wasn't my idea?

Then other times... I  see my ideas... and think 'Hey, that was my idea!" [hint use a thick tension rod.... #don'taskhowiknow]

But THIS, THIS wish-it-was-my-idea, well Chica... I'm totally in-the-loop... the first to know. They even contacted me... which makes me feel all uber special, because well, you know I've been under the radar for the past 22 months #ifyoudidn'tknowthatthenyouarenotintheloop.timetocatchupsistah

You know how or remember when... you got your smart phone and the first thing you tweeted out was "Hey Everyone... I got an iPhone... what are your favorite apps?"

Well HELLO appSmitten... yes, these 3 chicaritas saw all our posts, tweets, and FB updates and used their noggins to answer our question. Each day they share a chica-tested app. It's like having a techy-girlfriend comment on your FB post. click here to be in the loop

Here's how it works... you sign up for a daily or weekly email. That's it. [they pinky swore they don't sell your email addy...yes i asked]

Well... you get to be the one now to comment when someone posts "what's your favorite app?". #makesyoulookallsmartandstuff

*full disclosure: appSmitten contacted me to help spread the word. I only put my name on products I believe in [and people for that matter]... and yes they are paying me [but i would have done it for free, but don't tell them that because someone needs to pay me for my great finds and i could use the money for coffee + cute shoes]