Organize the Whole Shebang

Cookie Cutter Solutions, Color Coding, Neat = Organized oh my or just an O myth?!

Have you been over to the O myth this month? Brandie + I have changed it up a bit... We've got a weekly podcast uploaded each friday and the live show will take place on the last friday of each month! All you need to do is click + listen or you can even download us on iTunes now (clever that Brandie for figuring this all out!)

We've got GIVEAWAYS... check it out! www.theOmyth.com

Here's what myth's we're tackling:

Does Neat = Organized?
Cookie Cutter Solutions- do they really work?
Color Coding- the good the bad the ugly
A Year in Review! includes a funny lil' highlight clip ;)

Listen in LIVE on the 31st 10am PST as Brandie + guest cohost Ellen Damaschino take on the 1st O myth "Ask the Organizer Panel".  I'll be on a flight to Lala land (aka LA) for the NAPO Organizing Awards!!!

Rubbermaid on The O Myth!

 

Oh my goodness... today I was rough on Jim Deitzel the E-marketing manager at Rubbermaid ... in fact Brandie just accused me of being a bit too June Cleaver-esque! I also think he may be in the dog house tonight- but that's his doing ;)

Have a listen and see what you think? www.theOmyth.com

Learn how I use my Rubbermaid bins...take a lookey at my guest post on REAL Simple's Holiday Blogathon. 

AND did we mention we have a RUBBERMAID GIVEAWAY
Rubbermaid Easy Find Lids 24pc Set

TO ENTER:

1. Visit Jim at his blog, Tell him HI from us (brandie + krista and you too silly) via a comment....then come on back and leave a comment letting me know you did!

2. Subscribe to my newsletter then let me know you did in the comment ;).

Open to United States residents 18 and over. One entry per a household. Begins December 5, 2008 and ends December 19th, 2008 at 9 a.m. PST.

Here's Jim... he's the man behind the Rubbermaid Blog!
Here's how you can contact him~

http://www.rubbermaid.com
http://blog.rubbermaid.com
twitter.com/rubbermaid

 

WINNER OF THE RUBBERMAID EASY LID 24 PIECE SET IS..... COMMENT #4 Carole M!  yeah. yippee. wahoo!

*winner chosen using Random.org dice roll*

Peter Walsh Book Winners!

  Last month my O-Myth co-host Brandie and I had the pleasure of talking with Peter Walsh of Peter Walsh Designs and a regular on The Oprah Winfrey Show. We promised 2 book giveaways... so drum roll please!

Congrats to Julia  and from Brandie's site... it's Robert!

All your comments were fabulous! I'll be addressing your clutter issues in upcoming posts- because I loathe the C-word and you my girlfriend need a little kick in the spanx to get that random crap out of your lives!

So instead of reading + idling the next 10 minutes away... reread your comments and GO TO IT... you've seriously put this off long enough.

Peter Walsh Live on The O Myth!

We've got Peter Walsh books to giveaway!
*see the "how to win" at the end of the post*

aaaaaahhhhh *read in an angelic harmonic voice* Peter Walsh is so likable {not lickable you dirty minded mamas ;)}. Peter Walsh author of "It's All Too Much" and "Does This Clutter Make my Butt Look Fat" AND to totally mention he's Oprah's Organizing Sidekick....and he was our guest today on The O Myth. *doin' a little happy dance*.

Take a moment to listen + learn about the man who is working w/Oprah on her "Clean Up Your Messy House Tour".  Click Here  The show was live but it's recorded so you can listen at your leisure.

My fav. Peter Walsh Quote: The things in your home should be beautiful + useful and what you have in your home should be honored and respected.

On the Making the Bed... "I would rather put barbwire into my nasel cavity than to not make my bed. Your bed anchors your room. It's says 'I respect my room and my space'. A made bed creates a sense of calm and focus and a made bed is about 4000x nicer to climb into after a long tiring day than a bed that is ruffled and unmade."  LOVE LOVE LOVE how Peter put that into words.

Did I mention Peter totally called me out on keeping my songleading stool in the attic? *yikes* 

    Oprah's Clean Up Your Messy House Tour: 
    click here

 

 

    

     Listen to Peter Walsh on
      The O Myth right now!  click here 

     Read Brandie's post: click here

 

 

        Visit Peter Walsh's Website click here

 

 

Want to win one of Peter's Books (and we've got 2 to giveaway)? 
How to Organize Just About Everything
It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff
Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? 

HOW TO WIN
LEAVE A COMMENT....What is the trouble spot you NEED to take 10 minutes to tackle?

mine: get unused organzing products out of my garage!
Brandie's: cupboard- as in her "cup" board! 

ok... your turn sister...

*  winner announced 12.4.08 *

 

Peter Walsh From Oprah to The O Myth

 

  Looky who is coming to The O Myth! Did you catch Peter Walsh doing his "thang" on Oprah yesterday? He's helping with "Oprah's Clean Out Your Messy House Tour". 

Brandie + I met Peter Walsh last year at our annual NAPO conference (the conference where all the professional organizers huddle about w/their label makers).  You may remember I went into dork mode when I met Peter. I felt a bit too comfortable + hence possibly made him uncomfortable click here to see what I'm ramblin' about...

Join us Friday the 14th on www.TheOmyth.com  We'll be broadcasting live at 10 am Pacific Standard Time. Have a question you want to ask Peter? Leave a comment below or follow us on twitter @theOmyth and send us a dm!

 

www.Unclutterer.com on The O Myth!

 

Today on the O myth Brandie and I chatted with Erin Doland the fabulous woman behind Unclutterer.com .  Which girlfriends you SO need to read on a daily basis...

I have the Unclutterer updates delivered to my inbox and more often than not I say to myself that you (as in you the fabulous reader of my blog) need to see this. It's more of an Elaine "GET OUT" type of reaction... so instead of me telling you about it-get on it and get it in your own darn inbox!

And now back to our regular broadcasting...

Erin was so fun to chat with... I love that she believes in buying quality over quantity (uh, momma are you listening to this?!) and that a clean, uncluttered home is an essential component of a remarkable life...

Listen in (the show is recorded + ready to download) www.theOmyth.com and hear our take on

The O Myth
"Products are the Solution to Getting Organized".

We also chatted about what places inspire us to think outside of the typical plastic organizing box. I adore Camas Antiques as well the garden section of home improvement centers. Nothing like a galvanized container to get this girl going ;).

Enough already... listen in for yourself and subscribe to Unclutterer. Cheers!

p.s. Did I mention that Erin writes for the Real Simple, "Home" Blog, every Tue. and Thu.: http://simplystated.realsimple.com/home which in my world is a bit of the bomb-diggity-yes I said bomb-digity, but won't say it again.

Asha Dornfest of Parent Hacks on The O Myth!

 

   

The Supermom series continues! Asha Dornfest is the founder and editor of Parent Hacks, a blog devoted to sharing scrappy parenting tips, product recommendations, and wisdom of the real experts -- other parents.

Check it out- if you are a mama or papa this is one fabulous resource/community for you!  www.Parenthacks.com

Our live radio show begins at 10 am Pacific Standard Time (that's west coast baby). You can listen in just by clicking HERE or logging on to www.theOmyth.com If for some reason you can't play w/us live- the show is recorded and you can visit the links above any ol' time. You can even listen to our previous shows- like Marlynn Schotland of Mamapreneurs Inc. or Melissa of The Inspired Room.

*Asha mentioned this fabulous cookbook- it's one of her secrets to how she gets the kidlets to eat what she's cookin' The Six O'Clock Scramble by Aviva Goldfarb. Visit Brandie's site to purchase it see trackback below!

Supermoms... Can You Do it All?

Take a close look.  This my friends is what a Supermom looks like.  I've been dying to ask Marlynn how she does it all and does it all SO WELL.  Read her bio and you'll know why I'm all verklempt about this gal!

Marlynn Jayme Schotland is a serial mamapreneur, blogging & social media addict, and a happily imperfect mother with a very loud, happy house. She owns Mamapreneurs Inc. com, a resource, support & networking organization, as well as Urban Bliss, a design, PR and gifts studio. She is also editor of Mama Lit, a book review site for moms, and a freelance writer. She is married to her college sweetheart and they live in Portland, OR with their two young kids.

Oh and there is more... Marlynn has a post on Martha Stewart's Everyday Food blog. Check it out, I just read it am really craving some paella for lunch!http://tinyurl.com/62fawx Not too mention how cool it is you are guest posting for Martha!

See what I'm talking about?! She's human I promise and I know because I've met her and we are doing the radio show (info below) live from her new office in NW Portland so we can prove it on air and see if she makes a decent cup of joe.

Join us Friday for the O myth radio show as my co host Brandie and I get to the bottom of this.  We want to know but really NEED to know Marlynn's tricks + tips.  Join us live or download us later.  Friday 10 am PST @ www.theOmyth.com

*follow Marlynn on Twitter @designmama, @mamapreneur, and connect on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Get Linky w/Marlynn:
Biz sites: www.mamapreneursinc.com, www.urbanblissdesign.com
Blogs: www.mamalit.com, www.maternitytomadness.blogspot.com, www.urbanblissdesign.blogspot.com, http://blog.oregonlive.com/familyfriendly

Hope you can listen in
and if you have a question for Marlynn leave a comment.

Aby Garvey...on the radio... whoa on the radio!

 

Aby, Aby, Aby... she's my creative organizing hero- hmm scratch hero, insert hipster.  She's got it going on in the scrapbooking world and was our guest today on The O Myth.. the radio show I co-host w/ Brandie Kajino.  We debated + debunked the organizing myth "creative people can't get organized"- which is a total + complete myth sister!  Missed the Live show- no biggie, listen to the show here: The O Myth.

Brandie + I mentioned a couple of books for you creative, right brainers (takes one to know one) including Aby's book that we will be giving away!

 The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker (Aby Garvey & Wendy Smedley)

Organizing for Your Brain Type, by Lanna Nakone

Organizing for the Creative Person, by Dorothy Lehmkuhl & Dolores Cotter Lamping, CSW

Also check out Aby's reaaaaalllly cute blog:   www.creativeorganizing.typepad.com and her website www.simplify101.com 

Aby did a guest post for us last month- check it out because even if you aren't a scrapbooker you can SO relate to her 5 tips! read it here!

AND NOW for the GIVE AWAY...
WIN ABY'S BOOK-
The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker (Aby Garvey & Wendy Smedley)

leave a comment to say hi + share your creative outlet-
beader chick? scrapbooker? lego builder?

contest closes: 9/5/08

Does Technology Really Make your Life Easier?

 

 

If you are a new reader a big ol' WELCOME to you, along with a quicky explanation that I have a radio show along w/ my gal Brandie Kajino.  We chat about life's O myths... Organizing myths that is!

A tad ironic that the start of the O myth today had some technological difficulties... and of course I panicked while Brandie remained calm.  So if you listen to the show, and you should, just skip the first minute or cover your ears until we get the ball rolling! Listen Here

We interviewed Wendy Piersall of www.Sparkplugging.com and www.SparkplugU.com.  Is she a Supermom?  Does technology really make her life easier?  I was a bit surprised that she considers e-mail to be the vein of her existence and yet her laptop is her fav piece of modern technology.  Remember when email was new + fun + "you've got mail" elicited a flutter of excitement? Now... not so much.

We also chatted about vintage technology.  Here is a little pic, ok big pic, of Brandie at last weeks Barn House Flea Market, w/her rotary dial find... courtesy of Queen of Tarte.  I think she should tie a lil' ribbon on it and hang it on her armoire knob.  She thought she may put a photo in it.  Hey... I have an idea, oh I'll need to tell Brandie this one... we can put our cute little O myth logo in it!  I like that idea the best of all... Brandie what do you think?

Some linky links from we promised our listeners:
www.freegeek.com where to take your old computers
www.earth911.org  where to find a place to take your old computers
www.SparkplugU.com where to take a great little class for your biz.
www.Sparkplugging.com  (formerly e moms at home) where to find work at home resources.
www.activewords.com where you can figure out how to not have to type the whole word everytime!
www.officepdx.com where you can find fabulous modern + vintage office equipment.

More on the show... checkout Brandie's post.

CONTEST INFO!

Win a cute little Internet Notebook courtesy of www.TheOrganizedParent.com!!!! 

Just leave a comment on your favorite 'vintage' piece of technology. We'll announce the winner on our next show...August 22nd w/the fab Aby Garvey! 

Ok... I'll go first: my first baby blue princess phone ;)

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