03.11.10
Posted in About Me at 12:42 am by Administrator
March 10th, I play hand and foot cards with a wonderful group of Christian ladies once a month. We play the first game, which I won, ate lunch, everyone brings a dish, play a second game, I lost and then have dessert. We laughed about the old days when we were growing up and our Italian mothers how they would do housework, talk strick and could cook up a storm. After laughing for an hour we prayed for the needs in our group.
Came home to my granddaughter who comes over every Wednesday with her father and she spends the night. Needed to check my email and get caught up with my office business. I will spend the evening with them and watch some TV.
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Posted in About Me at 12:09 am by Administrator
The week of March 2-8th, our 3 daughters, out of state flew in and had a bridal shower for our daughter on Saturday. The shower turned out really beautiful and it was held at Big Rock in Birmingham, MI. We were all so busy the whole week I barely worked, we ate, shopped until we dropped and talked for a long time. Got up early and went to bed late and was completely out of our routines. It is nice doing that because it can get boring with everyday work, chores and daily living. When people visit or go on a vacation, you come home tired and can’t wait for the routine again to get back on track.
My daughter and I shopped at Sommerset Mall and finally found an evening gown at Macy’s. It is midnight blue, long and is very beautiful. It is really long and many of the stores who used to carry petites are now trying to stop selling them. What a bummer!
I am so behind in my office work and will probably spend all weekend getting caught up. Just wanted to give you a low down on what a professional organizer does in her personal time. Trust me, no time to get organized!
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03.03.10
Posted in About Me at 3:41 pm by Administrator
Week of March 1-3rd, Work has been slow the past week. First it was a snow storm and had to cancel appointments, clients have been very busy but can’t figure out what is going on when people are getting laid off. Oh well, that is part of the territory of being a professional organizer. It is either feast or famine, busy or slow. I can do my own organizing and catch up on projects at home. Last week I spent 3 days putting my receipts through Neatreceipts in their software package and then exporting them to Quickbooks. It takes time but saves a lot of time because the IRS recognizes the receipts as evidence of proof. I have my portion of my taxes done but my husband procrasintes until 11:00 pm on April 15th mailing the taxes. That is always a trial for me because I can’t stand to be late or be under the gun.
Yesterday my daughter flew in from Orange County, California to be here for my step daughters bridal shower on Saturday. My husbands daughters are from Dallas and San Francisco. We have them all at once or empty nest most of the time. Again feast or famine. My 2 granddaughters 3- 1/2 and 6 years old are the flower girls and they are estatic to be in the bridal party. They will be picking out their dresses this week for the wedding.
Today my daughter and I will be going to Bally’s, making the Beef Broughon from Julie and Julia to make dinner tonight with the rest of my children, granddaughters and both of the daughters. Tomorrow I have a client and then my daughter and I will be going to Somerset mall to look for a dress again! I have been to so many malls and can’t find one I like or fits. I am petite and the dress are 6-8 inches too long and cuts off most of the dress.
See you next time and thanks for reading!
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02.12.10
Posted in About Me at 3:57 am by Administrator
Debbie on Radio station
February 6th I was honored to speak on the Radio Station 1500 AM at 3:00 to speak about my organizing business and my function at Imago Dei Crisis Pregnancy Center . I am on the board of trustees and have been a volunteer for 10 years. What I do there is teach file organization class to ladies and teens on how to file. They have not learned how to file in school and some of them have never filed before or know how to put a tab on a hanging folder.
I also teach simple organizing skills such as quick 15 minute pickups, time management on shopping and using a hampers. (You would be surprised how many clients don’t own one).
National Association of Professional Organizers has a Quantum Leap program and they donate all the colored file and hanging folders. The students will learn how to file the rest of their life.
When all the donations come in, we sort by boy, girl, summer, winter and sizes. Put the outfits together and put in a plastic bin or hang them up. This is an on-going process and the donations keep coming in.
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02.04.10
Posted in About Me at 11:45 pm by Administrator
February 4th…Felt that I was coming down with something from my vacation in CA and Dallas. Been in bed most of the day and just resting on the couch, catching up on emails and watching TV.
Hope that I feel better tomorrow since I have a full day with a client, free assessment and taking my grandaughter to my mothers.
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01.23.10
Posted in About Me at 5:21 pm by Administrator
January 22nd woke up with coffee, while watching the news and then my daughter woke up and we chatted for about 2 hours. We got dressed, went out to lunch at Cheesecake Factory and ordered a lunch salad which was big enough for a family. They have the best cheesecake in the world and now they have the calories next to the name of the cake. Carrot cake was over 1500 calories for a large slice and the terimusu cheesecake was 890 calories which is my favorite.
It was raining pretty hard on and off the entire day. My daughter and I walked to the Ultra cosmetic store and bought some cosmetics. They sell everything in California and you can find what you need. We came home and took a nap and I worked on the computer and watched TV the rest of the night.
One of my clients joined Twitter and is trying to expand her business and she wanted me to look at 368 followers tweets and find out if there were any opportunities. She did get an offer to speak on a radio station. It took me 2 hours to go through the list and check out their site and delete.
My daughter went to work at the hotel restaurant at 7:30 and came home after 2:30 a.m. Went to bed after the news and then I could not sleep. Jet leg is still in effect.
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01.22.10
Posted in About Me at 4:51 am by Administrator
January 21st woke up at 8:00 and 11:00 Detroit time. Drank coffee with my daughter, talked for about 2 hours and went back to bed for 2 more hours. Jet leg is really hard on me and it takes me a week to get accustomed to it and when I get home it is time to switch back again. 3 hour difference is tough.
We got dressed, went to lunch, I went shopping in Newport Beach and drove my daughter to work who works at a exclusive hotel in Newport Beach. While shopping there was hardly anybody shopping in a very expensive and exclusive mall. The prices were so outrageous that I did not find what I was looking for. Michigan has them beat with bargains.
After a couple of hours of shopping I tried to start the car and it was dead! I left the lights on by mistake and wore down the battery. It is a good thing that the hotel is walking distance from the mall and met my daughter in the hotel restaurtant where she works. I ate my dinner which writing my blog and catching up on email.
She just left with a security guard to pick up the car and get it jumped. We will go home and watch the Orange County Housewives.
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01.12.10
Posted in About Me at 12:15 am by Administrator
Today I went shopping with my daughter-in-law looking for a dress to wear to my step daughters wedding. Boy are evening dresses very expensive. Tried on about 10 and none of them were it.
Spending the evening relaxing and watching the Bachelor. It is going to be hot tonight.
Tomorrow is bible study and then at a clients new house organizing her office.
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01.06.10
Posted in About Me at 5:30 pm by Administrator
A Professional Organizer enhances the lives of clients by designing systems and processes using organizing principles, and by teaching organizing skills. A Professional Organizer also educates the public on organizing solutions and the resulting benefits.
Organized Happy Helper specializes in residential and business’s to declutter the space and bring harmony and order to the environment.
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