Month: January 2011

Making Tax Time Less Taxing

It’s mid January and 1098s and 1099s are starting to arrive.  If you’re expecting a refund, you’ll want to get those taxes filed as soon as you’ve collected all of your tax related documents, but do you know where everything is? Filing your taxes can be a snap if you have all of the necessary paperwork organized, and believe it or not, keeping your tax files under control is easy with just a few tools:  an Iris … Read More

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Before & After – Hangers

I recently did a spot on closet organizing on WKYC’s Channel 3 News Today.  One of the points I made was that so many people think they need a complete closet overhaul, including an expensive closet organizing system, in order to have an “organized closet.”  Before calling the closet organizing company donate what you no longer wear and try new hangers and rearranging the contents of your closet.  These two photos show the exact same closet contents.  … Read More

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Before you UNdecorate…

Many people will be putting away their holiday decorations this weekend. Before you do though, I would encourage you to go around your house and take photos of any decorative displays you were particularly fond of and might want to recreate next year.  Store these photos in a file called holiday decorating and next year’s decorating will be a snap. Happy New Year!

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