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Organization

Clean Your Refrigerator in Three Days – Day Two

  Last week I shared with you a secret for which you would  have to pay hundreds of dollars normally.  But you got it here for Zero dollars!!!  The secret:  Have a job you dread, that is overwhelming, that needs to be done but you have too little time and/or energy to tackle?  Break that […]

Common Sense Things to Keep in Your Car

If you are like most Americans, you spend a lot of time in your car.  Planning ahead for a few basic supplies and equipment kept in your car to use in an emergency can make the difference between an inconvenience and a major mess.   Here are three dozen things to keep in your car that […]

Organizing Lazy Susan

This lazy susan is the primary location for my baking supplies  but it also collects all sorts of other odds and ends. It is always messy — partly from my habit of flipping it open and shoving just one more thing in, like that bag of brown sugar laying on top of the popcorn container.   […]

6 Tips for a successful garage sale

Last weekend was our neighborhood’s annual garage sale.  Great motivation to clean closets, cupboards, basement and garage!  We usually come out pretty well for the time invested – if the weather cooperates.  I have a fun time with the folks that come by.  Dude rolls up and into the garage on his huge motorcycle, asks […]

5 Easy Steps to Organizing Your Financial Life: Part 5 Be Prepared

Organize Your Financial Paper Series:    Use the documents gathered for filing your income tax return in Part 1 to prepare for emergency in Part 2, to set financial goals and plan ahead in Part 3.   Part 4  helps you  build a budget. What happens if you find yourself without any of the paper work that […]

Organize Your Financial Life: Develop a Spending Plan

 Welcome to A Pinch of Joy!  This post is part 4 in a series on using tax documents to organize your financial life. We began this series by gathering  documents  for tax preparation in Part 1 and each week  added a bit more information.  In Part 2, the papers helped prepare for emergencies.  In part […]