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Car Organization: Your Home Away from Home

May 1, 2013 By lisa 8 Comments

I drive A LOT. I always knew that, but last week I started to add it up.

Yep on average 3-4 HOURS a day LOST in the car.

At this rate I will have driven 30,000 miles this year.

So it makes sense that I have my car outfitted like a second home:

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And here is MY car On Living Dayton:

Car Organizing 411

Thank you Performance Honda for the picture perfect van to “model” these car organization ideas!

The perfect organizer for growing kids.

Car Organization: Your Home Away From Home | Organize365

My portable home office in a car door.
Car Organization: Your Home Away From Home | Organize365

The trunk closet.
Car Organization: Your Home Away From Home | Organize365

Car Organization: Your Home Away From Home | Organize365

Here are links to the products I used in today’s segment.

The Cargo Pockets

Here are some more of my favorites:

Munchkin car organizer, Adult car organizer.

Let me help YOU get organized.

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Organize 365 Spring Cleaning and Organization Challenge WEEK 7: The Home Office

April 30, 2013 By lisa 1 Comment

Whether you work from home or not, you have home “office duties.”

Bill paying, home maintenance, tax records and medical files are just the tip of the home office mountain.

Step 1: Create a designated “office space.

Organize 365 Spring Cleaning and Organization Challenge WEEK 7: The Hom Office | Organize365

You can see mine here. It is just a corner of my bedroom, but it is my space for just office stuff.

Step 2: Organize and update your office supplies.

Take inventory of what you have and replenish what you need. There is nothing worse than going to wrap a present and realizing… you’re out of tape!

Step 3: Set office hours.

Pay your bills the same time each week. Designate a time and place to handle mail. Set aside time with your calendar to schedule appointments on the phone.

Step 4: Create a Sunday Basket drop zone.

I have blogged about that here: Sunday Basket.

Step 5: Create a Mobile Office.

See more on Living Dayton:

Organize Your Office

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On the twelfth day of Christmas Organize365 gave to me ~ 12 Clever Buckets

December 12, 2012 By lisa Leave a Comment

January will be here before you know it and with it an unquenchable desire to ORGANIZE all the blessings and gifts that come with the holidays. So while you are making memories and celebrating with family I will be sharing my 12 favorite Clever Container products – Christmas style.

On the twelfth day of Christmas Organize 365 gave to me:

12 Clever Buckets

If you are looking for a stand out, affordable gift people will be talking about into the new year, this is it!

The Clever Bucket comes in green, blue and yellow. It is completely water proof.

The bucket folds flat for easy storage and transportation…

in this handy carrying case.

On the back of the carrying case is a place to put your business cards, money, etc.

You can hang your bucket when tucked away on the loop. I had mine embroidered and use it to display my business when I am at events.

Last week I use dthe Clever Bucket to carry a celebratory bottle of champagne and after it was gone, I collapsed my bucket and put it in my bag to come home!

When my kiddos are sick I use the Clever bucket to keep juice boxes cool on their bed at night to keep them hydrated.

Fill up that bucket and give the gift of organization this year!

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On the eighth day of Christmas Organize365 gave to me ~ Eight Car Organization Products!

December 8, 2012 By lisa 4 Comments

On the eighth day of Christmas Organize 365 gave to me:

Eight Car Organization Products

If you are looking for a quick organization job that make s a BIG impact… organizing you car is that project.

These car organizers have been a hot seller for me all year.

These cargo pockets will even hold a soccer ball! It is so nice to have things up and off the floor of the van.

The swing away is my absolute favorite! I keep my couponizer, extra catalogs and mail in the passenger seat up off the chair. I always have my business to go ready!

See how much they hold!

The cargo tote folds completely flat when not in use, and opens up to hold groceries so they don’t roll all over your trunk!

How do you organize your car?

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On the Seventh day of Christmas Organize365 gave to me ~ Seven Card Cubbies!

December 7, 2012 By lisa Leave a Comment

On the seventh day of Christmas Organize 365 gave to me:

Seven Card Cubbies

Card cubbies are a great way to keep track of all your store loyalty and gift cards,

They are also a great was to keep track of your clients or networking partner’s buiness cards.

Card cubbies are a great gift by themselves, or with a gift card included!

How do you keep track of your busienss cards and gift crads?

Filed Under: On the Go, Time & Money Tagged With: 12 days of christmas, card cubbies, christmas, christmas gift, Clever Container, gift, gift card, lisa woodruff, organization, organize, organize 365, pinned

On the fifth day of Christmas Organize 365 gave to me: Five Sophisticated File Totes

December 5, 2012 By lisa 5 Comments

On the Fifth Day of Christmas, Organize365 Gave To Me…

FIVE SOPHISTICATE FILE TOTES

I LOOOOOVE these totes! It is MY favorite product I sell. I keep them in stock because I KNOW that having this tote can change your life!

I picked this as day number five because if you are singing the song it’s the climax line. And this is definitely MY climax product.

I’ve done TV segments about the tote.

I’ve had a series of paper organization workshops. {Here’s how I came up with the Paper Organization Workshop idea}

On the Fifth Day of Christmas Organize365 Gave To Me: Five Sophisticated File Totes | Organize365

And I wrote and eBook 10Steps to Organized Paper which uses this file tote to organize ALL your kitchen counter papers

Here are two related blog posts as well: A Home office in a pretty tote and Kitchen Counter Paper Organization

I LOVE my file tote. There are pockets built in that hold a calculator or phone, pens and business cards.

I can select the hanging files I need for the week and go. The tote is so sturdy I can put my laptop inside!

I snapped this photo with my phone at a meeting a few months ago. The file tote fits perfectly in a booth!

Do you see the top strap that snaps over the top of the tote?

Ummmm Yeah – That’s so when you travel with your tote and it falls over in your car… your files stay in place!

Filed Under: On the Go, organization, Paper & Office, Storage & Garage Tagged With: christmas, file, file totes, filing, gift giving, lisa woodruff, organization, organize, organize 365, sophisticated file totes

On the First Day of Christmas Organize365 gave to me: One Couponizer full of coupons

December 1, 2012 By lisa 6 Comments

On the First Day of Christmas Organize365 gave to me:

One Couponizer full of coupons

I picked this as my first day of Christmas not because I have one in stock… I have 4.

But because this is the number one product people call me out of the blue to buy. And here’s why:

It really is a great coupon organizer for ALL your coupons. The colored layout map is great to use to sort your coupons as you are cutting them. It even comes WITH the scissors and a carrying bag!

Once you open the front cover I know you’ll be in love because there is literally a place for everything!

The couponizer is broken up in to 4 sections.

Section One: Planning

It starts with a shopping list pad.

I love that there are pockets for the coupons I know I will be using and a separate pocket to put them in as I am shopping for checkout. There is another pocket for coupons that are expiring this month.

There is also a special place for my store loyalty cards!

Section two: Grocery Coupons

There are 18 grocery aisle pockets.

Section Three: Other Coupons

Here’s where this couponizer takes off and separates itself from all other coupon organizers. There is a place for ALL of those other coupons you get in the mail and the paper each week. I even put the coupons I know I will use from the Entertainment book in here.

Do you have fast food coupons? Oil change coupons? Dry Cleaning coupons? There’s a place for that.

Section Four: Results

How’d you do? The coupinizer comes with a tracker to track your couponing success!

Do you use receipts for your budget? There’s a spot for those too!

Do you clip coupons?

Filed Under: On the Go, Time & Money Tagged With: coupon organizer, couponizer, lisa woodruff, organization, organize, organize 365, organize coupons

Helping you add Minutes to your day ~ Part 3: A handy Spare Key

November 13, 2012 By lisa 7 Comments

Last week I astarted a series of posts about how I squeeze productivity out of every minute in my day.

I thought in these super busy weeks leading up to the end of the year, I will post more often but less lengthy posts all to help you squeeze a few extra minutes out of each of the remaining days in 2012.

Tip number 1: Start all your household machines first thing in the morning.

Tip number 2: Maximize your wallet!

Tip number 3: Have a spare key handy.

Yesterday I shared how I fut tons-o-stuff in my cute little wristlet wallet. And there’s one more thing…

A spare car key in the change pocket. I have locked my keys in my car more often than I care to admit. Let’s just say my hubby has a LOT of patience with me.

So, Instead of having and extra key in my purse… I put it in my wristlet since that is what I carry with me most of the time.

What about you? Do you have a spare key trick?

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Helping you add Minutes to your day ~ Part 2: Maximize Your Wallet

November 12, 2012 By lisa 8 Comments

Last week I astarted a series of posts about how I squeeze productivity out of every minute in my day.

Tip number 1: Start all your household machines first thing in the morning.

Tip number 2: Maximize your wallet!

I am constantly purging and honing what I carry with me in my wallet. Afew years ago I started grabbing my wallet out of my purse and carrying just that into stores.

A few months ago I transitioned from a traditional wallet to this cute wristlet. So lets see what I have in here.

Gum. I love gum and I like to have it with me and it fits!

ONE Costco coupon. Do you know that if you swipe ONE Costco coupon – ALL the available coupons come off your bill?

Kohls coupons, cash, reciepts. On this particular day I was going to Khols, so I paper clipped all the random discounts I could use in one place.

Household money. I am trying to get better at spending cash and allocating our expenses. But I don’t want to carry envelopes of cash in my cute little wristlet! So the green bull clip suffices for a household “envelope of money”

I can even fit my lipgloss in the wristlet!

So there you have it.

What’s in your wallet?

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How I Do It All

October 1, 2012 By lisa 8 Comments

I don’t. :0)

After reading Work Shift I don’t feel nearly as stressed about trying to do it all – EQUALLY, but there is still WAY too much as a wife, mother and business owner to get done in 24 hours a day.

This became ultra clear yesterday at the grocery.

First of all – I needed 2 carts, Because I just don’t have time to shop weekly. I DID remember everything thanks to my grocery checklists.

BUT on my way out to the car… I remembered…. I forgot to empty the trunk.

Woops. Which got me thinking about this post.

It had been 3 days since I ran out of Coke. I was shopping at 4pm and had already had one GIANT fountain Coke, a Starbucks coffee and was on my second fountain coke.

I guess caffeine is part of “how I am doing it”