Tech 101 – More Cords Than You Know What To Do With?

February 16, 2012

Hubby and I recently bought a new TV.  For no good reason other than we’re moving house soon and have another living area to fill (is that a good enough reason?). So with the new TV purchased, manhandled up the stairs and all the bits and pieces out on the floor, including more cardboard than [...]

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Four Emotions from a Good Hacking – And What it Taught Me About Organising

February 9, 2012

I was unlucky enough this week to have one of my social networking accounts hacked. Joy oh joy. The interesting thing was that it taught me a lot about human nature (most good, some not so good) but there was also a huge range of emotions that went with it.  It went something like this: [...]

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Selling and Moving Update – Part 3

February 3, 2012

Ahh.  Breathe. That’s what I’ve actually done this week! If you’ve read my past three posts (1, 2, 3) you know we have been selling our house, with our big move happening in less than 3 weeks (yay!). Things have been a little crazy up to this point, with maintaining a pristine home ready for [...]

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Bello Alito – An Inspirational Mum

January 31, 2012

As you know the Clutter Rescue blog highlights inspirational Mums who juggle their own business as well as busy families.  The lovely Alita from Bello Alito and I connected last year at a Conference – so I am so glad she was able to contribute to this series.  Thanks Alita! Hi, I’m Alita Howlett.  Helen [...]

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Selling and Moving Update – Part 2

January 24, 2012

I am absolutely exhausted!  And it’s no wonder!  In the past week I have: Had four open homes in seven days (that doesn’t include the two from a few weeks ago that I forgot to tell you about!) Changed settlement date on our new house (so we have a few more weeks before our big [...]

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You Can’t Buy A Feeling

January 19, 2012

As I write this it is one year to the day that devastating floods descended upon my city. I find it difficult to reflect on these events, not because I want to forget them – far from it – but because I still find them very distressing, hearing stories, seeing footage on TV and remembering [...]

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Selling and Moving Update – Part 1

January 17, 2012

Well, as promised in my first blog post about us moving house here is an update so far! We had three open homes last week – on Wednesday and Thursday nights and Saturday morning.  Only one of those was scheduled (the Saturday one) so a little chaos ensued during the week, before and after work, sprucing [...]

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How Many Professional Organisers Does it Take to Sanely Move House?

January 10, 2012

Three. Well, in my case it was three. Let me wind back the clock a little – four weeks to be precise. Hubby and I have been house hunting for a while and, after many months of searching, finally found our perfect new family home. Decisions were made, negotiations to-and-fro’d, and with a signed contract [...]

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