Saturday, March 20, 2010

NBC4 Safe & Secure Community Shred Scheduled for March 27th

You need to shred personal documents in order to protect your indenty. NBC4 makes it easy for you to do a large volume of shredding fast and free. Check out the information below, from the NBC4 web site. The shredding event is one week from today. Make it a goal to sort through your paperwork and box it for shredding in the next week!

The next NBC4 Safe & Secure Community Shred is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 8-11 a.m. at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale campus.
You may bring up to five boxes of personal papers for shredding (no CDs or credit cards). It's the best way to protect your identity. And, it's good for the environment because all the paper we shred gets recycled!
To keep this event safe and secure for everyone, please DO NOT BRING these items: Batteries, Flammables, Combustibles, Electronic Equipment (Hard Drives), Media Materials (DVDs, CDs, Tapes), Binders, Hanging Files. Your cooperation will enable us to better serve everyone and allow Shred-It to recycle as much material as possible.
Thanks to our partners PNC Bank , Shred-It, Northern Virginia Community College, and Fairfax County Government for making this event possible -- FREE OF CHARGE!

Friday, March 19, 2010

A new idea in teaching kids to save

I recently learned about a new way to teach kids about the value of money and how to save.
It's called Kidsave and very representative of how your children see you dealing with money on a daily basis.

Riv from Sacred Spaces Home said "Just like checking an online banking account, it automatically deposits "virtual" allowance to each account, has interest that's accrued (for saving) and every time they want to withdraw, they give us a withdrawal slip and we give them the cash and withdraw "virtually". It not only teaches them how the "real" world works but also relieves us of the hassle to always have exact change or cash around."

Friday, March 12, 2010

Do you have too much stuff?

Julie Hall is correct! In her book, "The Boomer Burden - Dealing With Your Parent's Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff" she suspects you already know if you have too much stuff. Here are some of her indicators that I like best:

1. When you hang up a shirt in the closet, you have to push apart the other clothes to make space.
2. You can't see the floor of your closet.
3. At least one bedroom has been turned in a storage area.
4. You rent storage space.
5. There are more licensed vehicles than licensed drivers at our house.
6. You can't put our vehicles in the garage because you use it for storage.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Creating Your Best Life

I'm reading a great book right now. It's for anyone who wants to improve their life. It's called "Creating Your Best Life - The Ultimate Life List Guide" by Caroline Adams Miller. She really speaks to how you can take the steps to a better life. It will help me help my clients focus on what they want out of life. I am excited to be attending a speaking engagement of Caroline's later this month.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Estate Administration and Liquidation Class

I took a great class last weekend, called Estate Administration and Liquidation Class, given by Helen Long. Every professional organizer who is thinking about adding estate sales to their services should take this course. Helen offered us the experience of assessing a job and valuing objects. She also spoke on contracts, personnel, set up and advertising for a sale.