PETS and MEMORABILIA In addition to simplifying your cleaning products, simplify your house. Don't introduce hard-to-clean surfaces into your life. Sandra Felton, THE ORGANIZER LADY® ---------------------------------------- Contents of New Ideas for Today 1. Message of the Day - THE PET PROBLEM 2. More Help Here! 3. Habit of the Day 4. Family Reminder of the Day 5. Quote of the Day 6. Question of The Day 7. From the Trenches - MEMORABILIA 8. More Info -------------------------------------- **Learn how to get organized with Marsha's (FREE) YouTube videos!** **No longer will you have to hide your messy secret! Only $27 per month. Click here for more information.** ***If you are having problems with this Yahoo Groups mailing, you can click here to subscribe on Blogger to receive the exact same messages every day.*** -------------------------------------- 1. Message of the Day THE PET PROBLEM "Don't keep pets", is the first suggestion for saving time in Shirley Conran's 1978 book called Superwoman. This author is definitely walking on dangerous ground because pets are very important to many people, especially Messies. But she does have a point. Sometimes pets are a significant part of the problem for those of us who struggle to keep our houses organized without working ourselves to death. It takes time to care for them with feeding, cleaning their living areas, meeting their health needs, and playing with them. Cleaning up accidents is also a problem. But since we are kind and caring folks, we put up with all of these difficulties because we value the companionship and the love pets provide. We also like to be needed. None of this is bad. But Messies tend to overdo even the good things. Because we lack of a sense of boundaries, we may place fewer limits on how many pets we have than our tidier neighbors and how we care for them. This can get us into trouble. Are pets adding to your clutter problems? If so, what changes can you make to begin to solve those problems? Perhaps we can resolve not to bring any more new pets into our home, just like we resolve to stop bringing in more things that clutter. This is a hard question because it involves animals to which we are strongly attached. But, maybe for you, it is a dilemma that needs to be addressed. -------------------------------------- 2. More Help Here? The NEW and IMPROVED K.I.S.S. Flipper The K.I.S.S.(Keep It Super Simple) Flipper has fresh ideas on how to move through your home, day by day, room by room, with simple choices for maintenance and organizing. It will gently guide you through the process of creating clear and shining surfaces throughout out your home! With the NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper all you have to do to is FLIP through the spiral-bound, sequentially numbered, full-color job idea cards. No more sliding cards into sleeves; the NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper is ready to use out of the package. When you are ready to begin, make a few simple choices each day from one card and you will be on your way to a clutter-free and well maintained home. Free BONUS: Once you order, you will also receive the "K.I.S.S. eBooklet" via email to learn the "Hows and Whys" of the system while you wait for your K.I.S.S. Flipper, so you will be ready to start the day your K.I.S.S. Flipper arrives. Introductory price $26.00 US postage included Go to the link below to order you NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper today. messies.com messies.com One of a kind design for home maintenance, The Super Flipper by Sandra Felton View on messies.com Preview by Yahoo ------------------------------------------ 3. Habit of the Day AVOID CLUTTER Don't pick it up later; put it up now. -------------------------------------- 4. Family Reminder of the Day In our family, we put up toys, games, tools, and stuff we are using immediately. In our family, we don't leave things out just because we plan to get back to the project later. -------------------------------------- 5.Quote of the Day "There are two kinds of people in the world, those who think they can and those who think they can't. And both are right." Henry Ford -------------------------------------- 6. Question of the Day If you had one specific wish, and one wish only, for your house, what would that wish be? Is there any one step you can take to start making that wish come true? SECOND QUESTION: What improvement can you make in your pet care in order to simplify your life? Tell us by posting on Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady -------------------------------------- 7. From the Trenches KID'S MEMORABILIA What about your kid's trophies from all of their sporting events? I hate the thought of throwing them out, but the kids are older now, (21/18) and they don't want them. One thing I will suggest to those of you with younger kids. Whenever your kids come home with a project or paper they are proud of, take a picture of them holding it. Even a trophy, had I done this all along, I wouldn't be having this dilemma of what to do with all of this childhood stuff. I'm so bad, I have teeth, hair, shoes, etc. but don't know what belonged to who.... ------------------------------------ 8. More Info This is a simple program. We stick with the basics as they are presented in these messages. Keep reading. Keep adding one part of the program at a time. Repetition is important. Forward to friends if desired but not to other sites. Read this whole posting or only what you can take in today, then delete it. Don't forget the daily reminders!!! The daily Reminders and How-To's are found on our website at "How to Begin" http://www.messies.com ------------------------------------------ 9. Extra Help Are you still interested in getting organized? If so, let us know! Click here to learn about the Organizing Mastery program. Click here If you'd like to speak to an organizer about your clutter problem. ------------------------------------------ 10. Free YouTube Videos Learn how to get organized with Marsha's (FREE) YouTube videos! Are you at home thinking about the organizing you need to get done? Take a look at our SOS program designed to jumpstart your organizing immediately. Buy now: https://sortitout.thinkific.com/courses/SOS-Organizing-Program For more information: http://www.sortitout.net/sos-solutions-solutions-program-sf ------------------------------------------ Reminder: You can edit your membership at Yahoo Groups home page https://groups.yahoo.com/neo or to unsubscribe, click on the word "unsubscribe" at the very bottom of this post if it arrived in your email inbox ---------------------------------------- MESSIES ANONYMOUS SLOGAN Please memorize this slogan and post it on your wall. The secret to success is making very small, yet very consistent, changes. Or to make it short; Baby steps, baby steps in the right direction. Never underestimate the inevitability of gradualness. Anonymous 87 © Sandra Felton 2010 THE ORGANIZER LADY® is a trademark of Sandra Felton, founder of Messies Anonymous.