7 Ways to Leave Your Clutter

Written by Barbara Myers


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5. File it. Set up a "hold" file for wedding invitations and concert tickets (after you mark them in your calendar). Set up a "to file" file for all your important papers.

6. Fix it or have it repaired today. Those buttons aren't going to sew themselves. Either mend them or take them to a seamstress. The same goes forrepparttar broken toys and watches.

7. Give it a home. Everything else is something that belongs in your home but you don't know what to do with it. Where DO you put extra batteries and your kids' artwork? Designate a permanent place in your home for each group of items you find in a clutter pile. Simplify by making a list of items and where they belong.

Barbara Myers is an author, speaker and professional organizer. Enjoy a FREE "50 Ways to Manage Your Time" tips booklet. Visit http://www.ineedmoretime.com


Unique Ideas to Celebrate Valentines Day this Year

Written by Heather Diodati


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Picnic Fun ~~~~~~~~~~

Place a blanket onrepparttar floor nearrepparttar 111471 lit fireplace with candles onrepparttar 111472 mantle and have your Valentine's meal as a candle-lit picnic with a bottle of your favorite bubbly.

Italian Romance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some soft Italian love songs onrepparttar 111473 CD player, a luscious Fettucini Alfredo with a bottle of your favorite Italian vino, then some fresh canoli fromrepparttar 111474 pastry shop and cups of amaretto- flavored coffee for a taste sensation - top it off with a sensuous scented bubble bath for two

A Cereal Surprise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sneak in love notes and chocolate kisses in your sweetheart's or children's cereal

Notables ~~~~~~~~

Little notes in their lunch boxes, onrepparttar 111475 bathroom mirror, in his briefcase, stuck onrepparttar 111476 car windshields, in his underwear drawer

I'm fortunate to have you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mix up a batch of fortune cookies (see http://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm for recipe!) and add your own little words of love

Messy but Marvelous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Make sure you wear old clothes for this one and plan this escapade where cleanup will be easy (no carpets, please!) Make up a batch of chocolate pudding. Feed each other and wind up having a food fight! Ideally, this is more fun in your birthday suits, thenrepparttar 111477 pudding won't go to waste where it lands! Guaranteed for loads of giggles betweenrepparttar 111478 two of you - take a shower-for-two after this one and wash each other's chocolate-flavored hair!

Take a Letter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Take turns writing a love letter or love poem to each other. Read them out loud

Valentine Sharing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Plan some community work - help out atrepparttar 111479 local shelter, volunteer at your local church, work with other volunteers to spread some caring amongst your community.

All inrepparttar 111480 Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Spend some quality fun time with your niece or nephew or other child in your family.

Long-Distance Caring ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Call your favorite aunt whom you haven't seen since she moved far away, or your best friend who transferred to another country - let them know you're thinking of them this Valentine's Day

Just For You ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Have you wanted that delicate pair of earrings for awhile but kept putting offrepparttar 111481 purchase? Give yourself a special Valentine's Day gift

Poetry In Motion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Write him or her a poem - can't write? Try outrepparttar 111482 poem generator on http://www.whimsies-online.com/valentine.htm for fun! Print out your creation and place it on your loved-one's night table for when they awake!



Heather Diodati, is the owner of DDesign, an on-line shop for one-of-a-kind personalized gifts for all occasions. Sign up for our free ezine, On A Whim, for your free time management gifts! http://www.whimsies-online.com


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