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Amber’s Footprints
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Saturday, August 1, 2009
This summer Amber traveled here. Can you guess this vacation spot? Where have you left your footprints this summer? Tell us where you vacationed this summer, and whoever traveled the farthest wins a BP gas card. …
Amber’s Footprints #2
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Sunday, August 2, 2009
Here are more photos! Keep guessing.…
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Podcast on Stuff
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Thursday, August 6, 2009
http://www.cbc.ca/dnto/podcast.html…
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A Solution for Crowded Countertops
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Wednesday, August 5, 2009
On my wesbite, I have a section to Ask Amber Anything. A reader recently wrote in to ask how to clear clutter off her countertops in her kitchen. Read her question and my answer here.…
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Zoning
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Zoning is common in the organizing world. Whenever you’re organizing a complete room (not just a part of it) you always want to create zones and think in terms of zones. Today I worked in a classroom and we set up many zones for the kids around the room. In our homes, we can benefit from zoning as well. Here are common zones found in our home…
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The Power of a Good Filing System
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Thursday, August 13, 2009
I don’t normally toot my own horn but today I had a “wow” moment that solitfied once again in my mind why I LOVE being organized. Here’s what happened. I went to get my bike tuned up today because my sprint triathlon is drawing near. While I was in the shop, I asked the gentlemen to put on a spedometer my husband handed to m…
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Organized Athletes
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, August 17, 2009
Just yesterday, I completed my first sprint triathlon- a 1/2 mile swim, a 12 mile bike ride and a 3.1 mile run. It was a ton of fun. On Saturday I went to register my bike and my packet,etc. They had talks through out the day for first time triathletes. So I sat in on the 3pm talk. After the presentation, the announcer introduced a woman who owns h…
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Local Auto Shop Recycles for You
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, August 17, 2009
I was in my local Firestone shop today getting new tires. I was way over do for tires and they gentlemen noticed I needed an oil change. My husband and I already knew that because my husband normally changes my oil at home. But to save time and because they gave us a discount, I just told the Firestone guy they could do it. I asked right away if th…
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Meal Planning- Thumbs up or down?
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Thursday, August 20, 2009
On a pretty regular basis, I try to follow other organizing blogs to see what people are writing about around the country. Some of them I find pretty interesting. One topic I see on a regular basis is Monday Meal Planning. It is pretty popular and I can’t believe how many people really sit down and plan out meals for the week. I probably shou…
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Organizing Recipes
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Friday, August 21, 2009
Yesterday we talked about meal planning. Here’s some tips on organizing recipes. Storage options for loose recipe pages or cards: For larger magazine recipe clippings or printed pages from websites, slip them into sheet protectors and then into a binder. They will be protected and you avoid the time spent rewriting them onto cards…
A Clutter- Free Kitchen
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, August 24, 2009
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TV show “Hoarders”
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Okay, So I’m a little late in the game. I finally sat down to watch last week’s premier episode of “Hoarders”. This has been the buzz talk in the organizing industry. The show is on Monday nights on the AE channel if you haven’t watched it already. I have to admit, the producers did a pretty good job of editing a…
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Zero Email in Your Inbox
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Thursday, August 27, 2009
At a recent meeting, a colleague mentioned InBox Zero. He recommended I watch the online video because we were chatting about all the email that piles up in our email inboxes. One woman shared she had 2,000 sitting in her inbox. Others said on average 90 or 100. I usually maintain about 15-20 max. I know email clutter is a bigger probelm than we al…
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Footprint Contest Ending
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, August 31, 2009
Today is the last day of our footprint contest. Be sure to enter to win! Follow this link for more information! http://eepurl.com/cXtw…
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