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July 2010 archives

Streamlining Your Wallet

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Organizing A Jam Packed Wallet How overstuffed is your wallet? When you are standing in the check out lane at Target paying the cashier are receipts flying out everywhere? Maybe if you hold it just so or clasp it shut fast, half the contents won’t fall out. Let’s end the cycle of receipt saving and credit card carrying. Why not just mak…

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Keeping Stuff out of Guilt

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Friday, July 9, 2010

Letting Go of the Guilt with the ClutterMaybe you have said this comment or heard it a friend say, “I have to keep it because he (or she) gave it to me.” Why do we feel guilt over getting rid of every housewarming gift, Christmas gift, birthday gift, or hand me down we receive from family and friends? It is funny and ironic because most…

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Top Ideas to Organize Your Linen Closet

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Amber’s Favorite Tips & Tricks to Organize Your Linen Closet1. Match up sheet sets with their respective pillow cases. Then stash one whole set in one pillow case. Continue this process until you have neat piles. Next time you have to change the sheets, just grab and go! 2. Use stacking drawers to organize small toliet…

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Unpacking Tools

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, July 19, 2010

What you need to unpack your home quicklyNumber 1: A box cutter!! This is the most important2. Sturdy and supportive shoes. Unpacking a home is tiring and for most of the day you will be standing on your feet. Protect them. 3. A step ladder. You’d be surprised how often you’ll need to climb up to put something away.4. A pilers. Most kit…

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Prioritizing

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Wednesday, July 21, 2010

 What is so hard about prioritizing? A lot actually. Prioritizing means: a decision has to be madea value as to be assigned a cost has to be counted. Whether it’s household repairs, homework assignments, or other projects, we set priorities each and every day. Whatever we spend our time on, takes priority. How we spend our time, tells us…

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How Green Are You?

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, July 26, 2010

As you all know, America has made a huge effort in the last 5-10 years to educate residential homes how to recycle and become greener. There are a lot more places to recycle which are convenient to the average person. I’ve noticed just standing in line at libraries, Walgreens, and office supply stores that they are collected batteri…

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Storing Cereal

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Wednesday, July 28, 2010

 So I was shopping for cereal today at Jewel. That’s all my husband eats for breakfast day after day. I get bored with it, but never the less, there I was thinking of cereal and I was reminded of cereal containers to organize your cereal. The containers help keep the cereal fresh and can save space if you buy cereal in bulk or have …

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