A Lucky Rainbow?

I’m sitting here in a hotel room in Portland, Oregon.  As I was searching the internet for information on St. Patrick’s Day for the March newsletter I looked out the window and was amazed at what I saw.  It is a partly cloudy day and directly in my view was a rainbow in the horizon.  [...]

New Article on Paper Clutter

I found a new website where I am posting some articles on decluttering.  The site is called eHow.com. There are all kinds of articles on different subjects that can help you learn how to doing something. Please check out my article, How to Divide and Conquer Paper Clutter. I plan on adding lots of articles [...]

American Heart Month

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine’s Day.  The red hearts of love were all around. The American Heart Association has designated February to be concerned with another heart, the muscle that keeps you alive. If you haven’t had your cholesterol or blood pressure checked for a while now would be a good time to [...]

Saving for Company

I just became aware of a website that had a very interesting article on it called “No Company Cheese!”.  It is about how we save things for company and treat the residents of the home (including ourselves) as second class citizens.  Check out the article at http://planethomeandgarden.com/. The website owner had seen how my post [...]

Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday

Tomorrow is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.  It is officially celebrated on this coming Monday which is President’s Day.  Don’t forget that on Monday the banks, government offices, post office, and most schools will be closed. My monthly newsletter for February has listed several websites to learn more about Abraham Lincoln.  I have posted a link to [...]

Decluttering Expired First-Aid Supplies

When I write my tip newsletters I write about things I have done and know that they work for me.  I also write about things that I may not do all the time so I will research the subject online.  Cleaning out expired first-aid supplies is one of those. I printed out a list of [...]

Groundhog Day

It’s Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil, the official groundhog, has seen his shadow.  Six more weeks of winter.  I’m tired of looking at snow, brown grass, leafless trees, and gray skies.  Six more weeks seems like a long time.  Let’s hope Phil is wrong. If you want to find out more about Groundhog day or [...]