Category Archives: Organizing

I couldn’t procrastinate any longer. Yesterday I finally did the dirty deed. Can you guess? I emptied the gasoline out of the snow blower. Some of you may enjoy the smell of gas but I HATE it! Perhaps all those years working with solvents in the chemistry lab did me in. Oh well, at leastContinue reading “Dirty Deeds”

I use compact fluorescent light bulbs where ever I can. They are expensive and I’m NOT leaving them in the light fixtures in this apartment when we leave. I want to use them in my new home. Over the weekend the kids and I removed all the compact fluorescent bulbs in this apartment and replacedContinue reading “Let there be light”

I’m just not sure what happened to last week. It went by so quickly. Here’s a run down of what happened. 25 May Receive email from RLRS in Ottawa stating that the moving company (hereafter known as “the carrier”) had been given our contract and would be calling within 48 hours. The repair guy cameContinue reading “What happened to last week?”

Over the long weekend I was busy! I organized all the paperwork in my filing boxes. This is my guarantees/instructions box. I organized the workshop — tools, screw nails & gadgets. I copied all serial numbers from power tools into instruction manuals (with help from my kids). I cleaned all power tools & put themContinue reading “Busy Long Weekend”

Being somewhat of a perfectionist, I’ve had to realize that getting organized for the move is NOT to have things perfect but to have them DONE. In order to overcome my perfectionist tendencies, I have to clearly define perfection as achieving the objective. For example, as promised, here is my computer gadget drawer somewhat organized.Continue reading “Perfection is achieving the objective”