In This Issue:

April 2003

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Greetings from Elizabeth

Even though we just had 9" of snow I know Spring is coming!! Are you thinking of getting your home and life organized before school gets out? Check out the ideas in the article "10 Tips to Get Your Home Organized in April and May". Have you realized after trying to find all your tax information for the accountant that there must be a better way to find and file all your paper? Please read how The Paper Tiger software system will help you find anything you file or store in 5 seconds or less!

Learn to Get Organized by Attending or Hosting a Workshop

Attention Event Planners, Human Resource Directors and leaders of Christian Women's Groups:

If your group can benefit from learning easy and practical organizing skills in a creative setting, please contact me today. I'll customize one of my presentations just for you so that your members will have more time, less stress, and a better quality of life! Email me at elizabeth@siouxfallsorganizer.com or call 605.357.8767.

Sioux Falls Business & Professional Women - Women at Work Seminar
Holiday Inn City Centre, Sioux Falls, SD
April 9 - 11 - 4:30 p.m.
"Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and To-Do's"

Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire
Sales & Marketing Council Seminar
Sioux Falls, SD
April 10 - 12:00 p.m.
"Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and To-Do's"

University of Sioux Falls Board Spouse's Meeting
Minnehaha Country Club
Sioux Falls, SD
April 11 - 11:00 a.m.
"Conquer the Chaos of Cluttter"

Traditions Furniture Staff Meeting
Sioux Falls, SD
April 15 - 8:00 a.m.
"Tips for an Organized Office"

Kiwanis
Sioux Falls, SD
April 17 - 6:45 a.m.
"Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and To-Do's"

Shalom Lutheran Church
Harrisburg, SD
April 23 - 7:30 p.m.
"Conquer the Chaos of Clutter"

1st Reformed Church
Colton, SD
Mother/Daughter Evening
May 7 - 7:30 p.m.
"How to Build Confidence and Achieve Your Dreams"

Lord of Life Lutheran Church
Sioux Falls, SD
May 8 - 7:00 p.m.
"Conquer the Chaos of Clutter"

New Horizons Single Parents
Sioux Falls, SD
1st Christian Reformed Church
May 10 - 6:00 p.m.
"Conquer the Chaos of Clutter"

Mother/Daughter Event
Sioux Center, IA
May 12
"How To Build Confidence and Achieve Your Dreams"

Children's Care Hospital & School Auxiliary
Sioux Falls, SD
May 19 - 12:00 noon
"Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, & To-Do's"

Argus Leader
Sioux Falls, SD
May 20 - noon - 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
"Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, & To-Do's"

I offer a handy Household Forms Kit that will save you time. It includes a Housecleaning Checklist, To Do Around the Home, Freezer Inventory, Grocery List/Menu Planner and 11 more!

Download now for only $14.95 and start getting organized today!

Need a place to store the forms so they are accessible and other family members can easily find what they need? I have available for purchase "Our Family Notebook". It's a 3-ring binder specifically made to keep all the forms handy. I will gladly customize the tabs in the binder just for your family.

The notebook plus the forms cost $25 plus tax, shipping and handling.  Click here if you'd like one and I will contact you for the information I need to customize it for you.

1. Write down each room in your home and then write down each closet, each piece of furniture that holds things, cupboard sections (ex: south kitchen wall, north garage wall) for each room. Use the form "To Do Around the House" in my free Household Forms kit.

2. Pick a room and then a section of the room to start and set a time for how long you want to work. Have 2 large garbage bags marked TRASH and DONATE/GARAGE SALE. Have a smaller bag or box for items to be fixed or altered.

3. Take everything out of the drawer/cupboard/closet and start going through each item. Either placing it in the trash, donate, to fix/alter, or the To Keep pile.

4. Go through the To Keep pile and categorize: blouses, pants, pens/pencils, tools, etc. Use drawer dividers to keep categories separate in drawers. In closets hang all like items together by color.

5. That very day take the trash out and set a day to take the donated items away. If you plan to have a garage sale designate a spot in the home/garage for all garage sale bags. When it's time for the garage sale everything is in one place.

6. Do not go out and buy storage bins/containers until you know what sizes you need and how many.

7. Mark your progress on the form so you know what rooms you've finished and what you have left to do.

8. Start with an easy area first to taste success with your organzing.

9. Keep at it until your home is done and you'll know that everything that is left in your home is what you find to be useful, think to be beautiful, and know you love!

10. Feeling overwhelmed? I specialize in working with busy people who feel overwhelmed and helping you get organized is what I love to do! Click on the picture of the bins to see what clients say about working with a professional organizer. There is hope!

Run, don't walk to your phone or email and ask me how The Paper Tiger system will eliminate your paper pile-ups forever and you will start to enjoy filing!

The Paper Tiger software is a breakthrough technology that uses the power of the computer to organize documents stored in file cabinets. Instead of filing paper documents by the letters of the alphabet, users file documents numerically. Instead of one "magic" word, users assign as many key words as they like. The Paper Tiger is unique in that it is not just software, but rather software combined with a proven methodology for personal organization and effective paper management.

Besides making filing and finding anything a snap you can also use it to organize software, videos, cds, and your storage room.

The Paper Tiger software features a powerful search engine that allows users to quickly locate any document in their office, virtually eliminating the time wasted looking for lost information. It also finds any related files at the same time.

Learn how the Paper Tiger works and can help you!