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		<title>The Container Store &amp; Real Simple Want You to be Organized!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Roewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now is your chance to win an organized home! It&#8217;s simple, &#8220;Real Simple&#8221; in fact! Enter every day between now and June 15th, 2009 to win the sweepstakes sponsored by Real Simple and The Container Store. The grand price is $3,000.00 worth of cool organizing swag along with the help of a &#8220;Real Simple&#8221; professional [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now is your chance to <a href="https://www.timeinc.net/realsimple/secure/sweeps/organizedhomesweepstakes/index.html?xid=Sweeps-CS-09-051809-NewsletterFromContainerStore-EntryPage&amp;capStore">win</a> an organized home!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s simple, &#8220;<a href="http://www.realsimple.com">Real Simple</a>&#8221; in fact!  Enter every day between now and June 15th, 2009 to win the sweepstakes sponsored by <a href="http://www.realsimple.com" target="_blank">Real Simple</a> and <a href="http://www.thecontainerstore.com">The Container Store</a>.  The grand price is $3,000.00 worth of cool organizing swag along with the help of a &#8220;<em>Real Simple</em>&#8221; professional organizer to do the work for you.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll, it&#8217;s not me helping you organize your home, but it&#8217;s a heck of a deal!  Why not <a href="https://www.timeinc.net/realsimple/secure/sweeps/organizedhomesweepstakes/index.html?xid=Sweeps-CS-09-051809-NewsletterFromContainerStore-EntryPage&amp;capStore">enter</a> and win?</p>
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		<title>10 Minute Organizing Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Roewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I asked friends, professional colleagues, and business owners who follow me on Twitter and Facebook what they would tackle if they had 10 minutes free and felt like organizing. I have enjoyed their responses and perhaps they may inspire you to find 10 free minutes each day to organize. Deb Lee of D. Allison [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently I asked friends, professional colleagues, and business owners who follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/declutteryou">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> what they would tackle if they had 10 minutes free and felt like organizing. I have enjoyed their responses and perhaps they may inspire you to find 10 free minutes each day to organize.<br />
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<td><a href="http://www.dallisonlee.com" target="_self">Deb Lee of D. Allison Lee Professional Organizers</a> said she&#8217;d deal with her mail.  &#8220;Open the mail and put each individual bill in my bill sorter so that I remember to pay them!&#8221;</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/leighann_hubbard.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-349" title="leighann_hubbard" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/leighann_hubbard-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a> <img src="file:///Users/scottroewer/Desktop/Picture%2010.png" alt="" /></td>
<td><a href="http://www.twitter.com/FamilyDoctorMag">Leigh Ann Hubbard</a> is Managing Editor of <a href="http://www.familydoctormag.com/blog/" target="_blank"><em>James Hubbard&#8217;s My Family Doctor</em></a> magazine and suggested she would tackle her bedroom.  &#8220;Nobody can enter it at the moment, and you have to go through it to get to the bathroom.&#8221;</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/allan_young.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-350" title="allan_young" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/allan_young-132x150.jpg" alt="" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.shelfgenie.com" target="_self">Shelf Genie Franchise Owner, Allan Young</a> must be using social media frequently, because he needs some online organizing time. &#8220;I&#8217;d organize my friends on <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> into categories.&#8221;</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/daniel_jason.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-352" title="daniel_jason" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/daniel_jason-131x150.jpg" alt="" width="131" height="150" /></a></td>
<td>Human Resource Professional, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/444/666" target="_blank">Daniel Jason</a> of Richmond, Virginia saves money during his 10 minutes.  He said, &#8220;I&#8217;d organize all my clipped coupons by date so that I can use them before they expire.&#8221;  Great idea, Daniel.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/buzz2.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-383" title="buzz2" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/buzz2-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></td>
<td>Southern California bike enthusiast Buzz Kasprzyk said his desk needs work.  &#8220;My PC Desk at home and work table!   Looks like the post office threw up on it, or like a tornado flew by!&#8221;  Well, Buzz &#8211; you&#8217;re not in Kansas anymore.  I didn&#8217;t know they had tornadoes in Long Beach.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pam.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-358" title="pam" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pam-115x150.jpg" alt="" width="115" height="150" /></a></td>
<td>Professional Organizer and owner of <a href="http://www.thecluttercutter.com" target="_self">The Clutter Cutter of Wichita, KS, Pam McCutcheon </a>said &#8220;My fridge &#8211; because my husband does the grocery shopping and I rarely know what is in there!&#8221;  I agree, gotta keep the family fed!</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/deb.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-359" title="deb" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/deb-132x150.jpg" alt="" width="132" height="150" /></a></td>
<td>Debbie of D &amp; R Custom Organizers and blogger at <a href="http://mypersonalorganizer.typepad.com/virtually_organized/" target="_self">Virtually Organized</a> responded via <a>Twitter</a> with this comment: &#8220;My Middle Schooler&#8217;s overstuffed backpack. There&#8217;s GOT to be a way to reduce how much she has to carry every day!&#8221;<br />
(Middle school students in Washington, DC are not allowed to carry backpacks at school.)</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tom_dow.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-360" title="tom_dow" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tom_dow-146x150.jpg" alt="" width="146" height="150" /></a></td>
<td>Tom Dow, General Manager of <a href="http://cnfcatering.com/" target="_self">CF Folks, Inc.</a> an awesome catering firm in Washington, DC said  &#8220;America&#8217;s finances&#8230;10 minutes would be more than what&#8217;s being done now.&#8221;  If you can solve it in 10 minutes, I say &#8220;Dow for President!&#8221;</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kit_grieder.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-362" title="kit_grieder" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kit_grieder-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></td>
<td>Kit Grieder of Herndon, VA a book keeper and self described &#8220;domestic engineer&#8221; said he&#8217;d tackle his linen closet&#8217;s shelves.  &#8220;Ten minutes is enough time to pull out the old towels to become garage rags, refold the good ones and put them back neatly.&#8221;  A neat linen closet is a beautiful thing.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kevin_nellis.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-363" title="kevin_nellis" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kevin_nellis-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/543/427" target="_self">Kevin Nellis</a>, a Public Health Analyst has some extreme ideas when it comes to organizing.  &#8220;I&#8217;d light a stick of dynamite in my master bedroom closet.  It&#8217;s a good excuse to renovate and get rid of things at the same time.  And I get to buy more clothes.&#8221;</td>
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<td>From New Jersey, Geo Jedlicka, an accounting manager turned nursing student said, &#8220;I&#8217;d probably organize some papers lying around somewhere, whether it be a drawer, or pile. There might be a bill that needs paying.&#8221;</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/adriane.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-364" title="adriane" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/adriane-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></td>
<td>Adriane Williams, a former client of <a href="http://www.solutionsbyscott.com">Solutions by Scott</a> who moved to West Virgina to begin a life as a college professor said she&#8217;d work on her dining room table.  &#8220;It&#8217;s the drop off point for mail. We have a mail center but it is overrun, so the table is always under siege. I try  to pull it together to keep things from getting out of hand just before I walk out the door.&#8221;</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/jessica.jpg" rel="lightbox[342]"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-365" title="jessica" src="http://www.declutteryou.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/jessica-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/768/877" target="_blank">Jessica Brigham</a> Food Service Director for Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company must be carrying around a big purse.  She said &#8220;I&#8217;d clean out my bag.  So as not to carry things with me that will just get in my way all day.&#8221;</td>
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<p>Are you inspired?  What could you do with 10 minutes?  I&#8217;d love to hear from you.  </p>
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