Hooked on Organizing : Home Organization Products

Home Organization Products - Hooks

Home Organization Products : Hooks & Drywall Anchors

 

Often after reading an article or watching a TV show on ways to get organized, I get hooked and want to get started right away on my favorite projects. However, I usually find out that I don’t have all the right organizing products and tools to get the job done correctly.

On one of my project shopping trips, I went to a local hardware store to gather supplies for adding some organization to our newly remodeled bathroom. I did not make it very far down my list because I got caught up looking at all the Command™ brand hanging solutions and other hardware.

The variety of Command hooks keeps getting bigger and better, which means more options on where and how to use these simple but invaluable organizing products. As I stood in front of the display, grabbing package after package, my arms filled with products and my mind began to fill with ideas for this month’s article.

Last month we talked about organizing your jewelry and creative ways to use hooks. This month I want to talk about hooks and hardware in general and how the various items can work with many organizing projects.

Cord Organizer

Disney on Ice : Rockin’ Ever After April 3-7

Disney on Ice - Rockin' Ever AfterDisney on Ice : Rockin’ Ever After, April 3 – 7

Get Ready for Your Favorite Disney on Ice Characters from Brave, Tangled, and more!

(See Giveaway Below — Ends Thursday, 3/21)

Get ready to rock out with some of the most magical idols of all in Disney On Ice presents Rockin’ Ever After, an all-new live production coming to your hometown!  A cast of world-class skaters brings your favorite moments from Disney•Pixar’s BRAVE, Tangled, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast to life in a musical showcase that features the hottest tunes and talent from across the kingdom.

Letting Kids Be Self-Reliant at Sleepaway Camp

American Camping Association - Kids Running

Letting Go—Parents and Camps Foster Children’s Self-Reliance

Print a List of Questions To Ask Camp Directors

See North Texas Kids Guide to Summer Camps & Kids Activities

by Marla Coleman

I have witnessed, first-hand, the incredible journeys of children who come to recognize their own power in steering their own destinies.

Camp is a stepping-stone to self-reliance! It is one community in which children can learn to navigate on their own without well-intentioned parental course-plotting to avert choppy waters.  As a parent, I confess to the compelling desire to negotiate smooth sailing for my own children. Yet, over the years, as a camp director, I have witnessed, first-hand, the incredible journeys of children who come to recognize their own power in steering their own destinies. Opportunities for decision-making and problem-solving at camp, which foster a culture of success, allow children to discover their strengths and their abilities to make good choices and to influence positive outcomes for themselves.

After all, coaching kids to feel capable is what camp directors do. Not quite so obvious but just as central is their proficiency to coach parents to support their children with just the right combination of back-up and encouragement. Kids learn quickly to rely upon themselves and the adults they trust at camp instead of their parents, who could be one hundred miles away or more!

Kids Need to Feel Valued

Marta Fuchs - Legacy of Rescue

Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter’s Tribute

Kids Need to Feel Valued: Value Your Children for Who They Are – Not Who You Need Them to Be

By Marta Fuchs, MLS, MFT

“I got everything I wanted except what I needed.”

It was a breakthrough moment.  A therapy client suddenly discovered what he always knew and now could finally identify. By being able to name it, he became a witness to his experience, and could finally begin to feel compassion for himself. No wonder there were tears, in his eyes and mine.

Countless other successful people I’ve counseled have had that same sorrowful feeling that something basic was missing. They got everything they wanted from their parents except what they needed the most: to be seen and valued.

That is the essence of parenting – to see and value your children for who they are, rather than as an extension of yourself or as the means to fulfill your own needs.

Simplifying Parenting

Simplifying Parenting

Simplifying Parenting from the Start:

Me + You = Us

by Cynthia Frosch, PhD

In the current climate, many families are choosing to scale back, live more simply, and prioritize.  Moving to a larger home or spending money on a nursery may be beyond the reach of many families expecting a new baby.  What can new and expecting parents do to simplify the transition to parenthood?  Let’s address three key – and free! – investments all parents can make from the start.

Does Texting Hurt Our Grammar?

How Does Texting and Textspeak hurt our ability to communicate? Here's an interesting infographic that displays the affect of texting and textspeak (abbreviations, word substitutions, acronyms, emoticons, etc) that contribute…