How to organize your linen closet: Pull everything out of the closet and sort into categories: pillows, blankets, towels, sheets, table linens, dinner napkins and table runners. Anything else should be stored elsewhere. Limit yourself to three sets of sheets per bed and three sets of bath towels, hand towels and washclothes per person. Either donate or make rags of old, worn or unused linens. Happy sorting!

What’s the payoff for organizing your home? Now is the time to identify what you hope to gain by organizing your home. The more specific you can be with your payoff, the more motivated you will be to start and finish the job.

Make sure you schedule time each day to listen to your own inner voice. That’s how you know if you’re on the right path and you’ve got your goals and priorities in the the right place.

Go to junkbusters.com and download their free software for getting rid of all kinds of junk mail.   Just add your name and addess and it’s all done for you.

Love new book on organzing — “Get Your Act Together” by the slob sisters — They suggest the dance of the Seven Disorganized Dwarfs: Dart, Stash, Cram, Chuck, Hide, Hoard and Stow. Some days are like that… Give yourself a break it doesn’t have to be perfect all the time. It’s finding the balance of it all.

What would you like to be free of this week? Choose one thing — a feeling of being behind or beating youself up for eating sugar. When it comes up say to yourself: “I’m taking the week off. I know you have a lot to teach me and I’m taking a rest this week. From – The Life Organizer – A Women’s Guide to a Mindful Year — Jennifer Lounden

Put 2 bags, 1 for donation, 1 for trash, by the door. Each time you walk thru your house, pick 1 item & put it in a bag. When the bag is full put the bag in your car and drop off at Goodwill or wait for the truck to come by and pick it up.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church is having a Downsize/De-clutter Sale on Friday and Saturday April 10, 2010 from 9-5 pm.  They are accepting donations of houseware only, please…no clothes or books.  You can drop off items at the church located at 8998 N.E. 12th St, in Medina, WA  425-454-9541 beginning at noon at April 7th.

For those of you living in Shoreline, WA  Briarcrest Elementary is having a rummage sale on May 22nd and is accepting  donations.  You can drop your donations at Briarcrest Elementary which is located at 2715 N.E. 158th, Shoreline, WA  – 206-368-4170.

Clutter Free – There is no place in my life for clutter. Everything that is no longer of use or value to me is now circulated where it is useful to others; my home is in order. My affairs are in order. I let go of thoughts that bind, clothes that no longer fit, experiences that no longer serve my growth. I am free of clutter. And it feels good. Science of Mind magazine – May 2005