Feb 3 – Update Makeup Containers

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. TODAY: Clean out your makeup container and drawer. Inventory needs. Discard obsolete and ugly. Purchase new and interesting because being pretty is a gift, but being beautiful is a skill. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Feb 2 – Prepare Vital Numbers Sheet

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. TODAY: Prepare a vital numbers sheet with driver’s license, license plate, and social security numbers. Also consider adding school locker cominbinations and other important numbers for your family. Store in a safe place, yet one that is convenient for retrieval. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Feb 1 – Stock Secret Gift Shelf

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. TODAY: Purchase and/or make several baby shower and wedding gifts and wrap them nicely. Store them on your “secret” shelf as as part of your gift stash. You never know when the next invitation will come! ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Jan 31 – Purchase Valentines

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Purchase valentines for friends, family, and children’s school mates. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Jan 30 – Prepare for Valentines

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Get out the Valentines decorations. Plan Valentines celebration and purchase food and treats. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Jan 27 – Update Kitchen Refrigerator Front

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Clean off and update your kitchen bulletin board and/or refrigerator front. Discard unneeded paperwork, return current items, and add likable decorations. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Jan 26 – Clean Out Top Desk Drawer

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Clean out your top desk drawer. Dump everything out, return only useful items, use dividers to help you function better. Put most used items up front. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Jan 25 – Clean Up Computer Desktop

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Clean up your computer desktop, deleting obsolete files, removing unneeded programs, and storing elsewhere folders and files that are no longer useful. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Jan 24 – Tackle Children’s Bedrooms

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Tackle the children’s bedroom. Organize toys, purge unneeded clothes, and set up bookcase to have their favorite books close by. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com

Jan 23 – Clean Out Glove Compartment

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get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Clean out the glove compartments of all vehicles, updating paperwork, adding napkins & returning useful items. ©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.com