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Back to School tips from Peter Walsh

August 31, 2009 By
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I was invited to view a webcast from pro organizer Peter Walsh in which he tackled how to get kids organized for school. He talked to teachers, parents and kids about what works, what doesn’t, and how to handle specific challenges related to organization. The Webcast was sponsored by OfficeMax, who also sent me a sample of the new products in their back to school collection called Schoolio-Von-Hoolio. This is a basic summary of Peter’s tips for back to school:

TIPS FOR ORGANIZING YOUR HOME
1) Find the Vision you have for a Space
2) Make Organization a Family Value
3) Use the Right Tools for Great Organization

TIPS FOR ORGANIZING YOUR CHILD
1) Show that you Value Organization
2) Establish Clear Limits and Routines
3) Always ‘Finish the Cycle’ (Complete a Task)

TIPS FOR THE CLASSROOM
1) Establish Clear Routines
2) Involve Kids with Classroom Organization
3) Use Words, Pictures and Color to help Organize

This is a sample of some of the products in the new Schoolio-Von-Hoolio product line at OfficeMax, this one is called ‘Darling’.

Schoolio-Von-Hoolio_DarlingCollectionI especially like the owl in this design, here he is on the coordinating drawstring bag:

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If you are looking for fun new folders, notebooks, journals, binders, backpacks, drawstring bags, and other back to school supplies, check out the Schoolio-Von-Hoolio line at OfficeMax. I just went there today and you can get packs of Schoolio-Von-Hoolio crayons for ONE PENNY, limit 3 while supplies last. The designs are super-cute for both boys and girls. Now if I could just get Peter Walsh to actually come to my house and ORGANIZE ME, that would be great :)

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Scanalog Giveaway-Keep track of your magazine clippings!

February 16, 2009 By

edited to add: I mistakenly listed the prize as a complete Scanalog system, the actual prize is a Scanalog CD-Rom and Mousepad. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Scanalog Product PhotoDo you have piles of pages torn out of magazines like I do? Do you tear out recipes,  pages of design ideas, pictures of the perfect garden? And then you have no idea what to do with them or how to store them? Yeah, me too.  Well, Scanalog CD-Rom Software to the rescue!

With Scanalog, you scan, save, and organize, dealing with both your current pile of clippings and any information you want to save in the future. As you go through a magazine, you mark pages with information you want to keep with the included ScanTabs labels, then scan the pages and use Scanalog to categorize them  You can then pass the magazine on to someone else without having torn out any pages!

So, what exactly can you organize with Scanalog?  It comes already set up with these categories-Home Decorating, Gardening, Home Maintenance, Food & Wine, Travel, Antiques & Collectibles, Crafts, Parenting, Health & Beauty, Career, and My Spirit.

For parents, you know all those papers your kids bring home, those adorable handmade Valentines and Christmas Cards and Mother’s Day Poems? And you want to save them but don’t know where? Scanalog them instead! The Parenting category allows you create a subcategory for each of your children and is a great place to scan and store artwork, awards and newspaper clippings of your child’s school years.

The Scanalog Magazine Cataloging System is available for PC and Dual-Processor Mac, costs $49.95 and includes:

CD-ROM Software Program

Printed SCANALOG User Guide

SCANTABS Label System

SCANALOG Mousepad

WIN IT: I have one Scanalog CD-Rom and Mousepad to give away, value is $39.95,  to a lucky reader!  For your entry, visit the Scanalog website, click the “Enter” link, and click on any of the 11 categories. Then come back here and leave a comment with your real first name or blog name, valid email address, and the answer to this question- for the category you clicked, what is ONE of the available sub-categories?

Enter by Monday March 2nd at 12:00 noon. I’ll choose one winner at random from all eligible entries and email them for their address.

Extra Entries: I’ll give you one extra entry for each of the following that you do or have done:

  • Subscribe to the MomReviews Feed
  • Link to MomReviews in your blogroll
  • Mention this giveaway in a blog post, linking back to the post URL and to http://www.scanalog.com/
  • Not a blogger? No problem!  Tweet this giveaway using @Table4Five and this tinyurl:  http://tinyurl.com/darvrx Leave me your Twitter username.

Thanks for entering and good luck everybody!

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Cozi makes organizing our life so much easier

September 12, 2008 By
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I am always looking for any website that can help make my job of keeping this family of five running more smoothly. Between my husband’s work schedule, the boys’ school activities and homework, doctor appointments, and everything else I have to keep track of, I can use all the help I can get. So when Hybrid Mom Bloggers asked for volunteers to review a website that helps busy families organize their lives, I signed up as fast as I could!

At Cozi.com, you download a very easy to use system that gives you access to all kinds of great organizing tools. I can access it here at home and my husband can access it at work, so we can both add things as they come up, without having to try to remember “what was that thing I needed to tell you?”. I assigned a color to each member of our family, so it’s easy to see at a glance who is doing what. This screenshot doesn’t really do justice to just how HUGE the calendar planning section is, but I wanted you to get an idea of what it looks like:

In addition to the great calendar, Cozi.com also offers a shopping list that you can organize and color-code into three categories: Grocery, Wholesale, and Other. So you print one list and you’ll know at a glance which items are for buying at the grocery store, which are for Sam’s Club or Costco, and which are for other stores. Super helpful!

Here’s a GREAT feature for those of you who aren’t bloggers but want a way to remember those little moments that happen-the Cozi.com Family Journal. Take a minute to jot down something that happens, something funny your kids say or do, or upload a photo. At the end of the year, you’ll have a year’s worth of memories perfect for using to write up a Christmas newsletter :) So, did I convince you yet? Then what are you waiting for? Head on over to Cozi and sign up today!

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