What do Professional Organizers Want for Christmas? (2nd in a series)

December 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Sarah Reynolds, a Professional Organizer in Ireland, Shares Her Holiday Wishes

GT: Please tell me what your ‘typical’ day is like on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

SR: During the afternoon of Christmas Eve, my family, my boyfriend and I like to go into the city centre. We wander around the main shopping thoroughfare in Dublin – Grafton Street – and soak up the Christmas atmosphere.

Christmas morning my boyfriend and I head up to my parents to exchange gifts & have a big Irish breakfast. Dinner is usually at four o’clock and that evening we might visit some family or spend the evening together playing board games.

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Christmas in Ireland

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5 Organizing Tips for Stress-Free Holidays

December 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Holidays Planning Tips

The holidays are here and it’s a wonderful time of the year for catching up with friends and family.  And just between you and me, it’s a perfect opportunity to get your house in order as well.  Setting a date and inviting guests into your home creates a happy deadline to work towards.  After all, where would we be without deadlines and commitments?

Remember what it’s all about.  What do we value this time of year?  Time spent with friends and family?  Or the quality of the decorations, food or gifts received?  Don’t get caught up in the season so much that you miss celebrating it with the people most important to you.

Here are five things you can do to make entertaining at home easier this holiday season.

 

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Happy Thanksgiving

November 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving from Geralin Thomas & the Metropolitan Organizing Team!

Best Thanksgiving by  Joanna Fuchs

 Thanksgiving is here, so our minds have turned

To what time has taught us, to what we’ve learned:

We often focus all our thought

On shiny things we’ve shopped and bought;

We take our pleasure in material things

Forgetting the pleasure that friendship brings.

If a lot of our stuff just vanished today,

We’d see the foundation of each happy day

Is special relationships, constant and true,

And that’s when our thoughts go directly to you.

We wish you a Thanksgiving you’ll never forget,

Full of love and joy—your best one yet!

 

Happy Thanksgiving Geralin Thomas Raleigh Cary NC

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