A Money-Maker?

If you are holding on to old LPs or your mother's silver, the best way to get a reality check is to go onto eBay. I was holding onto several Beanie Babies, in "mint condition", with the tags, believing I would make thousands of dollars and retire to Mexico. When I looked them up on eBay and saw listings that didn't even get bids, I was able to sell the cargo for a buck a piece in a garage sale with little guilt.

Keeping Up with Bills

Here's a suggestion for keeping up with bill payments:

Pick one day of the week to sit down and pay bills. When bills arrive, log their pay date in a pocket calendar, subtracting at least one week from the due date to allow for mailing. Keep the pocket calendar and your bills together in a large envelope. This way you will never be late and bills won't pile up. Of course, reward yourself with a cup of tea after the checks have been written on bill day.

Letting Go of Kid Art

When my girls were small, they brought home lots of "art" - like cottonballs glued to a piece of pink construction paper that represented, well, I'm not sure what it was, but it sure was sweet. Anyway, a few years later, I found a box of kid art in my garage and the cottonball art piece was not so sweet after all. What did I do with all of the "memories" stored in the box in the garage? I went through all of it and only kept the pieces that were truly worth keeping and tossed the rest. Yes, I tossed art work that my precious six year old (now my not so precious sixteen year old) created in kindergarten.

Starting now, imagine the volume of stuff that will grow until your child is eighteen and only keep what truly matters.

Kessler Simple Solutions can help you sort through the memories and store them away for the rainy days (i.e., the teenage years) when you need to remember when your children were small, cute and cuddly!

Important Papers

Put your important papers, such as your will and life insurance papers, in a large envelope marked, "Pull upon my death." Store it in a fire-proof box and let family members know of its whereabouts. Then if something happens to you, they can grab the envelope and find everything they need at such a difficult time.

Kessler Simple Solutions is your source for handling all of your paperwork - sorting, purging, and filing away. Give us a call or contact us at info4u@kesslersimplesolutions.com.

Saving Old Paint

If you have old paint that has become lumpy, just strain it through a pair of pantyhose. The strained paint will be like new!

Wow Them with a Great Bow!

Everyone can slip something into a gift bag and call it a present. But don’t you want to show you put time and thought into your gift giving this year? A box wrapped with gift paper and tied with a great bow can make all the difference and give your presents the “WOW” factor. Watch this video:




Easy huh?

Let Kessler Simple Solutions organize your gift wrap and ribbons as well as your gift boxes and bags. When you are organized, gift wrapping is as simple as 1-2-3.

ADHD Tools for Work and Home

High-tech gadgets won’t solve all our problems. They are often pricey and difficult to operate even after reading the owner’s manual.

But the right tools will help make you less stressed – especially if you are the kind of person who can spend 20 minutes looking for your glasses only to find them perched on the top of your head!!

ADDitude Magazine suggests the following “smart gadgets” to help get you organized at work and home. Here is a list of my three favorites:

• Graphic clock – If you have a hard time keeping track of your time, then you should try one of these: a clock that uses a diminishing red disc to graphically show time’s passing. As minutes tick by, the red space gradually disappears. It sells for about $25 at timetimer.com. A software version can be installed on your computer’s desktop too.
• Key finder – Not just for keys, you can use these to find any object you might misplace – TV remote, eyeglasses, cell phone, or telephone handset. A basic key finder costs as little as $15 from online gadget stores like brookstone.com, sharperimage.com and target.com. If you need a lot of finders, go to findonefindall.com. These can be programmed to track up to 36 things!!
• Business card scanner – Are you buried in a pile of business cards? Eliminate the pile by scanning cards into your computer, then throw them away. At tigerdirect.com, you can find scanners starting at about $70.

Go to http://www.additudemag.com/adh/article/print/785.html for my gadget ideas.