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Treat yourself to some sanity! Every few months the
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etting Organized Magazine will serve as a reminder and inspiration to get and stay organized. Each new issue is filled with strategies, motivations, new product reviews and much more. In addition to the magazine, you’ll get the ebook 80 Quick and Easy Tips to Get You Started free with your subscription. Below is some information from the creator, author and a professional organizer herself, Stacey Anderson.
We know getting organized can be difficult and frustrating and that’s why we’re launching Getting Organized- to make it fun, easy and how-to as possible for you. From the closet in your home to the endless emails at work to the greatest organizing mobile apps available, we have it covered. You’ll get previews of the latest products, tips on how to conquer your paper piles, advice on issues like attention deficit disorder (ADD) and much more.
Getting Organized Magazine is the only organizing magazine on the market today dedicated to helping people organize all aspects of their lives. This comprehensive, easy to read magazine covers in-depth topics related to getting and staying organized. Getting Organized Magazine was created by a Professional Organizer with several years of hands-on client organizing experience who understands what readers are really struggling with.
This subscription includes one year (4 issues) of Getting Organized Magazine, the print version, delivered to your address in the U.S.
Check out a free preview edition on
the website. The first printed issue launches in January 2012.
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Our final new addition to the team this Fall is Cailin, our new Client Service and Marketing Assistant for Simply Placed. If you remember our previous post, Simply Placed has been expanding the team! Below is some information about our latest addition.
Cailin Shovkoplyas has a degree in Communication Journalism from the University of Washington and is also a certified technical writer. She enjoys working with clients and being a resource to them.
Cailin loves providing people with whatever they may need to help bring balance into their home and work lives. She believes any goal can be achieved with a little enthusiasm and the willingness to embrace new habits.
She joined Simply Placed in 2011 as a client service and marketing assistant. Cailin is often the first point of contact someone will have with Simply Placed and she’s perfectly suited for that role with her resourcefulness, professionalism, compassion and “can-do” attitude.
When she isn’t communication with clients, Cailin can be found cooking, baking and spending time with her husband.
Cailin can be reached by email at cailin@itssimplyplaced.com or by phone 206-579-5743 Ext. 702.
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We mentioned in our previous post about our team expansion that we’ve added three new team members! Below is some information about one of our two new professional organizers, Kelly Huffman.
As a busy wife, mother of three and active community volunteer, Kelly knows first hand the challenges and the importance of staying organized. Her compassion and patience allows her to relate to clients to fully engage and meet their needs.
Kelly’s love of organizing was sparked early on. As a child, she organized the bedrooms and closets of friends and helped her teachers organize their classrooms. Over the years, she has transformed many spaces through organization.
Kelly wanted to become an organizer to exercise her natural talent for streamlining spaces, clearing clutter and stress from life and her desire to help individuals find peace through productivity. Her favorite thing about being an organizer is empowering clients to realize their own ability to take control of their environment and improve their quality of life.
Her professional goals are to help clients save valuable time for the things that matter most to them, focus on what is important, to relieve stress and chaos, and to realize their own capabilities in maintaining an organized and productive life.
Kelly can be reached via email at kelly@itssimplyplaced.com or by phone 206-579-5743 Ext. 703.
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Simply Placed has brought on three fabulous new team members to provide the very best service to our clients and the Simply Placed community. We welcome you to learn a little bit more about each of them in the coming weeks, beginning with one of our two new Professional Organizers and Productivity Consultants, Tabitha Colie!
Tabitha Colie - Professional Organizer and Productivity Consultant
As a child, Tabitha spent hours organizing her Barbies, books, and board games, which led her to a lifelong passion for creating order and clearing clutter. After subsequently spending her career organizing complex corporate marketing programs, she joined Simply Placed so that she could have a direct positive impact on others’ lives.
Tabitha loves the challenge of finding simple and creative solutions to seemingly overwhelming projects. Her primary goal is helping people “clear the decks” so that they can devote time and energy to their real life priorities and passions.
Tabitha holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and is a certified Holistic Health Counselor. In her spare time, she can be found hiking in the mountains with her husband and Labrador Retriever, and re-organizing her own closet.
Tabitha can be reached by email at tabitha@itssimplyplaced.com or by phone 206-579-5743 Ext. 705.
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Are you are putting away summer’s fashion and pulling out your fall
lovelies? Please consider donating a piece or two which may no longer fit
your style, to a great program, the YMCA’s Dress For Success sale.
According to the program’s organizer Kiantha Duncan, donations received
this year are 60 percent fewer than in years past.
She asks that we, “Please consider donating a minimum of one high end designer or couture
item for this year’s sale by October 5. Please ask friends, family,
neighbors and co-workers to join you by donating as well. Everyone that
donates will receive a buy one get one free coupon for admittance to our
VIP preview sale on October 14.
Items that typically sell quickly at the Closet Treasures Sale are the
following: designer handbags, shoes, one of a kind pieces, designer
cocktail dresses and wedding dresses. We accept designer items ranging
from Eileen Fisher to St. John and Gucci.”
Simply Placed is happy to work with you on paring down your closets to
make room for new fall finds, and can even help you decide what outfits
you rock, and which may be better passed along. Please contact us to
schedule a closet revamp appointment! Purchase 3 hours of closet
revamping before October 15th, and receive 30 minutes free! Remember, we always take your donations to worthy
organizations, so you know your items will find a great home. Call to
schedule today!
Click here for more information on the Y’s Dress for Success sale. Happy donating!
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1.) Evergreen Healthcare Disaster Readiness Fair
Since September is National Preparedness Month, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to tell you about this event happening tomorrow! Saturday, September 24th, 2011 from 9am to 2pm, Evergreen Healthcare will be offering a Disaster Readiness Fair. This event will take place at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, 12040 NE 128th Street, Kirkland, WA. The fair will offer presentations, workshops and activities filled with critical information and key resources for community members who want to prepare their families for a range of disasters, whether it’s heavy snowfall, an earthquake or a hazardous chemical spill.
Free admission and parking. Bring your family, friends and neighbors and be better prepared for the next emergency. For more information, www.evergreenhospital.org/disaster or call 425.899.3000.
2.) Fall Recycling Collection Event
We also wanted to tell you about another event taking place tomorrow. The City of Sammamish and King County Recycling will be having a collection event at Eastlake High School – 400 228th Ave NE, Sammamish, WA from 9am to 3pm. If you have piles of items you have been waiting to dontate, this would be a perfect time to get rid of them and clear out some space. They are taking a wide range of items like tires, mattresses, batteries, household goods and clothing, cardboard and much more. To see the entire list of what you can and can’t bring check out the brochure here.
We hope you can make it to one or both of these events! Have a great weekend!
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As we mentioned in a previous post, September is National Preparedness Month, so this month we will be blogging about things like making an emergency kit, making a family emergency plan, and organizing your papers and affairs in case something happens to you. We know these aren’t fun topics to think about, but it will bring you and your family a peace of mind to know that you are as prepared as you can be if something should happen. In this post, we will talk about how to create an emergency kit and some of the essential items to have. There are many great emergency kit checklists available online…one that we like is from the ready.gov website.
According to their website, here are the recommended items to include in a basic emergency kit:
- Water, one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation
- Food, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
- Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both
- Flashlight and extra batteries
- First aid kit
- Whistle to signal for help
- Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place
- Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation
- Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities
- Can opener for food (if kit contains canned food)
- Local maps
- Cell phone with chargers, inverter or solar charger
While these are the recommended items, there is a list of additional items to consider adding to your emergency kit. Check out the complete list here!
If you are taking the time to create an emergency kit (and we hope that you are), it would be a good idea to make an emergency kit for you car as well. ConsumerReports.org has a great detailed article on creating a roadside emergency kit. Be sure to check out the full article here!
I know that for many of us, creating an emergency kit has been on our “to-do” list for a very long time. Why not take advantage of this year’s National Preparedness Month and get this project checked off your list? You will be so glad you did! Try calling a friend and make your kits together…shopping with another person is always more fun, right? Take a minute right now to jot down a day and time that you will make this task a priority this month. If you want us to help keep you accountable, let us know and we can follow-up with you to make sure you got your kit made. If you want our help in putting the kit together, we’d be happy to do that as well.
Be organized. Be prepared. Have peace of mind.
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If you or someone you know is looking for a great Part Time job opportunity, we have two openings you should review. Simply Placed is currently hiring for:
Administrative Assistant, Client Services & Marketing (Part-Time)
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Click on each title for details about the job, requirements and how to apply. Please help us spread the word. We look forward to finding two new team mates that will allow us to add even more value to our clients and community!
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Is there a silent killer lurking in your home?
September is National Preparedness month. This post is one of several we’ll do this month about things you can do to make sure you’re prepared in case something happens that is beyond your control. Natural disasters are not predicted, nor controllable, but the way you prepare for and organize for one is. Additionally, we’ll talk about small things you can do to prevent “non-natural” disasters, such as carbon monoxide poisoning. Please read this important post by guest blogger Jeff Dyer:
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Don’t invite silent killers into your home
Home is where the heart is. It’s where you share holidays and build family memories.
But your home can also serve as an unsuspecting host to a silent killer. The assassin is actually invited into your home disguised as the accomplice of your trusted common household appliance. This notorious villain has no form; it is odorless, tasteless and causes flu-like symptoms that can lead to brain damage and death.
This killer has a name. It is carbon monoxide. And the cause of death is appropriately named carbon monoxide poisoning. And under normal circumstances the amount of carbon monoxide generated by your oven or your furnace is maintained at safe levels and vented out of your house. But if appliances are somehow damaged or have not been serviced regularly and kept in good working condition can, they can become an unwanted and dastardly visitor in your home. Items that were never intended for indoor use — like a charcoal grill or running your car in a closed garage—can quickly produce dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide. Even swimming behind a motorboat or riding in the back of an enclosed pickup truck can be dangerous.
Symptoms
Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning may include:
Dull headache
Weakness
Dizziness
Nausea
Vomiting
Chest pain
Confusion
Irritability
Impaired judgment
Loss of consciousness
Carbon monoxide poisoning can be especially dangerous for people who are sleeping or intoxicated. The fumes may be fatal before anyone realizes there’s a problem.
Last year there were almost 1,400 deaths blamed on carbon monoxide poisoning across the US. That number equates to approximately one death in every 2,400 people, or 0.04 percent. Every year there are sad stories in the news about families with limited incomes who are overcome by the fumes from an indoor camp stove or charcoal grill they brought indoors for heat.
Special offer
The needless deaths were behind the new regulation adopted into the King County residential code recently that requires Carbon Monoxide detectors in all new residences and multiple-family residents in the county. As a special offer to clients of Simply Placed (and friends of Debbie Rosemont), my company—Custom Sound and Security—can install a top-of-the line carbon monoxide detector in your home for only $39.99 (plus tax). Think of the detector as one more contribution of the service Simply Placed provides for its clients, helping people work and live at their best.
A carbon monoxide detector, installed at the right height in your home, could be a lifesaver. A simple, inexpensive, no-brainer, in our opinions!
One more ominous warning: You can purchase carbon monoxide detector at most hardware stores and home improvement centers. But the key to protecting your loved ones is proper installation. Numerous people with working detectors in our own community have been overcome by toxic fumes in their homes simply because they were installed at the wrong height.
The toxic gas fills a room from the top down, so installing the detector near an outlet (less than 12 inches from the floor) means that people in bunk beds or just standing up in the room could be in serious trouble before the gas mixes with enough air to set off an alarm that is mounted too low. Carbon monoxide does rise act like smoke or the heat from a fire, so simply placing your new detector next to the smoke alarm is also a waste of time (and money).
Whether or not you decide to take me up on my offer, feel free to contact me for some free advice on where and how your carbon monoxide detector should be installed in your home to best protect your family.
And, please, get the word out on this silent killer. This is one crime we can prevent.
Jeff Dyer / Custom Sound and Security / mrhifi@hotmail.com / 425-205-9509
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Friendly Earth, a non-profit recycling company, is holding an electronics recyling event August 27, 2011 from 10-3 at the Sammamish Presbyterian Church in Sammamish, WA. Bring your used, broken and unwanted appliances, as well as electronics and scrap metal.
Friendly Earth, specializes in the recycling of electronic waste, more commonly referred to as e-waste. Friendly Earth accepts and recycles all forms of waste that fall into the categories of consumer and commercial appliance and machinery, household and portable electronics and equipment, scrapped and fabricated metals, and personal and professional garments. See below for a list of examples from each of the above mentioned categories.
Appliances: washers, dryers,
Metals: all forms of metals, including ferrous and non-ferrous
Electronics: computers, cell phones, tvs, speakers, stereos, video players (dvd, vhs, etc.)
Batteries: single charge, multi-charge (lithium and metal hydride), car batteries
Machinery- lawn and farm equipment, personal and commercial vehicles, bikes
Electronic Accessories: power cords, cables, cds, dvds, hard disks, chargers
It’s clear from the list above that Friendly Earth does more than just e-waste recycling. They believe that they are more than just a recycling organization. They see themselves as educators, helping to teach the consumer and community about the benefits of proper recycling. In addition, they partner with community establishments, governmental entities, and local and global corporations striving to make our environment and the world a better place to live.
Friendly Earth tries to reuse as many items as possible. If an item can be refurbished and redistributed for use, then Friendly Earth will always select this course of action. If an item is unusable, then we will recycle it properly to prevent it from going to a landfill or being shipped to an overseas country for disposal.
All Data from hard drives are removed using products that are Department of Defense specified. They use WinWipe software, then a Degausser (CE Approved) which demagnetizes any remaining data from the hard drive. They also use a WinMasster F.GR-4000-001E to remove data as well from hard drives.
If you can not make it to the recycling event on August 27th, please contact Friendly Earth to arrange for a pick-up of your e-Waste (free for businesses) or find out where and when you can drop off your electronics at their Seattle location. Their recycling services are offered for no fee (including wiping the data from computers you’d like to recycle). 
For more information about Friendly Earth, click on this link, Friendly Earth PDF, visit their website, or Facebook page.
Simply Placed is pleased to introduce you to Friendly Earth as a resource for your electronic recycling and electronic clutter clearing needs.
