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Organizing Strategies
The Preparation Principle
Preparation is one facet of living in order.
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Getting Organized for Good
Principles you can apply in your organizing journey to achieve lasting change.
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The Possibility Principle
By getting organized, you can free up “bandwidth” in your life to pursue the possibilities.
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The Priority Principle
Figure out your true priorities and use them as a catalyst for getting organized.
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The Pruning Principle
Something about eliminating useless stuff just feels right.

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Simplifying
Planning for school success
Getting back into the back-to-school routine can be difficult, but starting early and planning ahead can make things easier.
Food Safety
Safe Feasting
Planning ahead can prevent five situations from causing food poisoning.
Disinfecting
Q & A: To Disinfect or Not Disinfect?
Q: I purchased an all-purpose cleaner at a janitorial supply store that doesn't require rinsing, but I noticed that it makes no claims about killing germs. Do I need to use a germ-killing cleaner for regular cleaning of the kitchen and bathroom in my home? Or do I only need that occasionally? - Carolyn E.
Schedule
Q & A: Creating a Good Housekeeping Schedule
What do you suggest for a housecleaning schedule? - Jenna Z.
Organizing Strategies
Back to school organization
When the school paperwork floods in, it can be a recipe for chaos and clutter if you don't have a simple organizing system.

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Bacteria
Bacteria
The bugs are everywhere — literally.
Sodium metasilicate
This highly effective cleaner is a phosphate-free substitute for trisodium phosphate.
Window cleaner
Consumer Reports offers an inexpensive, homemade cleaning solution.
ATP
ATP
ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate is the main energy transfer molecule present in all living (and once living) biological cells including animal, plant, bacterial, yeast, and mold cells.
Viruses
Microorganisms that can cause a lot of mischief, viruses need hosts for propagation.

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It's All Too Much
An easy plan for living a fuller life with less stuff.
Simplify Your Time: Stop Running and Start Living
Control your calendar so you can do the things you want to do, when you want to do them.
Battle of the Chores
This children's story teaches the connection between work and money while highlighting the misery of debt in a way that kids can understand.
From High Heels To Bunny Slippers
Surviving the transition from career to home.
Playing House: A Starter Guide to Being a Grown-Up
A self-help book for young women who aspire to be domestic goddesses.

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Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Prevention, Preparation, and Resources
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Spot Removal
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.