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"Your home
should be a place of comfort not chaos; A place of joy not junk; A
place of welcome not shame."
~Kimberly Medlock
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 Restoring Order
in Your Home
Home How-to Guides for Busy Professionals
"Your home matters. The
organization of your home life can affect the quality of
your workday and the quality of your life and home
relationships. With some know-how and a few simple
systems, you can have a home of comfort, not chaos and a
place of joy, not junk." ~Kimberly Medlock
Organize Your Closet
| Organize Your
Kitchen |
Paper Management for Your Home |
Spring Cleaning Home
Checklist
I ran across a small poster of this list
many years ago and bought it and had it framed. It
hangs in my office.
21 Suggestions for
Success
By H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Marry the right person. (This one
decision will determine 90% of your happiness or
misery.)
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Work at something you enjoy and that
is worthy of your time and talent.
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Give people more than they expect and
do it cheerfully.
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Become the most positive and
enthusiastic person you know.
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Be forgiving of yourself and others.
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Be generous.
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Have a grateful heart.
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Persistence, persistence,
persistence.
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Discipline yourself to save money on
even the most modest salary.
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Treat everyone you meet like you want
to be treated.
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Commit yourself to constant
improvement.
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Commit yourself to quality.
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Understand that happiness is not
based on possessions, power or prestige, but on
relationships with people that you love and respect.
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Be loyal.
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Be honest.
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Be a self-starter.
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Be decisive even if it means you’ll
sometimes be wrong.
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Stop blaming others. Take
responsibility for every area of my life.
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Be bold and courageous. When you look
back on your life, you’ll regret the things you
didn’t do more than the things that you did.
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Take good care of those you love.
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Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make
your Mom proud.
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Dad's Special
Brownies - How to tell your kids no when things are not
appropriate.
Many parents are hard pressed to explain to their youth why some
music, movies, books, and magazines are not acceptable material for
them to bring into the home or to listen to or see.
One parent came up with an original idea that is hard to refute. The
father listened to all the reasons his children gave for wanting to
see a particular PG-13 movie. It had their favorite actors. Everyone
else was seeing it. Even church members said it was great.
It was only rated PG-13 because of the suggestion of sex--they never
really showed it. The language was pretty good--the Lord's name was
only used in vain three times in the whole movie.
The teens did admit there was a scene where a building and a bunch
of people were blown up, but the violence was just the normal stuff.
It wasn't too bad. And, even if there were a few minor things, the
special effects were fabulous and the plot was action packed.
However, even with all the justifications the teens made for the
PG-13 rating, the father still wouldn't give in. He didn't even give
his children a satisfactory explanation for saying, "No." He just
said, "No!"
A little later on that evening the father asked his teens if they
would like some brownies he had baked. He explained that he'd taken
the family's favorite recipe and added a little something new. The
children asked what it was.
The father calmly replied that he had added dog poop. However, he
quickly assured them, it was only a little bit. All other
ingredients were gourmet quality and he had taken great care to bake
the brownies at the precise temperature for the exact time. He was
sure the brownies would be superb.
Even with their father's promise that the brownies were of almost
perfect quality, the teens would not take any. The father acted
surprised. After all, it was only one small part that was causing
them to be so stubborn. He was certain they would hardly notice it.
Still the teens held firm and would not try the brownies.
The father then told his children how the movie they wanted to see
was just like the brownies. Our minds are deceiving us into
believing that just a little bit of evil won't matter. But, the
truth is even a little bit of poop makes the difference between a
great treat and something disgusting and totally unacceptable. The
father went on to explain that even though the movie industry would
have us believe that most of today's movies are acceptable fare for
adults and youth, they are not.
Now, when this father's children want to see something that is of
questionable material, the father merely asks them if they would
like some of his special dog poop brownies. That closes the subject.
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