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  3 Great Tips for Managing a Move with Kids

  1) Whenever I manage moves for families with young children, particularly those under the age of ten, I recommend this darling book, Look Who’s Moving to a New Home, by Renee Raab Whitcombe. Kids don’t care about the same things as we do; they worry about their stuff, and whether or not it will show [...]

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  Unraveling Memories

  I’ve been organizing clients’ photos and family memorabilia for a long time. It is a delight. The task of sorting through my own family’s archive, both current and past, remains unfinished. That dreaded notion of plunging back into certain memories, packed tightly in their plastic wrap, row after row, inside two-dozen albums on my bedroom [...]

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  In Memory of My Treasured Mr. Owl

  People come into your life at particular times for different reasons. Clients, especially. They enter and exit, but remain vivid in your memory. For me, that was Mr. Van Dine. Somehow, we were always in tandem. In 2003, Mr. Van Dine made the decision to leave the Upper East Side apartment that he had shared [...]

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  Move in a Positive Direction

  Call me Scrooge, but I’m always relieved when the holidays are over. For many of my clients, friends, and family members, though, this is a dreary time, the so-called PHBs (Post-Holiday Blues). Why the depression? Some of it is seasonal, of course, but there is another layer of negative energy, too. In the early weeks [...]

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  Give The Gift of Seriatim

  Virtual Organizing Session Includes: 2 Hours of Advice (Phone or Skype + Follow-Up E-mail or Chat) We understand that your time is valuable, so we’ll work around your busy schedule and help you take control of your space so you can start feeling your best in 2012! Sonya has over 17 years of experience sharing [...]

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