Comments for I'm an Organizing Junkie

Comment on The Great Garage Clean Out Challenge ~ Week Three by hurley thurston

hurley thurston — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:23:35 +0000

I am definitely looking for the great “bike storage solution.” I blogged that I would like low cost, minimal space coverage and easily accessible by both adults and kiddos. Anyone? Anyone?

Comment on The kids get their purge on by Brad

Brad — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:27:05 +0000

Wow, I’m really impressed by you getting your kids to throw out some of their stuff. It’s a really great lesson to teach young people. I found that when we told our kids that some of the stuff they didn’t use anymore, toys and things, were going to charity they gave up more things.

Comment on Menu Plan Monday ~ May 21/12 + Giveaway!! by Laura

Laura — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:36:04 +0000

Oh my goodness, forgive me. I meant to say relatively painLESS! Seriously I was amazed at the process because I thought it was going to be much harder than it was. They took care of everything for me.

Comment on Menu Plan Monday ~ May 21/12 + Giveaway!! by Mindy

Mindy — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:31:24 +0000

Argh – I have three different hosts – one for The Mommy Blog, another for MelindaRoberts.net , and another for Mini-Media.net, where I hoped to consolidate everything but am skittish about disrupting other sites I’m hosting for clients, mostly friends and family. Migrating feels like having root canals on all molars at once, so I’m not eager to start. (I’m using Hostmonster, but have also used BlueHost and have my company URL hosted at iPage.)

Comment on Menu Plan Monday ~ May 21/12 + Giveaway!! by Laura

Laura — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:23:16 +0000

I went with Liquidweb and the migration was relatively painful :)

Comment on Menu Plan Monday ~ May 21/12 + Giveaway!! by Mindy

Mindy — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:36:40 +0000

(So which host did you go with? And did the template you used help? Mine is dragging ass…)

Comment on Ask the Freak is back! by Terri Draper

Terri Draper — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:28:22 +0000

We would like to use your emergency preparedness post in our church newsletter and would give you full credit along with the site reference for our members to visit. Please will you give permission for us to do so? Thank you for considering and for your great ideas.

Comment on Fantastic Resources for Surviving the Summer by Lisa and Pam

Lisa and Pam — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:29:54 +0000

WOW! Great round up and thanks so much for the feature! Have a great summer!

Comment on Garage Sale Tips for the Non-Garage Saler by Steve Davidson

Steve Davidson — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:15 +0000

There may be a lot of comments on the blog pro and against pricing items, but one of my pet peeves at a garage sale is items NOT MARKED. Take a piece of tape people and mark the item, bin, or rack. There is nothing more frustrating than waiting 5 minutes on the Owner to give change for a quarter while wanting to buy an item worth $100 to find out it sold yesterday or is priced at $500 or she/he doesn’t know how much it is because it belongs to friend that is out of town.
Take a lesson from retail folks, want to sell it? Put a price tag on it. And finally, don’t put a 50 cent price tag on a $1 dollar item, it sends a message that you think a garage sale is Rodeo Drive. (unless the garage sale is on Rodeo Drive, in which case call me)

Comment on Garage Sale Tips for the Non-Garage Saler by Steve Davidson

Steve Davidson — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:51:55 +0000

I used to be a garage sale junkie until I discovered estate sales, now I have a hard time going to garage sales….. I used to think that estate sales were over priced etc; but when I started going to some of them, I discovered that different dealers price differently. Some definitely price to retail, but some that I am following go 25% off after 2 pm on Saturday and 1/2 off on Sunday, and many take offers. So sometimes I make a ridiculous offer and end up with the item. For example, last month picked up an $800 leather swivel chair for $110.00 Beautiful chair, just no one else needed it I guess. Still not giving up on garage sales though, I also found a great industrial battery drill worth $175 for $20 at garage sale. Don’t judge a house by it’s size though, was in the “hood” looking for an estate sale and ran across a garage sale that had two great old iron garden benches….picked them both for $15, so you never know :)