Author Archives: Julie

I am a married mom of 3 grown sons with 23 years of experience as a professional organizer. My passion us helping people lead fuller, emptier lives.

Win a $25 Woods Coffee Card!

Tell your friends about our winter classes!  For every friend you refer that attends one of our classes, you’ll be entered in a drawing for a $25 Woods gift card!  Drawing will be held after the Organizing Paperwork Permanently class on Wednesday, February 8th.    

Great Use of a Snow Day

As most of you know, Whatcom County has been blanketed in snow for the last few days.  I love the snow and am enjoying spending time outdoors on long walks.  I also have enjoyed working indoors on some of my own organizing projects (I never get tired of it!) One of the things I love [...]

5 Tips to Simplify the Holidays

5 Tips to Simplify the HolidaysHere are some ideas for making space for Christmas to be more meaningful. Think about your favorites:  It’s so easy to get lost in the busy-ness of Christmas, between the cookie exchanges, craft fairs, pageants, and other programs.  Take time to really think about what events are important to you, [...]

An Encouraging Word

“What better time than moving into the holiday season to stop and reflect on our lives. We need to adopt a new mindset about consuming less, living with less and being happy with less. A mindset that embraces the idea that happiness can come when we are not constantly chasing ‘more’. I believe that we [...]

Pumpkin Soup

Fall is a great time to experiment with new soup recipes. Here is one of my favorites from my friend Chris. She makes this every year for Halloween. It is delicious and easy! I am serving it with a salad and my easy Beer Bread (see recipe below pumpkin soup recipe). Pumpkin Soup: 1/4 Cup [...]

Creating Space for What Really Matters!

How and where do you begin? Be realistic – establish reasonable and reachable goals. Set yourself up for success! 1. Simplify your life: What do you want your physical space to look like? Less is best and less really is more. Start with one room, one pile at a time to remove all of the [...]

Welcome!

I am excited to be launching my new Organized at Last Blog! This will be a place for me to share quick posts filled with ideas to keep your home, office and life simplified. My goal has always been to help people live emptier, fuller lives and I trust this blog will provide you with [...]