Category: House Stuff

023 – Clone Yourself

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSWhen you’re in the Sandwich Generation, you dream about having a clone of yourself to help your parents out. You’ve said it over and over – if only there was another me to do everything that needs to be done for my parents. Your dream has come true. Listen to Kathy, a daily household and money manager, your new BFF, where we talk about how they keep your parent’s day-to-day lives on track and under control. She will explain how companies like hers […]

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013 – Home for Sale

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSWhen it comes time to move your parents out of their home, Judy, Realtor from Coldwell Banker (http://www.buffalogroveareahomes.com/), offers step by step advice on making this process manageable. Judy addresses everything from how to pick the best realtor, decluttering your parent’s house (yikes!), staging, and the small things you can do to help sell the house. Learn about Two Bag Tuesdays, shredding events, and how to involve the grandchildren in the process. Don’t run away from this daunting subject – attack it head […]

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011 – Moving Day

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSHad the good fortunate to welcome Stephanie back to the podcast. This time she took off her “Official House Organizer” hat and put on her “the daughter who had to move her parents out of their house of 50 years” hat. Stephanie shares funny and touching stories on how she accomplished this monumental feat. How did she pare down contents from a 4 bedroom house into a 2 bedroom apartment? What did she do to make it easier for her parents for the […]

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005 – Organize This!

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSThe time has finally come to move your parents out of their house – whether it’s to downsize or to move them into an Assisted Living facility. How do you even start to wrap your head around tackling a house full of “stuff”? Stephanie, house organizer extraordinaire, provides you with a ton of useful tips; where to donate, how to dump stuff, who to hire to help, how to remember who gets what in the house and on and on and on. And, […]

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