Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer here in the U.S. We all know what that means, right? The summer travel season is now upon us. From now through Labor Day, families of all sizes will be crisscrossing America to visit family and friends, see the sights, and...
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Proper Etiquette for Vacation Home Rentals
What are your vacation plans for this summer? Are you among the millions who will rent vacation homes for a week or two? If so, you should know there is proper etiquette for vacation home rentals. You and your family should follow those rules of etiquette closely – for both...
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Someone Has to Be the Detail Person
My Divine Concierge has worked with countless numbers of clients who have trouble staying organized. Some believe they have trouble because they are not detail-oriented. Whether or not that is true is really none of our business. Our job is to help them get and stay organized as best we...
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A Full Schedule Is Not a Badge of Honor
Somewhere during the last three or four decades, we came up with this silly notion that having a full schedule is a good thing. In fact, a lot of us consider our busy schedules a badge of honor. They are not. For a lot of people, a busy schedule is...
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5 Ways to Get a Jump on Spring Cleaning
Now that Easter has gone and most of us are looking toward Memorial Day weekend, it is apparent that the time for spring cleaning is near. This is the time of year when we all start thinking about getting out of the house once again. It is also the time...
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Life Is Short – So Is the New York Summer
We New Yorkers get to the middle of March and we start wondering if it’s ever going to stop snowing. And as you know, the winter of 2017/2018 has been especially relentless. We’re sure most of you are looking forward to the summer months with great anticipation. My Divine Concierge...
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Why Asking for Help Is a Good Thing
Quite often, My Divine Concierge will get called out on a new job that would have been a lot easier to handle weeks or months earlier. Hoarding situations and downsizing projects immediately come to mind. It’s interesting, but a lot of us have a hard time asking for help –...
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More Valuable Tiny House Lessons
Our previous blog post discussing valuable lessons we can learn from tiny house owners went over so well that we decided that a follow-up post was in order. This post offers a few more valuable lessons from the tiny house movement. Even if you don’t live in a tiny house,...
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Lessons We Can All Learn from the Tiny House Mindset
Have you ever wondered what it must be like for someone who owns a tiny house to downsize? It’s something to think about. Anyway, the tiny house mindset has taken over the home-buying mentality of the younger generation. More and more people are avoiding the need to downsize in the...
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An Annual Reminder About Spring Garage Sales
Well, it has finally happened, and the calendar has turned from winter to spring. We know what that means: families are going to start holding garage sales in an effort to facilitate spring cleaning. Between now and the end of summer, there are going to be garage sales of all...
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