GO Month = Get Organized Month!
~ GO MONTH EVENT NO. 1 ~
FRIDAY - 1/15/2010 - 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
As STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED officially adopted Florence Crittenton in February of 2009 for the Quantum Leap Program, the 2010 GO Month project will stem from SPM's continuous work with the non-profit organization. As the home receives loads of wonderful baby-related items from donors, it is a challenge to keep the items well organized. At the end of each year, these items accumulate at a faster rate, due to the holidays, therefore, it seems logical to assist in organizing these items for easier access through each year as a GO Month event! STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED has carefullly planned the ROOM ZOOM to take place on one day with the assistance of The Hat Ladies of Charleston, who provide volunteer services throughout the metro area. It is a delight to work with both Florence Crittenton and The Hat Ladies!
FRIDAY - 1/15/2010
9:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.
FLORENCE CRITTENTON
CHARLESTON, SC
FLORENCE CRITTENTON
STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED
THE HAT LADIES
NAPO
NSGCD
~ GO MONTH EVENT NO. 2 ~
THURSDAY - 1/21/2010 - 7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.
WHERE: Charleston County Public Library
Main Library - Meeting Room B
60 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29403
COST: FREE!
TITLE: Home Organization ~ Cut the Clutter in Your Home Room by Room
Everything you want to know about ORGANIZING, but are afraid to ask!!
Start your new year out right with a more organized home or apartment. Madeleine De Nitto of STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED will cover strategies for organizing from a room by room approach. She will discuss how to keep a kitchen, bathroom, family room, bedrooms and even those pesky storage areas organized. She will cover some fundamental reasons why people may collect so many possessions and offer ideas on how to reduce clutter. She will be open to questions you may be afraid to ask about organizing. Madeleine is an advanced Professional Organizer who is currently working on the most comprehensive certification program within the organizing industry through NSGCD. She is also a very active member of NAPO, NAPO-NY and NAPO-GA. In 2010 she will celebrate eleven years of organizing.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
JOIN STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED AT CHILDREN'S EXPO!
Join STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED for a future special event!
Lowcountry First Annual Baby & Children's Expo
Fun for kids! Food! Child-related Vendors!
WHEN: Saturday, 11/14/2009
11am - 4pm
WHERE: Gateway Academy
1966 Magwood Drive
Charleston, SC
(West Ashley- behind the Home Depot on Glenn McConnell)
Entrance to the EXPO is only $1 per family and proceeds will benefit the Lowcountry Orphan Relief!
ORPHAN RELIEF
Click on the link below or e-mail Stephanie Coffin of Oooh Baby Baby at stephaniecoffin@ooohbabybabyllc.com to learn more details about this new event!
EXPO
Lowcountry First Annual Baby & Children's Expo
Fun for kids! Food! Child-related Vendors!
WHEN: Saturday, 11/14/2009
11am - 4pm
WHERE: Gateway Academy
1966 Magwood Drive
Charleston, SC
(West Ashley- behind the Home Depot on Glenn McConnell)
Entrance to the EXPO is only $1 per family and proceeds will benefit the Lowcountry Orphan Relief!
ORPHAN RELIEF
Click on the link below or e-mail Stephanie Coffin of Oooh Baby Baby at stephaniecoffin@ooohbabybabyllc.com to learn more details about this new event!
EXPO
Monday, October 26, 2009
ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS FOR CLIENTS!!!
Clients are already excited to use the latest SPM ad from Charleston Home Magazine to receive an additional discount for their sessions! Check page 54 of the new Fall issue. 'Don't have the hard copy? You can find another SPM ad on
CHARLESTON HOME MAGAZINE
CHARLESTON HOME MAGAZINE
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
OCTOBER SPECIAL RATES!!
What's ahead with STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED for October 2009? Plan now for workplace SPECIALS!! Click on photo for October promotions. These special rates are very popular, so call early to reserve space.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
CURRENT SPEAKING APPEARANCES!
1. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISCUSSED ON LOW COUNTRY LIVE: 9/11/09
STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED's Madeleine DeNitto returns to the popular tv show, Low Country Live on Friday, September 11th at 10am with Jim Tarter, Training Coordinator for the Charleston County Emergency Management Department to discuss September being National Disaster Preparedness Month. Learn how you can be better prepared for various disasters, not just hurricanes!
See schedule updates with this link:
LOW COUNTRY LIVE
2. CENTER FOR WOMEN WORKSHOP: 9/15/09
ORGANIZING FINANCIAL RECORDS
Do you need advice on how to keep your financial documents in order and need to know the official guidelines for records retention? Financial advisor, Diane Blackwelder has asked me to join her on Tuesday, September 15th from 6:00pm-7:00pm for a workshop to help people learn how to better maintain paperwork.
Join us to learn many tips on how to develop a nice system for your specific comfort level in categorizing, filing and archiving to cold storage. We can also inform you about electronic retention for a better understanding of what hard copies will always be necessary to keep.
This workshop is sure to please in order to help prevent search and overflow frustrations!
You can learn more details and register online using the link below.
CENTER FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT GROUP SERIES
3. MUNCH 'N' LEARN! DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: 9/22/09
Bring a sack lunch and join STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED on Tuesday, September 22nd from 12:00noon - 1:30pm with Jim Tarter, Training Coordinator for the Charleston County Emergency Management Department to discuss September being National Disaster Preparedness Month. Learn how you can be better prepared for various disasters, not just hurricanes!
For more information, please visit this link: MUNCH 'N' LEARN
Thursday, August 27, 2009
HOARDING INFORMATION FROM STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED ON LOW COUNTRY LIVE TV SEGMENT - FRIDAY 8/28/09
Here are notes and photos from today's segment on Low Country Live about compulsive hoarding.
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PHOTO #1
11/1994
AVERAGE CLUTTER
This is a fairly average view of a room with minor clutter. Most anyone can admit to having an overflow of mail to keep up with, a household appliance which is in need of repair or accidentally leaving food on table and forgetting about it. In addition, most people claim they dislike to file papers or that they simply don't have enough time. People can easily get behind on recyling newspapers or putting books back on the shelves. Some people even leave money lying around in random spots of a home or office that was loose from their pockets.
This is all very average behavior.
- vacuum repair
- cheese plate
- books/newspapers
- money
- filing cabinet
- mail accumulation
- a small collection of swords is haphazardly left at foot of piano
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PHOTO #2
3/2002
SEVERE PROCRASTINATION
II - III
UNCLEAR FUNCTION OF ROOM
LOW TO NO HOUSEKEEPING
ODORS
FOOD GOING STALE
GETTING DUSTY
BUGS
This photo shows how something may have triggered a person to get severely behind with average daily living. The vacuum, after eight years, has been moved away from the middle of the floor and it appears that there was another attempt to repair it, as it lies upside down. Surfaces are getting cluttered and covered with dust. Decorations from holiday long past are left in the middle of the room on top of the bookcase. More files are crammed into the filing drawers and as a result, the drawers cannot close. With the cheese platter still on back table, a pastry box has been added to the room and forgotten about as some chocolate cakes beginning to dry out. This person landed a cheap deal on soda and therefore, purchased a whole crate, which are left on the floor. Gifts from Christmas have not been exchanged and remain unopened. The book shelves are disorganized and more mail has accumulated. It's a wonder no one has tripped over the swords.
- Christmas decor still out
- Halloween is long over
- more files
- pastry box
- there was a cheap deal on soda
- gifts not opened
- book shelves
- mail
- swords have not been moved
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PHOTO #3
4/2006
CHURNING / POSTPONING DECISIONS & OVER-SHOPPING OR INHERITING
IV
INFESTATIONS- insects/spiders/mice or rats
WATER DAMAGE
LEANING OBJECTS
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
MOLD & MILDEW- HEALTH RISKS
INJURY RISKS
What we cannot see here are the bugs that have fed on the cheese and cake and have multiplied and taken up living in the corners of the room and in the boxes which keep being added to the space. Mice have also found their way into the space. There was a water leak from a pipe in the ceiling- so far, dripping for nearly four years. Evidence of the leak is on the pillow in the chair, which is now discolored and breeding a dangerous mold. The chair is most likely ruined. The large mirror is leaning over on a wicker trunk that was salvaged off of the roadside. More holidays have passed as a Valentine peeks up from inside of the trunk. The vacuum, long abandoned remains exactly where it was in 2002. Terra cotta pots were purchased in hopes of planting bulbs for spring. A family member passed away and many family heirlooms, (including an authentic collection of ancient pottery from South America,) were inherited and decisions have not yet been made as to what to do with these items as they have accumulated in boxes, which are beginning to grow in stacks on top of the piano, which is an inappropriate place to store anything. Walking is far less easy and the rug is less visible. Pasty box has been moved slightly and a coffee pot has been placed on top of lid.
- more and more accumulation
- Valentine kept
- pots for spring planting
- antique pottery collection
- running out of floor space
- notice pastry box has moved and vacuum is still in disrepair
- stacking boxes- getting near ceiling
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PHOTO #4
8/2009
COMPULSIVE HOARDING
IV - V
HAZARD AREA
*FIRE *HEALTH *INJURY *FINANCES *INFESTATIONS *EVICTION
There are even more newspapers now and the vacuum and tool box are completely buried beneath those papers and other random items. Storing cans and boxes of food is now evident. This person likes to save things with the intention of someday repairing them, such as a birdbath fountain, that should not have been dragged into this room, as it is too heavy, had stagnant water and bred both mosquitoes and mold. Furniture was also dragged into the room with no place to be adequately stored and was therefore stacked precariously. A wicker table on the floor is turned upside down with one leg broken off. The case of colas has gone unconsumed and if you notice, there is money stashed into one of the bottle compartments. The chair ruined from the water damage is now buried beneath boxes and random odds and ends which have not been used.
- more newspapers
- more and more random accumulation
- birdbath!- stagnant water brought mosquitoes and later mold issues
- pastry box! & cheese platter
- broken items
- furniture dragged in an stacked and leaning
- vacuum and tools are now buried
- hoarding foods in large quantities
- great deal on soda- not a good deal at all- sodas are now out of date and most likely unsafe to consume!!
- more "stashes" of money- notice money in soda crate!!
- chair is buried by boxes and mail and random odds and ends
==================================
PHOTO #1
11/1994
AVERAGE CLUTTER
This is a fairly average view of a room with minor clutter. Most anyone can admit to having an overflow of mail to keep up with, a household appliance which is in need of repair or accidentally leaving food on table and forgetting about it. In addition, most people claim they dislike to file papers or that they simply don't have enough time. People can easily get behind on recyling newspapers or putting books back on the shelves. Some people even leave money lying around in random spots of a home or office that was loose from their pockets.
This is all very average behavior.
- vacuum repair
- cheese plate
- books/newspapers
- money
- filing cabinet
- mail accumulation
- a small collection of swords is haphazardly left at foot of piano
==================================
PHOTO #2
3/2002
SEVERE PROCRASTINATION
II - III
UNCLEAR FUNCTION OF ROOM
LOW TO NO HOUSEKEEPING
ODORS
FOOD GOING STALE
GETTING DUSTY
BUGS
This photo shows how something may have triggered a person to get severely behind with average daily living. The vacuum, after eight years, has been moved away from the middle of the floor and it appears that there was another attempt to repair it, as it lies upside down. Surfaces are getting cluttered and covered with dust. Decorations from holiday long past are left in the middle of the room on top of the bookcase. More files are crammed into the filing drawers and as a result, the drawers cannot close. With the cheese platter still on back table, a pastry box has been added to the room and forgotten about as some chocolate cakes beginning to dry out. This person landed a cheap deal on soda and therefore, purchased a whole crate, which are left on the floor. Gifts from Christmas have not been exchanged and remain unopened. The book shelves are disorganized and more mail has accumulated. It's a wonder no one has tripped over the swords.
- Christmas decor still out
- Halloween is long over
- more files
- pastry box
- there was a cheap deal on soda
- gifts not opened
- book shelves
- swords have not been moved
==================================
PHOTO #3
4/2006
CHURNING / POSTPONING DECISIONS & OVER-SHOPPING OR INHERITING
IV
INFESTATIONS- insects/spiders/mice or rats
WATER DAMAGE
LEANING OBJECTS
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
MOLD & MILDEW- HEALTH RISKS
INJURY RISKS
What we cannot see here are the bugs that have fed on the cheese and cake and have multiplied and taken up living in the corners of the room and in the boxes which keep being added to the space. Mice have also found their way into the space. There was a water leak from a pipe in the ceiling- so far, dripping for nearly four years. Evidence of the leak is on the pillow in the chair, which is now discolored and breeding a dangerous mold. The chair is most likely ruined. The large mirror is leaning over on a wicker trunk that was salvaged off of the roadside. More holidays have passed as a Valentine peeks up from inside of the trunk. The vacuum, long abandoned remains exactly where it was in 2002. Terra cotta pots were purchased in hopes of planting bulbs for spring. A family member passed away and many family heirlooms, (including an authentic collection of ancient pottery from South America,) were inherited and decisions have not yet been made as to what to do with these items as they have accumulated in boxes, which are beginning to grow in stacks on top of the piano, which is an inappropriate place to store anything. Walking is far less easy and the rug is less visible. Pasty box has been moved slightly and a coffee pot has been placed on top of lid.
- more and more accumulation
- Valentine kept
- pots for spring planting
- antique pottery collection
- running out of floor space
- notice pastry box has moved and vacuum is still in disrepair
- stacking boxes- getting near ceiling
==================================
PHOTO #4
8/2009
COMPULSIVE HOARDING
IV - V
HAZARD AREA
*FIRE *HEALTH *INJURY *FINANCES *INFESTATIONS *EVICTION
There are even more newspapers now and the vacuum and tool box are completely buried beneath those papers and other random items. Storing cans and boxes of food is now evident. This person likes to save things with the intention of someday repairing them, such as a birdbath fountain, that should not have been dragged into this room, as it is too heavy, had stagnant water and bred both mosquitoes and mold. Furniture was also dragged into the room with no place to be adequately stored and was therefore stacked precariously. A wicker table on the floor is turned upside down with one leg broken off. The case of colas has gone unconsumed and if you notice, there is money stashed into one of the bottle compartments. The chair ruined from the water damage is now buried beneath boxes and random odds and ends which have not been used.
- more newspapers
- more and more random accumulation
- birdbath!- stagnant water brought mosquitoes and later mold issues
- pastry box! & cheese platter
- broken items
- furniture dragged in an stacked and leaning
- vacuum and tools are now buried
- hoarding foods in large quantities
- great deal on soda- not a good deal at all- sodas are now out of date and most likely unsafe to consume!!
- more "stashes" of money- notice money in soda crate!!
- chair is buried by boxes and mail and random odds and ends
Monday, August 24, 2009
LOW COUNTRY LIVE APPEARANCE THIS WEEK...
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28th
LOW COUNTRY LIVE SCHEDULE
Tune in at 10am to Charleston- Channel 4
Low Country Live to hear Madeleine DeNitto of STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED discuss the sensitive subject of compulsive hoarding.
STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED aims for the public to be aware of the truth about compulsive hoarding and wishes to bury any misinformation that may be causing more harm than good...
Listen to research...Learn about statistics...View Images...
This is a very important segment that could help a lot of people. Please tune in!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
MY MOTHER'S GARDEN ON MSNBC!!
Did you miss the My Mother's Garden screening here in Charleston? Don't miss it on MSNBC this Sunday night www.tinyurl.com/d9loak !! I had the pleasure of interviewing Cynthia Lester last year and was able to get the film shown here last October with the help of CCPL. I also bought my own copy to add to my continued research with compulsive hoarding. Please watch this very touching documentary film.
For more information: www.mymothersgardenmovie.com
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
DESK DISORDER WINNER IS VERY PLEASED!
STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED has a winner! Lisa Bedson of Summerville.
Started as GO Week in October of 2004, GO Week grew quickly in popularity to become GO Month in January of 2005. Having participated with GO Month during that first year while still a member of the New York NAPO chapter, STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED has continued participating with chapter special events each year since.
GO Month 2009 marked the first year in which STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED planned to offer sponsorship with a contest created for GO Month. This sponsorship was also in celebration of SPM Professional Organizer, Madeleine DeNitto celebrating 10 years of organizing!
The contest was DESK DISORDER, a messy desk contest. Applications were sent via e-mails to SPM throughout the month of January, finalists were contacted during the first week of February and by the 10th, Lisa Bedson was chosen and notified!
Winner received:
- a full clutter clearance of a messy desk at home or at work
- free products for storage, filing and drawer organization to accommodate the space
- free coaching on system(s) maintenance
- free book and other reading materials
The actual makeover took place on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Below are several before and after shots of the messy desk makeover! Shown first are the product prizes!! STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED could not have asked for a better winner. Lisa was fabulous! She was attentive, cooperative, appreciative and thrilled.
Started as GO Week in October of 2004, GO Week grew quickly in popularity to become GO Month in January of 2005. Having participated with GO Month during that first year while still a member of the New York NAPO chapter, STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED has continued participating with chapter special events each year since.
GO Month 2009 marked the first year in which STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED planned to offer sponsorship with a contest created for GO Month. This sponsorship was also in celebration of SPM Professional Organizer, Madeleine DeNitto celebrating 10 years of organizing!
The contest was DESK DISORDER, a messy desk contest. Applications were sent via e-mails to SPM throughout the month of January, finalists were contacted during the first week of February and by the 10th, Lisa Bedson was chosen and notified!
Winner received:
- a full clutter clearance of a messy desk at home or at work
- free products for storage, filing and drawer organization to accommodate the space
- free coaching on system(s) maintenance
- free book and other reading materials
The actual makeover took place on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Below are several before and after shots of the messy desk makeover! Shown first are the product prizes!! STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED could not have asked for a better winner. Lisa was fabulous! She was attentive, cooperative, appreciative and thrilled.
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About Me
- STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED
- STRESSED.PRESSED.MESSED offers the services of an Advanced Professional Organizer who celebrates 13 years in the industry in 2012 after having returned to the state of New York! Owner, Madeleine DeNitto is also the proud mother of two. NOTE: ALL PHOTOS PROPERTY OF MADELEINE DENITTO.
GO MONTH 2010
