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MSNBC.com Article Inspired by Post Originating on the OrganizingLA Blog

Can a blog post inspire a newspaper story, and another and another?  We're grateful that ours did.

MSNBC.com has picked up a story originally published by the Orange County Register, which was in turn, inspired by one of our blog posts.

Organization Is No Accident

I believe being organized makes life easier.  Like today's Mother's Day picnic on the beach in Southern California.

Rebecca Romijn loves the Pasadena Rose Bowl Swap Meet - But Is the Actress a Clutterbug?

Does Rebecca Romijn, the loverly bikini wearing, X-Men shape-shifter love clutter?  Read this post and decide.

"She collects paint-by-numbers art.  She loves vintage clothing and costume jewelry, anything lame', and wide, elastic-y, post-disco belts.  She especially has a fondness for cowboy knickknacks [to decorate her Calabasas home.]"

Operation Organization - See Us on KCBS-TV Los Angeles

We're honored that our KCBS/KCAL Garage Organizing Segment aired Wednesday.  Didn't catch the piece?  Don't live in Los Angeles?  Click here to view the video.

• Interested in how the segment was put together?
• Read our thoughts on what we thought we were getting ourselves into, before the shoot day.
• See how our blogging inspired the Orange County Register to write about the makeover.

Additional air dates:

• Thursday, May 11, KCAL-9 evening news
• Sunday, May 14, KCBS-2 "Studio Two" Show at 6:30pm

The segment centers around Costa Mesa resident Taffy Dalby, who heads Operation Interdependence, an organization that sends care packages to the troops in Iraq.  John Trosko and his signature pink polo can be caught during the wire shelving scenes with organizing colleague Justine Miceli.

Readers, please share your thoughts-- simply click the comments tab at the bottom of this post and join the conversation!

Organizing Emergency: A Reader Asks for Garage Shelving Solutions

"I want to get my garage organized.  I don't have a lot of stuff and I'd like it to look great.  Can you make any shelving suggestions?  -- Signed, Garage Envy"

Garage Envy-- Southern Californian's sure love their cars.  But remember the days when your car actually could fit into the Garage?  If you can't squeeze your wheels into your fab pad, try these garage organizing solutions.  This is a really basic list, some suggestions are budget-minded, some more upscale and some drive us into sheer Organizing Euphoria.

Goodwill Challenges Southern California to Recycle 1,000 Used Computers

Neglecting to get rid of your used computer because you don't know how to wipe your hard drive?

You have no more excuses.