Letters to Hope » Personal Organizer

Sad Polygamists

isis — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:20:04 +0000

I met a neat lady today; I meet a lot of odd people. We will call her and her family the “sad polygamists”. They are sad only because the woman seems lost and confused and overwhelmed by the world. I did not realize how … different this religion is. I didn’t realize that it part of their religion is to hoard food. Part of one of their 7 children’s bedroom is stacked with food. I kept telling her over and over again to please eat the food instead of buying more. She just kept trying to skirt the conversation. I went home and did some research and realized that this is part of their upbringing. They also had this very odd card. Well not odd, but different to me.

17 Rules of Dating

1. Date those with your same standards

2. No necking or Petting

3. No French Kissing

4. Date in Groups

5. Do Not Park

6. No Back Rubs

7. No lying down on top or beside each other

8. Attend wholesome activities

9. No immodest dress

10. Never enter a home alone together

11. Never enter a bedroom together

12. Choose friends carefully

13. No missionary work one on one

14 No late hours

15. Be responsible for your own actions

16. Discuss dating rules with partners

17. You are not the exception to these rules

What I thought both odd and good about these rules was that they were printed out on a little laminated business card. You could carry it with you and refer back to it if you forgot the rules. I thought it odd that they wrote them out. Wouldn’t you tell your children this to there face? Does a card make it more real or more the truth? Some of them I thought funny and others I thought “wow – if I had only listened to these when I was younger”, even at this point in my life I most likely would not have been with so many people. I wonder at what age they hand out these little cards and explain them to the kids. Do the kids know about sex or do they just prevent it by giving them these cards? I think a better way would be to explain to your kid about sex about how it feels and about how our natural urges are sometimes not so smart. But this is also why I am not a polygamist. I cleaned there closets (they wear odd under garments) and the woman kept wanting me to throw things away they had such a small amount of stuff for all there kids I felt really guilty for throwing anything away. 6 girls and 1 boy and they want me to get rid of something. Everything was a hand me down, and everything was very old. The house was too small for such a large family and the parents had no privacy. But I did my job and wished them well. The last thing the woman wanted me to do was assign her children chores. With ALL of those kids none of them helped around the house. Hope, YOU help around the house and you are only a baby. I think a teen and pre- teen should know how to clean up their own room. I thought about all the dating rules and all the mess; they can not simply have chores. I made a chore chart sat them all down and explained how important it was for them to all have chores I am not sure if they get it but I hoped so for the mom’s sake.

New Client “Horse Lady”

isis — Thu, 24 May 2007 01:20:26 +0000

I have been working with this wonderful lady. Let call her the “horse lady”. At first I started working with her because a colleague of mine had recommended me and I was just organizing her bills and paperwork then I started doing other little things for her and then that slowly lead into me doing her bookkeeping.

She is a very …. Robust woman with a heart of gold who always tries to fill her life up with too many things to do. I call her the horse lady because she owns a wonderful ranch full of horses and although I was around horses for a very short time in Holland I really have not been around them all that much.They are big and beautiful and powerful animals all with there own personality and opinions. The “Horse lady” loves to hunt and jump and run these horses and all have a special job and requirement for her. She also has a small staff and it is neat to see the hustle and bustle of the farm work. Horses take a lot of time and care and although I have not ventured asking her to ride one one day I am sure she will throw me on the back of a horse smack it’s ass and send me off riding. It is really neat to meet so many different types of people in my job and to see how everyone lives the same but different. It is neat to see all the different personalities with the same fears and worry’s that the next person has. I have a feeling that this woman will be a great joy in my life and I will learn a lot from her, and hopefully I will help her in being more organized and bring less stress to her life.

Just Two and Already Picking Out Your School

isis — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:20:25 +0000

I met this really nice lady today and I organized her garage. She has twin boys and she told me about this really neat school in Jupiter that they both attend. I have been doing research on schools for you. I know it is crazy, planning for your school already, but I think it is really important.

Jupiter Montessori School

She told me about a Montessori school and I am going to do some research on it to see what it is all about. The way she described it, it sounds just like something I would want you to be in.

Her house was beautiful and it sounded like she has a great relationship with her husband and kids. She was very into the school and her family. It is amazing how much you can learn from people and how much they really open up when you smile and let them talk.

New Organizational Client: Kitchen Very Cluttered

isis — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:20:27 +0000

So I met this really nice lady today. Her house was a MESS. It was overwhelming at first to walk in but I knew that I would be able to help her. She is a very free spirited woman with two girls who are both wonderful artist and very feminine. They have this really ugly cat and a annoying but cute dog. The first thing I did today was clean the kitchen. She had so many out dated and useless things. It was clutter central. We will see how it goes.

Clean Closet, Organize Closet, Get Shorted on Pay

isis — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:20:26 +0000

So a client or, I guess you would say co-worker, that I interviewed with a long time ago called me and asked me if I wanted to share a client with her. I thought that was a very good idea.

I met with her client today to see what we could work out. The couple (another one, sometimes I am not sure if it is so great to work with your husband) are a Doctor and a nurse and live in a beautiful house with two beautiful children the house is a little gaudy for my taste but to each his own I guess. Like all of my clients they are not neat at all and of course there are papers everywhere. The lady also would like me to do her closets which I work on right away after the meeting.

We agree for me to do weekly bookkeeping at there house with my coworker reviewing my work, which I very much like. Her closets are not that bad but she does bad mouth her husband a lot which I am a little uncomfortable with.

She also shorts me in pay which sits the wrong way with me of course. But we will see.