This Week's Blog Roll: Getting Organized, Real Estate and Facing Kitchen Demons

Have you checked out some of the posts from our stellar team of bloggers? Here are some excerpts from this week:

This week we introduced a new blogger, . On her first post, she is offers a professional organizer's advice about

"One of the most common New Years’ Resolutions that I hear is “to be more organized.” Now that January is behind us, how's it going? As a professional organizer, I often see clients ready to part with stuff but unsure of where to go. If you’ve got the urge to purge, there are a number of wonderful resources in the Arlington area for your unwanted items."

Real Estate Broker  writes about the :

"Historically, first-time home buyers fell into a few predictable categories. But these are historically different times. For some, the fallout of the banking crisis has put the dream of buying a home on the backburner. Many people who expected to own a home five years ago are still waiting, and during the waiting process, people change—and so do first-time buyer expectations and priorities."

 continues to live the good food life in Arlington. This time, she's :

"I have had my share of kitchen disasters. I’ve cut my fingers and burnt pans so badly I threw them out. I’ve overcooked and undercooked food. I’ve left out key ingredients, made bread that doesn’t rise, polenta with lumps and puddings that puddle. I once gave my secret banana bread recipe to a friend and mistakenly wrote 3/4 cupof baking soda instead of 3/4 teaspoon (I choose to think that the resulting volcano of batter was actually her disaster, not mine). A week ago I had a glass dish explode in the oven. That was a first for me."

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