"After my parents both passed away, I inherited my childhood home. I love that house so much – my dad built it himself back in the early 1950s. As long as I’m on this earth, I could never see anyone living there but me. So, I moved “back home.” At the time, I was so sad about my parents being gone, I just couldn’t make myself go through their things. So, I just shoved every piece of furniture, every article of clothing, every picture, vase and knickknack, just everything, down into the already furnished basement. That once-beautiful finished basement was now a warehouse crammed so full of stuff, you couldn’t even enter it much less walk around in it. Then, I went and bought all new furniture and décor for my new life in the house I loved so much. Shortly after that, I moved all of my belongings from the house I’d been living in, innumerable bags and boxes of my past life, into the 3 ½ car garage at my parents’ house. The garage was packed so tight, I could only squeeze one car into it. Everything I owned was now in one place, but every time I went into the garage and every time I went into the basement, I wanted to cry. It was overwhelming. I felt hopeless and helpless. No matter what I was doing, my mess was always lurking there in the back of my mind. But I just didn’t know how or where to begin. So, I gave up and left it that way for about three years.

          I’d often watched those TV shows where home organizers go into people’s houses and make everything right. I longed to get on one of those programs. I even wrote a pleading letter to one of them. Unfortunately, those shows only do houses located in California. I figured I was just out of luck. So there I sat, along with my piles and piles of stuff, getting more and more depressed. Finally, one day I decided to Google around and see if something local might turn up in the home organization category. Up at the very top of the search page was “Organize My Clutter”. I clicked on the link, found Becky Rogers’ web site, called the phone number, and we arranged to meet. Becky didn’t blink an eye when she saw the mess I wanted her to tackle. From the moment I met her, Becky’s “can do” attitude gave me hope. Before long, she and her crew showed up at my door, and the rest is history. It took us several weeks to wade through the chaos. But we did it! She made me make decisions on what to keep, what to sell, what to donate – just like on the TV shows. Her crew hauled pieces of furniture and piles of junk out of the basement. They had sections of stuff sorted so it could easily be taken away by family members or the Goodwill. They packed countless items in boxes so I could set up an Ebay store, thoroughly organized in a specific section of my garage. There became a place for everything, and anything that didn’t have a place or purpose went away.

          Now, when I go out to the garage, I can get into my car without sucking in my stomach and doing gymnastic maneuvers. When I go down to the basement, I smile and walk around and feel very proud of my home. Probably the most important thing Organize My Clutter did is help me regain my sanity. Becky is better than a therapist – she solves the problem. In addition to having a wonderfully organized home, I now have my happy self back.

          If anybody else out there is feeling as I did, living in a space that’s out of control, with a state of mind that’s also out of control, I urge you to check out Organize My Clutter. Your mess can’t be any worse than mine was. What she did for me, she can certainly do for you."

                                  - Mary, Springfield, IL