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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We can’t afford most the suggestions here (or choose to spend money elsewhere) and just have two kids, but we find hiring our high school neighbor is great a weekend or two a month for a few hours. She plays with the girls, or does dishes, or folds and puts away laundry, or organizes their room, packs up off season clothes etc.

She’s friendly, hard working, the girls adore her, and she costs a lot less than a nanny. Now and then (it’s been over two years) I hire a professional organizer to help declutter and institute new organizational systems. [/quote]

Tell me more about a professional organizer.  How much does it cost?  Do you have to take time off work to work with them?  How long does it take?
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I first used one in 2015 - Jackie Kelley out of Bethesda. They have a minimum requirement (I think hers was 3 hrs?) and she was amazing! I looked at the bags of stuff I was getting rid off and my new-found bedroom floor at 3 hrs and asked if she had an afternoon client. She didn’t so we did 7-8 hrs together. I’m a fed so I can flex (ie work extra) and then get a Friday off so I think I worked with her on a Friday but I’m not sure. Soon after my DH got relocated and an organizer was part of the relocation package. We worked on our garage and that was okay but I was more emotionally attached to the items and angry about moving. After our move a few months later I hired an organizer to help finish unpacking, organize my closet, and institute organizational systems in the girls’ room. (She also arrived with a binder full of the names of area babysitters she’d recommend!). Of the three I liked Jackie best and don’t think it’s coincidental that she’s the one where I called a few, discussed my needs, and pre-screened them over the phone. Each has been on in the $85-100/ hr range (at least at the time I worked with them) and each worked with me for at least 5 hrs. I think some had a discount if you went over a certain number of hours. For some that price includes some organizational systems (bins etc) and for others I don’t think it does. [/quote]

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