Shameless Bragging (or Mission: Organization My First Episode...)

With the topic of organizing in the media forefront the past few years, the public has gotten increasingly more interested in getting organized. This, in my opinion, is a wonderful thing. Not only because that's what I do for a living, either, although hey, who's complaining? :)

I have been blessed with the gift of gab and as such, have fallen in love with radio and television. From the time I was fifteen and had my own radio show in my hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania I have loved it. You can imagine my glee when February of 2004, I was contacted to be the featured expert organizer on HGTV's Mission: Organization. Not for eternity or anything, just for a few episodes.

In March and April, I taped my first episode (#503) with homeowners Christie and Curtis Crowder. We transformed their home office from a crazy hot mess into a beautiful, functional place where Christie can run her business and Curtis can work from home when he needs to. Christie and her best friend (coincidentally also named Monica) were both seven months pregnant at the time, but MAN they were both just bundles of energy! One night around 11:00 Christie, Monica and I were still putting together furniture for the next day's taping. Of course, I was wiped out but these two women, great with child and cheery, forged ahead. Truly amazing. This episode was full of very long hours, lots of hard work, but was definintely fun and interesting. And I'm still waiting for "One-Take Curtis" to break into the movies... check out the episode for before and after photos.