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The next giveaway just makes my organizing heart flutter. The Neat Company believes you shouldn’t have to work to use your information. They’ve developed intelligent products that transform information into something that works for you. Perfect for busy home managers.
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Their products free the information that’s trapped on paper—so you can secure it, organize it, and use it. When your information is transformed, you are too—from cluttered to confident, from overwhelmed to accomplished.
The whole point of their products is to keep less paper. After all, what we really want is the information on the paper, not the paper itself.
NeatReceipts is a hardware/software combo that allows users to scan, organize and digitize all their paper receipts and financial documents, and automates the tax preparation process. It is fully compatible with Turbo Tax, Quicken and QuickBooks, and the IRS accepts scanned images of receipts (you never know when that might be important).
Think of it as the digital filing cabinet – you can save, track and manage your information without the paper. And one Simple Mom reader will win a NeatReceipts!
Here’s How To Win:
1. Leave a comment on this post, answering this question – What’s your biggest organizing challenge at home?
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This giveaway is only eligible to US and Canadian residents.
This giveaway will end this Monday, February 2 at noon EST. I hope you win!
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Along with everyone else, my problem area is the paper. I would love to win.
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Paperwork is awful for me too! I can never seem to keep on top of it! I love the companies that send me electronic files. And my husband always has piles of receipts cluttering up everything, ugh!
Gretchen Ree´s last blog post…Picture Princess – Melody
My biggest organizing challenge is my receipts! This would be so awesome to have!!!
This would be perfect because paper is my biggest problem. Normal household papers and school papers form five children. Paper is running my life!
My kids stuff. We live in a small flat with different age kiddos and trying to get it all in a way that can be used. It is a huge challenge.
But my desk with all the paper is not that pretty either… oh my
Julie´s last blog post…Heartwarming
My biggest challenge is me! I find myself on the computer with the intention of organizing my life….like that is an easy task!….and suddenly hours and hours have gone by. And funny thing, I have been trying to scan this years papers with little success. This new software just might do the trick for me.
Pattie´s last blog post…Oh Joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like I’m drowning in paper! I have a (bad?) habit of tearing up magazines to keep the articles, recipes, ideas, etc that intrigue me. Of course, they’re all sitting in a (big!) basket waiting for me to decide what to do with the daunting pile. UGH!
We have way too many CDs and DVDs and it is very difficult to separate the ones we use from the ones we should donate or sell.
Paperwork and kid’s art and craft project. Somehow they end up everywhere.
Amy´s last blog post…Funny things
it’s for sure the papers. Even when I get them organized I still don’t have room to file them all. I usually end up with baskets of papers and then I have to go through the whole basket to find one paper. I’ve been thinking about the whole digital paper thing for months now.
Its a toss up between laundry and paper, but I think paper will win.
Diane Conn´s last blog post…Sisters Are Nice
Keeping up with all the papers that come home from school!
my biggest organizing challenge is a lack of space.
i know everyone probably feels that way. i’ve downsized what i own quite a bit but i’m residing in my parents basement apartment temporarily and i have a hard time parting with things i know i’m going to need in 6 months when we move.
maybe it’s just that i like “stuff” too much.
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Paper of course. I guess that is why they invented this nifty gadget. I just don’t know what to keep and basically don’t want to deal with it. We created files (probably way more than necessary) but never file anything! Then there’s the junk mail. Its so hard to recycle because you have to put it in a paper bag for recycling, but I don’t have any! Where do you get paper bags to recycle paper? I either use cloth shopping bags or get plastic at the store to use for trash. Ho hum.
My biggest challenge at home is dealing with piles…whenever I open mail, I have a spot for bills–that is fine–but there are various coupons, magazines, to do lists, shopping, projects, stuff to give my girls when they come home, letters to mail, my calendar, stuff I want to read and keep, stuff to read and throw away, well, you get the idea. I have an organizer, but stuff just tends to stay in there, and never get looked at again. I need something that not only organizes all this stuff, but lets me know what I have, too. Any suggestions?
papers papers papers!!!
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My biggest challenge is filing bills and important documents. I also struggle with all the receipts. I never feel like I get them organized properly…I just through them in a box and label it for the months or year.
My kitchen drawers, because there are only three of them!
Shannon´s last blog post…Changes
My biggest organizing challenge. Hmm. I think it would have to be the ‘school stuff’. All of J’s IEP plans, lunch number, report cards, progress notes. Right now they are all tossed into a drawer that MUST be sorted through and organized.
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This is a terrific tool! My biggest organizing challenge is my husband’s filing system, aka piling system. I’m definitely an organizer, but my husband’s method of organization requires about 20 or 30 piles of papers, receipts, mail, etc. He knows exactly which pile papers are in (most of the time), but I’d love to get those piles out of sight.
I would say that paper clutter and kid clutter are both huge challenges. We try to have a party now and then to get things picked up and put away. This looks like a handy tool for busy moms!
my biggest challenge is to stay on top of the paperwork and not just stick it places until I can make the right folder and find the right spot for it =)
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Definately all the paper. I have a huge green basket of paper that I need to file or do something with but never seem to find the time. Uggg. I need a better system than this!
Oh wow. The paper is the hardest thing about home organization and this looks perfect!
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Our office. It’s a mess!
My heart is fluttering right along with yours, especially since my biggest challenge is paper clutter!!!! Receipts, mail and all sorts of things I’m to scared to throw away end up piled on the entry way table. The Neat Receipt would be a dream come true!
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My biggest organizing challenge is DEFINITELY receipts and mail. I am super organized with my craft supplies, clothes and laundry, and even kitchen. It’s just that the house gets overrun with papers!
Mal´s last blog post…I’d rather be stitching!
My biggest organizing challenge is financial information. I can never decide what to keep, what to toss, what to file, etc. And when I do decide to keep something I have no idea where to put it and what to do with it.
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My biggest challenge is to keep the piles of paper under control! It starts out small- a magazine or two on the coffee table, then before I know it there’s so much clutter I can’t stand it.
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“my” table. It is actually the formal dining table shoved in a corner of a room. Usually it holds my laptop, the scanner, sewing stuff, bible study materials, various knitting projects, awana paperwork, receipts, books to list for sale, library books, cooking magazines….plus anything that is kids hands off.
But if we have an extended family meal then EVERYTHING gets moved off to Somewhere else. And afterwords the most critical stuff gets moved back right away and the rest sits. The table frequently looks a mess and I am currently sorting out the pile of ‘rest’ that got ignored for so long.
My biggest challenge is the coats/shoes/socks (don’t ask)/mittens/etc. I’m from New England, and this winter has been particularly snowy. And we do not have a mudroom. In fact the entrance to our house is very *not* conducive to setting up hooks and a landing strip for our stuff.
Wendy´s last blog post…Students Speak Up
Paperwork is the worst around here! It all gets thrown into a cabinet and if I’m lucky, filed every couple of months…or longer. My husband just started a new business, so this would be VERY helpful in keeping track of all his receipts!
Jenni
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You know, I’ve heard about receipts. Sometimes when I need to return an item at the store they ask for one, like they really exist or something. I mean, let’s get real.
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What’s your biggest organizing challenge at home?
Maintenance. My kids have a way of undo-ing everything,
And my kitchen desk -school papers have a way of breeding like rabbits.
We cyberschool, so ALL of the kids school papers are all over the place! I’m never quite sure how long to keep them. Also, with 3 kids that LOVE to draw, I have a stack a mile high of drawings! I keep thinking I need to scan them all and do a digital layout and have yearly art books printed out.
TheresaB´s last blog post…Green Sleeve – Purple Camo
My recipes. I can’t seem to get them organized or in a uniform format.
What a great product! I think the hardest clutter for me to tackle are the little things (papers, cards, etc.) that don’t have a specific home both at work in my third grade classroom and at home. Oh! I just had a great idea- this would be a great tool to use in the classroom – no more stuffing the filing cabinet!
UPDATE: I just visited the Neat Company website and I want this product!!!! This would be perfect for my classroom and home.
Incoming bills, paper, newspaper. paper. Ugh. It’s all over. Help.
My biggest challenege is PAPER WORK! By far, all of that paper that comes into the house and needs to be kept for this or that, sorted, filed, called about, referenced, calendared….
I despise it.
That receipt deali-hoo would be perfect!
What’s NOT an org. challenge at my house?
My biggest challenge is definitely paper work of all kinds, receipts, bills, kids school work, etc!!!
My biggest problem is mail and bills. They always just get stuck in a pile
Definitely paper piles!
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Charity´s last blog post…Again With The Tuesday
keeping up with all the paper!
My biggest challenge is having no home office. I traded it for a nursery when my son came along (great trade, though!)
My biggest organizing challenge is my kitchen island! My laptop and associated cords live there, as does an assortment of random kiddie things and anything in my hands that needs somewhere else to be…lol. Doesn’t leave much room for things like ummmm, food prep!!
I have been wanting something like this Neat Receipts machine for years…..glad to see one has made it on the market!!
Mamaloup´s last blog post…My Studio Tour Part 1
Biggest org. challenge is my husbands work paperwork (so this sounds interesting!) and magazines that I want to go through and tear out recipes that I want.
Shawnda´s last blog post…Win, win, win!
I have seen this and often thought of investing in one as paper is my biggest organization struggle.
Oh I soo
wantneed this! My biggest organizing challenge is keeping all of our businnes (x’s 2) and personal receipts organized and filed. I’ve got envelopes all over the place bursting with receipts……and I would LOVE to change that! It’s so not efficient in the least.Thanks!
Stephanie´s last blog post…How sweet!
I just stumbled across your blog last night & I love it! Stayed up waaaay too late last night to read — Saturday morning is difficult on so little sleep!
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My biggest challenges are a) keeping the kid-stuff under control and b) keeping papers under control. I have two children 3+4 and mountains of unnecessary/useless stuff for them. (Stuff I did not buy for them, it all comes from the outside no matter how I try to stop it)
Paperwork? I have no real desk to speak of, and if I leave anything out the kids commandeer it for artwork. Eek!
Seriously, it is the papers. They just pile up everywhere!
I am notorious for paper clutter- this would help!!
The ten thousand storage bins of stuff that was given to me or collected over the last 5 years. It’s really scary!
April Davis´s last blog post…The Davis boys are on the loose
By far, my biggest challenge is paper management. So much paper comes in with the kids from school each day!
My bedroom closet is threatening to consume my entire home. I have a hard time keeping the stuff that I don’t use frequently on the bottom.
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My biggest organization challenge? 2 home based business’s, a full time job, a toddler and a husband…need I say more? The paperwork that is involved in managing all of the above is overwhelming. I have boxes of receipts that need to be organized for tax purposes. Boxes for papers that need to be filed. Boxes with magazine tear outs to use as inspiration for my portfolio and for creating mood boards. All of this among all the fabric and supplies I have, well, let’s just say that this tool would be oh-so-welcome by all in my household. Thank you!
My biggest organization challenge is my daughter’s room. She has stuff every where. I should probably just get rid of a bunch of stuff- she is a pack rat though and notices everytime anything goes in the good will box!
My biggest challenge is everything paper!
I’ve got my home filing system figured out but my business is a nightmare. Tax time fills me with a kind of dread I can’t quite describe. I so need this!
My filing pile is definitely one of my biggest problems and getting it under control would help with other organizing problems.
Adrienne´s last blog post…Cooking with Costco
My biggest challenge is simply updating Quicken on a regular basis so that I don’t have a mountain of receipts to input. The paper part of that is all the receipts that end up collecting in a pile somewhere, waiting…
diannewrites´s last blog post…Time to Get Dressed!
My biggest organizing challenge is keeping track of all of the bills after they’ve been paid!
Our biggest challenge is space! Our former office is now the baby’s room – and the office is actually a “cloffice” (closet office). We have so much paperwork to fit into just a couple of filing cabinets – digitizing receipts would make a HUGE difference to our sense of organization and reduced clutter!
My biggest problem is all of my spouses stuff. She runs a small aesthetics business and has supplies, papers, and junk everywhere. Our bathroom shelves are so packed with stuff you can’t move anything without knocking other things over. Our bedroom looks like a store with all the stuff. We moved from a 700 sq foot apartment 2 years ago to an 1150 sq foot house, and now I’m hearing about space problems all the time when really the problem is stuff.
Paperwork, definitely!
Shilo´s last blog post…Jack Frost’s Handiwork
It’s filing the paperwork before I lose it that’s killing me!
celticbuffy´s last blog post…A First Step
For us, too much paperwork and not enough storage space for it!
TOO MANY PAPERS!
alva´s last blog post…MERRY MONDAYS
Bah! My pantry is an organizational nightmare! My paperwork is sort of coming together, but it’s so easy to be lazy about filing.
Brooke´s last blog post…Maybe it’s a Julian after all…
AHHHH, the endless paper receipts! papers, papers everywhere. this nifty gadget would make my life so much easier and less cluttered!
My biggest organizing challenge is definitely the paper explosion of mail, school papers, receipts and drawings that cover my desk.
I have two that rank about the same: staying on top of folding laundry (actually doing laundry is fine, it’s the folding that kills me!) and keeping on track of daily receipts/monthly budget recording.
Cara´s last blog post…One Small Step
Paper is my biggest organizing problem! My desk gets piled with paper and I try to file things, but everything seems to go into a “to be filed” pile that I rarely get to. I would love to get everything I want to save on the computer to free up the space!
Papers, bills, stuff I think I might need. Those all need constant vigilance or they will overtake my desk. One thing I did recently was to go through all our owner’s manuals, and search for online copies that I could save on our computer, so I could pitch the hard copies that were filling up a box at home.
I did it!!!
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My biggest problem is keeping up with the mail…what to recycle, shred, file away, save for later, etc. etc.
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my biggest challenge is definitely tackling the mail. It piles up so fast, and it’s mostly junk.
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My big table in the computer room. It is the catch-all place in my house. If we don’t know where to put it, it goes on that table.
TOYS! TOYS!
Definitely paper. I sometimes have it organized into piles, but then when company is coming I end up dumping it all in one bin. When I need to find something it can take forever – what a waste of precious time!
Not paper clutter, but “cheap” clutter. Little toys from bday parties, store day at school, the rare happy meal, garage sale finds from my ILs. I’m trying to de-clutter this am!!
My biggest challenge is definitely my paper. It seems it accumulates faster than I can get it into file folders. And then the folders get so full that it’s hard to actually file them without getting paper cuts! lol
I feel like we don’t have a place to put everything. Maybe we should throw more things away!
Steph L´s last blog post…Lessons Learned in Week 1 with Daughter #2, Part I
My biggest challenge is EVERYTHING! I have dreams of being organized one day, but it just hasn’t happened yet. I’ll finally get something clean and organized, but as soon as I blink, it’s back to the way it was before all the work I’ve just put in. Perhaps I should stop blinking…
Wendy´s last blog post…The African Anteater Ritual
My desk is my biggest challenge – we have our own business and keeping up with the paperwork for that, as well as the paperwork for our personal lives (school notices, bills, reminders, etc) is hopeless. Just when I get things cleaned up a new pile arrives!
Michelle G´s last blog post…The Happiest Place on Earth?
wow i could use one of these! paper organizing is what we struggle with most!
jennifer´s last blog post…cute
It seems to be the same answer for almost everyone. Paper!! Financial and school-related.
Kids toys…and their homeschooling paperwork.
Looks like a great product! We battle the paper clutter at my house, but our biggest problem is a lack of systems. When we come up we just dump stuff wherever, when we cook we leave the mess for later, etc. etc.
My biggest organization challenge at home is the home office. It becomes the dumping ground for all sorts of things. I have a hard time keeping my toddler aged daughter’s books tidy on the shelf, and they are constantly in a pile in the office!
thanks for the chance to win!
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DEFINITELY paper is the hardest organizing challenge, especially while trying to reduce paper for making a big move- this would be a wonderful help! Thanks!
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This would transform my entire office!
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Our biggest challenge is all the papers and stuff that our kids bring home from school, we don’t want to throw it away, but we have no way to organize other than just filling up boxes.
this is a neat product. would be great for my mom. i’ve got my paper chaos mostly under control. crafts, recipes, and odds-n-ends piles are another story.
My biggest challenges are TIME to control all the paper and SPACE to keep the paper…I am imagining the joy of having it on my computer and getting to shred it all!!!!
My biggest organizing challenge is the kitchen. Everything seems to get so cluttered and disorganized, despite my best efforts!
by far, it’s paperwork!
Our biggest challenge is staying on top of things – like going through the mail as soon as we bring it in instead of leaving it piled up.
Biggest challenge is keeping the bills and mail organized. Thanks for your awesome blog!
My biggest organizing challenge at home is getting my family on board with keeping everything organized. A tool like this would get help me keep my sanity.
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