You know the master bedroom is actually done now, right? I'm just holding my breath that it will stay done until I've finished posting this saga . . . I worked like crazy on it for two weeks straight, not taking the time to edit videos or write. Now that I'm writing/editing and sharing . . . I've come to a few places that don't match … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
31 Days of . . . (Lame) Excuses
Yep. Lame excuses. That's what I'm committing to write about in October. ALL of October. Like . . . 31 whole days. I enjoyed(ish) doing 31 Days of Details last year, and want to participate again in the 31 day challenge over at The Nester. It didn't take long to come up with this topic. Y'know, since it's an easy one for … [Read more...]
Breaking (Or at Least Pausing) the Clutter Cycle
Me: Hello, class! You: Hello, Ms. Nony! Me: Today I am sharing an object lesson with you. That's right. An Ob-ject Le-sson is a lesson that helps you understand a concept by showing you how that concept works in a different situation. A situation you can see. Do you see the cluttered car in the picture above? You: … [Read more...]
Phantom Laundry (And the Laundry Management Method that is Rocking My World)
What do you see when you look at this picture? A couch? Like . . . just a couch? OK good. That's what I see too. This couch (actually a loveseat) has been invisible, covered in clean laundry for the past ten years. And we bought it ten years ago. Which means I've only rarely seen it not covered in clean laundry. I felt the need … [Read more...]
Organization Products (And Why They Scare Me)
I have a phobia of organizing products. It was a late-onset phobia that developed in my mid-thirties. Right around the same time that my delusions that I would become organized once I became a true grown-up started to reveal themselves as . . . delusions. Y'know. Since I was in my mid-thirties and could no longer deny that I was a grown … [Read more...]
Master Bedroom Saga: Part Three (Nony Gets Discouraged)
It's time for part three of the Master Bedroom Saga. In the journal, part three really started on the first day. After I'd come up with a plan and finished with the easy stuff. After the easy stuff comes the hard stuff. Blech. Here's what I wrote in my journal while in the midst of this horrible, terrible, very bad decluttering … [Read more...]
The ONE Difference Between This and All the Other Times I’ve Tried to Come Clean
I've been speaking more and more and am consistently amazed that the VAST majority of looks on the faces out in the audience are ones of understanding. Not you-poor-thing understanding. I-struggle-with-the-same-thing understanding. Being limited to a single hour of verbal blabbing instead of the endless opportunity to self-analyze here on … [Read more...]
Easy Oven Fries Recipe and a Chicago Cutlery Giveaway!
I shared last month that I've been selected as an ambassador for Chicago Cutlery knives. Truly, these knives have been SO MUCH FUN to use over the past month. The cutting and chopping and slicing and dicing around here rose to a fevered pitch as we did our all-veggies-for-two-looonnnng-weeks diet, and these knives were a huge help. The … [Read more...]
Utilizing Wall Storage in the Garage: Pegboards
My Room-by-Room blogging friends and I are writing about garages and storage spaces today. When the time came that I could no longer put off writing this post (about one of my home's most irritating spaces), I donned my dust mask and headed into the garage. Imagine my delight when I realized that I could easily share the best, most useful, … [Read more...]