Welcome back to my Master Bedroom Saga! Today I'm sharing Part Two: The Easy Stuff. Let me explain. Due to the fact that I've had to do it waaaayyyy more than the average person, I consider myself a decluttering expert. Clutter prevention? I'm still working on that one. But … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
How to Declutter Fast: Five Areas You Can Purge in a Hurry
Do you ever get the itch to declutter? Or maybe it's the shakes. I usually get this icky feeling right after I've been frantically searching for something that should have been easily found. I feel a sudden desperation to declutter. To declutter FAST. As if my life (more likely my sanity) depends on it. In these … [Read more...]
Taking Advantage of Every Opportunity to Declutter
We had a fun day today. My second son turned nine and Grammy came down for his birthday dinner. As she left tonight, she loaded up her van . . . with stuff from my house. Stuff like: A sweet (but not really my style) framed picture that I'd borrowed for several years because I needed to fill a space. A baker's rack I've run into about … [Read more...]
Waiting Until I NEED to Do It
I thought about titling this post: How to Separate the Pages of a Book that Have Been Stuck Together with Syrup for More than a Year. But I didn't. I was so excited to start back to BSF today. BSF stands for Bible Study Fellowship and it's an intense (and wonderful) study that I've been in for four years now. The day went well … [Read more...]
The Master Bedroom Saga: Part One
I know. I find it difficult to believe as well. I'm talking about my master bedroom again. Here's the thing. We did pretty well during the summer on the house as a whole. So far from perfect, but we were able to have friends over without it being a huge production. But . . . when people did come over . . . things got shoved in the master … [Read more...]
My Laundry Blind Spot
My master bedroom is . . . . clean. Like, normal person clean. No, it's not a fluke. I've spent the last two full weeks doing a major overhaul in there. And as long as the door to the bathroom is closed, I'd almost let any random person see it. Almost. There's this one major eyesore. The Laundry Mountain. Even though we now … [Read more...]
Another Veggieful Menu Plan
I have officially made it through one full week of all-veggies-all-the-time. As I've reminded my husband, I can do this as long as he lets me be as sassy as I (feel the) need to be about it. We've been through this before, so a few things have been confirmed: It's possible to survive without candy. My hunger levels are significantly … [Read more...]
De-cluttering My Own Words
It's not the 1992 on that paper that makes me feel old. It's the fact that I was in college at a time when it was acceptable to turn in hand-written papers. I don't think it was a major paper, but still. A few weeks ago, I found myself going through a file cabinet searching for a dramatic piece that I hadn't seen in years . . . but had … [Read more...]
Do Other Moms Count Socks?
I'll admit it. I'm a sock stealer. Hubby learned this early on in our marriage and gifted me with many socks in an assortment of colors on our first Christmas. It didn't work. His felt better. Anyway, as my 10 year old has grown, I've started eyeing his socks too. There's just something so terribly convenient about a matched pair of … [Read more...]