If I had to blame someone, I'd blame my mother. But I'm not blaming her, because I truly have no idea if she did this or if I did it myself. When I decluttered my  pantry, I noticed this oh-so-resourceful use of a green bean box. (I did not, however, notice the grimy cabinet . . . ) The size was right, so it probably WAS a good idea … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
Another Five Minutes in My Pantry #5MinuteFriday
Last week, I shared a five minute focus on my pantry. But, as often happens, five minutes leads to another five minutes. I do not count on this phenomenon, but I take it when it happens. After the first five, I kept going. I kept tossing and kept consolidating. I kept moving things to the shelves where I'd look for them first. Here is … [Read more...]
118 -Why My Strange Solution for Storing Food Containers Works for ME Podcast
Mentioned in this podcast: Become a patron! Get my book here. How I store My Food Containers Why Storing My Containers with the Lids on Works for Me Save Save Save … [Read more...]
People Over Pride
Last year (less than a month ago), I predicted I'd have my Christmas decor down on January 1st. January 1st came and went. So many of you were gracious and assured me that NOT taking it down was actually good and wonderful and much more actual-Christmas-honoring since January 6th is the true end of Christmas. (12 Days of … [Read more...]
Decluttering My Pantry for Five Minutes #5MinuteFriday
It's Friday again. (Really.) This week, I chose to focus on my pantry for five minutes. The pantry I'd successfully ignored for more than five minutes. More than five months, probably. I grabbed a trash bag, took some before photos, and started working. Evidently, I have quite a thing for croutons. And I don't have much recall that … [Read more...]
117-Organizing Products I Like Podcast
Connect with me on social media! List of Organizing Products that Actually Work (at least for  me!): These are ALL affiliate links. If you follow them to Amazon and then make a purchase, I receive a small portion of your purchase price, but the price you pay is not affected. On some of these, you need to be sure to check the … [Read more...]
How I Saved More than $200 AND Cleaned Out My Closet (At the Same Time!)
This post is sponsored by thredUP. Which is awesome because thredUP is a company I've been using for several years and totally love. The opinions and experiences and clutter-prone closets and modeling/fashion-ability-or-lack-thereof are all mine. The photography skills (or lack thereof) are my kids'. I love a bargain. Sometimes too much. … [Read more...]
Clearing a Corner of the Bedroom #5MinuteFriday
There's an affiliate link in this post. Two weeks in a row is a start, right? I cleared a section of my master bedroom. In FIVE minutes. Five. FYI, even though my master bedroom is waaaayyyyy better than it has been in the past, five minutes didn't seem to be enough time to bother working on it. But I was determined to tackle … [Read more...]
116 Delving into Decluttering Question #1 Podcast
Connect with me on social media! My Two Decluttering Questions - Post Decluttering Question #1 - Podcast Decluttering Question #2 - Podcast Painful Drawer Cleanout (the blog post where I came up with the two decluttering questions in real time) Get my book wherever books are sold! A list of links to places … [Read more...]