It helps me to go ahead and make decisions about certain things so I can avoid making bad decisions in the heat of the moment. Heat of the Moment = When the carhop at Sonic (or the coffee-fixer at Starbucks) asks if I want to keep my used-up giftcard. I tell them I don't want it. No decision needed since the decision has already been … [Read more...]

I share my (never-ending) decluttering adventures here, but I think it's also important to share "after the project" stories. Last fall, I decluttered my kitchen cabinet and replaced my humongous collection of plastic cups with grown up GLASS glasses. I knew I had to replace them one-for-one because I simply didn't have enough room in the … [Read more...]

Dear Mr. Trash Man, You're welcome.  I know that we've put out some pretty rotten stuff over the years, but this time we cleaned it up for you. Right. For some reason (a reason completely unknown to me), we chose to run this pie plate through the dishwasher. I don't recall that it was particularly disgusting or anything, but I guess we … [Read more...]

I had a flashback to my pre-blog mentality recently. My daughter opened an ever-so-cool train case that I knew contained photos. It has contained those photos for a very long time, and I hadn't opened it in a very long time. But . . . if I were looking for those photos, I would look there first. I didn't know it also contained … [Read more...]