I'm so glad that my garage sale is finally over. Those things are exhausting. For the most part, I followed my own advice and we did pretty well. We had good traffic, but maybe not as good as some we've had in the past. There were TONS of garage sales in our town on Saturday. We made 250.00 on the day of the sale. Plus - I had followed … [Read more...]
OOOoooh, "Contain"er . . . Now I Get It!
I'm a word woman. I love love love words. I love root words and compound words, alliteration and homophones, long words and short words, and made-up words. Love 'em. When we bought our fridge, I remember being overly giddy when it hit me how incredibly creative the brand name "Frigidaire" is. Get it? Frigid air? If you've read my … [Read more...]
Focus Check Friday – Week 2 – Come Join In!
It's Friday again . . . how exactly did that happen? Last week was the first Focus Check Friday, something I'm planning to do every Friday. You can read this post where I explain its basic concept. My focus this week has been on our garage sale. Our blankety-blank garage sale. I'm not too terribly excited to get up early (crazy early) … [Read more...]
It’s Okay to Keep One . . . Right?
As I work out in the hot and muggy garage this week, my daughter is having a great time. Unfortunately, a large portion of her joy comes from finding long-forgotten toys meant for our upcoming garage sale. My automatic answer to her "Can I keep this?" question is no. But if she stays obsessed with it for a few days, I reconsider. (As I'm … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist
Today I:Made bed.Emptied dishwasher.Swept kitchen.Cleaned kitchen.Mopped kitchen. (It's Thursday.)Made to-do list (at 5 a.m. in an attempt to be able to go back to sleep, since my mind was racing).Hung up clothes in master bedroom.Closed cabinet doors.Checked bathrooms for clutter.I'm so glad I made myself walk around the … [Read more...]
Here Comes the Big Bad Garage Sale
I'm having a big garage sale. Really big. As in, it's tempting to list it in the paper as a multi-family mega sale, just so people don't think all of this junk is mine. But it is mine. There's nothing like wearing a dust-mask and sorting through bags and bags and bags of STUFF in your rather-warm garage to make you determined to never … [Read more...]
The Downside of a Place for Everything
I'm determined to find a place for everything. It was my New Year's resolution for 2010. But with my tendency to be a little . . . well . . . excessive, this can have a downside. I'm a shover. When I find something in a random spot, I get excited if I automatically know where its home is. Taking it there makes me feel like Suzy … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – Regaining my Rhythm
Two days of physically checking tasks off of my list has produced the desired effect. My rhythm is coming back. I'd gotten out of the habit of making a point to check off the list, so I'd started forgetting (or ignoring) certain tasks, so when I did them, it felt off. I had to drag myself through the motions, resenting it all. But today, I'm happy … [Read more...]
Establishing Boundaries . . . Confining the Clutter . . . Whatever You Want to Call It
At a mom's group meeting several years ago I heard a speaker on home organization say that you should make a rule to remove one old thing every time you bring something new into your home. Everyone else nodded knowingly. I had absolutely no concept what she was talking about. I've finally figured out why I didn't get it. In my house at … [Read more...]
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