More Garage Sale Tips from the Girl who Knows Too Much ---------------------- So it’s time to have your garage sale. You are in the right frame of mind, you’ve decided on your pricing basics, and you’ve planned ahead enough to get people there. Now let’s talk about set-up. Here are a few questions to consider: Should I do it alone, or … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – Adjusting My Slob-Thoughts
It's a new week, and I'm very motivated to make some real progress. Last week was crazy, and pretty much nothing happened in my de-slobification process. And . . . my garage sale is coming! I've set a definite date and I have to do it then or I'll be getting into the hot weather of June. I went to a sale once in August, around 9 a.m., and the … [Read more...]
Menu Plan Monday on Sunday
If I don't do it now . . . . I had a menu plan last week. But then, nothing quite went as planned. For this week: Monday - Quesadillas Tuesday - Spaghetti Wednesday - Sub Sandwiches at the ballgames - I'm going to make two big sandwiches on loaves of french bread and cut them into pieces to share. Thursday - Our only night home … [Read more...]
Keeping Focus
Last summer, before I had the idea to start this blog, I found the book Sidetracked Home Executives(TM): From Pigpen to Paradise at a garage sale. I knew that it was the book that inspired Flylady, and so I picked it up. I enjoyed the book, even though I skipped over the chapter on how to actually get organized. I was so overwhelmed with my own … [Read more...]
Daily Checklist – Moving Slowly
First, I want to thank you for all of the encouraging comments on my post yesterday. I read them after arriving home from a late-night trip to Walmart to get the items for my son's special "Trip to the Moon" day at school. The items were supposed to be sent on Wednesday, but completely slipped my mind until yesterday … [Read more...]
Maybe I Don’t Handle Stress Well?
There are things that stress other people, but energize me. I absolutely loved waiting tables for one summer in college. The more I had to run around and keep orders straight, the more fun I was having. At one temp job I handled a switchboard with constant incoming calls . . . LOVED it. Though outsiders watching the backstage pre-show craziness … [Read more...]
Looooong Day
Such a long day, filled with craziness and hour-away doctor appointments and farming out of three children. Definitely no progress to write about. House is pretty scary. Going to bed. Oh, did make bed this morning. That's it. … [Read more...]
Tackling the Scary Room
You probably think I'm talking about the infamous Master Bedroom. No, this time it's the playroom. The room I pretend doesn't exist. I have purged it again and again, and it does stay farther away from total disaster now, but somehow, there's always more that can go. Last weekend I decided to open the cabinet that never gets opened. It was a … [Read more...]
Plans, Schmans
I had such big plans for today. So many little projects that need to be done. Clean out the linen closet, changeover to summer clothes, blah blah blah and yada yada yada. But alas, plans rarely go as . . . well . . . planned.It probably wasn't a good sign that I remembered (at 7:11) that my son's school was having Muffins for … [Read more...]
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