Decluttering

It was a perfectly good envelope. A perfectly good, big envelope. There was no reason to pitch it. No reason at all why I couldn't re-use it. And aren't envelopes (especially big ones) the stuff of dreams? Just imagine filling them with photos or coloring pages or full-sized papers that needed be kept together. Or sending off our tax … [Read more...]

  Skirt hangers. In my mother's mind, they're God's gift to skirt-wearers. I know this because she has been giving them to me. Over and over. Year after year. Always with a hopeful look upon her face. Hopeful that this item which is the Ultimate Skirt Hanging Solution in her own closet will change my life the way it has … [Read more...]

Did you notice my lovely new red dutch oven in this post? My mother gave that to me for Christmas after I noticed its lovely redness while we shopped together. It sat in my garage for a month or so until I remembered it when I was making four meals of pot roast for the freezer. It worked beautifully. Just like the orange dutch oven that my … [Read more...]

My daughter will turn 9 next month. That's crazy talk. Since the party-planning has already started, I looked at this randomly-appearing item with my anti-T.P.A.D glasses on. (T.P.A.D. = Time Passage Awareness Disorder = a totally-made-up-by-me condition) These cute little party favor boxes were from her birthday party two years ago. I … [Read more...]

We've had a few "snow" days lately. Some more legit than others. On one of the first, I did a double take when I saw Hubby's feet. He was wearing the strangest, pink-heeled socks I'd ever seen. Only after a moment of real confusion did I realize I was seeing his heels. Like, the skin of his heels. The heel of each sock was completely and … [Read more...]

Clutter guilt is a real thing, y’all. I did a whole video series (or two) about it. When someone (me) stresses over the possible uses, possible future need, and possible life-threatening consequences of NOT keeping something, it’s only natural to also stress over the nobleness or lack of nobleness of various decluttering methods. Irrational … [Read more...]

Please read that title pronouncing "again" as "aGANE." It sounds better that way. I have no idea how many times I've washed the item in the picture above. I'm pretty sure, though, that I've washed it more times than I've worn it. It's the belt for a cute and sporty pajama set that Hubby and the kids bought me for Christmas at least 7 years … [Read more...]

I think Hubby brought these home. It was sweet, really. Someone had them at work and he thought he’d be nice. Except our kids don’t really like them. I know (from experience) that they’ll sit and sit and sit and end up at the bottom of the snack basket, waiting for an official Decluttering Project. Unless something even worse … [Read more...]

I was listening to my own podcast (a rare thing, since I don't edit them) about the Head Explosion Rule as I cleaned up the kitchen this morning. So when I ran across that glass lid-thingy in the picture, and began to feel a physical, head-exploding sensation come over me, I knew just what to do. I threw it in the trash. It's the lid to a … [Read more...]