Decluttering

On Monday, my boys ran in a triathlon for kids.  The younger one did a triathlon last year, so it wasn't a totally new thing for us. So I wasn't as paranoid about what it would be like, or about having everything ready. Which is good and bad. We spent the night at my parents' house the night before since it was near their home and we … [Read more...]

Friday was one of those wonderfully unexpected days that included a friend stopping to stay the night with her four kids on their way through town. And two more mutual friends coming down to "hang out for as long as we can stay awake." Basically, it was an impromptu party. Oh my word, I'm so thankful I can have impromptu parties. Granted, … [Read more...]

For Mother's Day, I made it VERY clear that the ONLY thing I wanted from my family was a new camping chair. I'm calling it a camping chair since I think that's what they're called.  Really, it's a baseball chair. For our wedding (almost 14 years ago), we received four of the very first versions of these portable chairs. Two didn't have … [Read more...]

Lovely containers thrill my heart. Free lovely containers even more so. Hubby brought that home from work after a catered breakfast. It was big. It had a lid. It was fairly sturdy. Oh . . . the possibilities. But the fact is, I already have containers.  Lots of them.  Lots of them that are even sturdier since they're not … [Read more...]

April was busy. I know, because I never had a chance to share this decluttering post from the week of April 6th (my daughter's birthday party clean-up week), and now it's May 6th. And it's one of those decluttering projects that didn't let me pretend the mess had happened overnight. Those piles were full of clutter with DATES on … [Read more...]

It has been over two weeks since we celebrated my youngest's 7th birthday. Most of the decor is now a memory. And then Sunday night, as I slowly (because of my injured back) made my way through the house directing my kids to get it clean for our Sunday evening home group meeting, I had a pleasant flashback of the party when I saw the pretty … [Read more...]

We have a BIG Box O' Clutter ready for our next drive-by pick-up. At the top are our still-pretty-new, still-fit, still-in-good-shape uniforms from the basketball season that ended a little over a month ago. I used to save these perfectly good uniforms.  In my mind, the basketball shorts and shirts should have been perfect for wearing in the … [Read more...]

Monday mornings are hard. Monday mornings after Spring Break are harder. (Evidently, Monday evenings are hard too, since I totally meant to post this last night.) I've been mostly-replaced as Queen Lunch Maker around here, but since last night was completely out of the routine I made them this morning. Since I was making lunches,  I … [Read more...]

I'm not working for Fisher-Price. I was just reminded again how much I love this toy while I cleaned out our playroom last weekend. We've had it since my oldest was barely able to scribble.  He turned 11 in December. The flower-shaped magnets are long gone, but I feel no angst when I run across this toy in the midst of one of my many … [Read more...]