I used to suffer from a fear of avocados. I loved them, and would be happy with a family-sized serving of guacamole all to myself, but I wouldn't buy avocados in the store. See, I did once. It was early in marriage, and I was proud of myself for putting Guacamole-from-Scratch on our menu for the night. But I didn't know what I was doing. …
organization
How to Keep Up with Emailed Coupons
I love my iPhone. I knew I would, I just didn't know how much. It hasn't solved all my problems, but it sure does help with a lot of things! One of the things I love is that I don't have to print out (and then lose or forget) emailed coupons. (Just to be clear, I'm not talking about printable grocery coupons. I haven't used those in …
Organization Products (And Why They Scare Me)
I have a phobia of organizing products. It was a late-onset phobia that developed in my mid-thirties. Right around the same time that my delusions that I would become organized once I became a true grown-up started to reveal themselves as . . . delusions. Y'know. Since I was in my mid-thirties and could no longer deny that I was a grown …
Utilizing Wall Storage in the Garage: Pegboards
My Room-by-Room blogging friends and I are writing about garages and storage spaces today. When the time came that I could no longer put off writing this post (about one of my home's most irritating spaces), I donned my dust mask and headed into the garage. Imagine my delight when I realized that I could easily share the best, most useful, …
The Big Stuff is Done! (Gameroom Update)
I started out behind on the February Organizing Challenge over at Org Junkie. My first post was written on Feb 2nd, and the challenge started on the first. I feel like everything I did throughout the month for the challenge was a last-minute struggle and was always the minimal amount I could justify doing. And yet, here at the end . . . I'm …
The Desk is GONE(ish)!
A few minutes ago, I headed over to read the rules for the final link-up in the 29 Day Organizing Challenge at Org Junkie. I was in a rather bad mood that I had to hurry and write a post about an unfinished project before this (crazy and busy) month ends in a few hours. I stopped reading after I saw #7. "Your deadline for adding your entry …
I Did SOMEthing in the Gameroom, OK?
Have I mentioned that I'm extra-busy this week? Well, I am. And yet . . . there's this 29 Day Organizing Challenge I said I was doing. And the whole I-have-a-blog-and-told-the-world-I-was-going-to-get-that-room-figured-out-this-month thing. I'm being purposefully delusional that I'll be able to get it finished next week. But alas, …
DIY Furniture Moving Sliders {Cheap Organizing Tricks}
Sometimes . . . decluttering/organizing requires furniture-moving. Sometimes . . . the motivation to move furniture hits when big, strong (handsome and hairy) men aren't available to help. Everytime . . . motivation related to decluttering/organizing must not be stifled. It's just too elusive. When I need to move furniture, I place …
Big Things Going On in the Gameroom
Did you notice how I called it "The Gameroom" without any slashes, parentheses, or other explanation? I'm doing my best to start thinking of this as a single purpose room that can adjust to other purposes when needed. This is the second week of work on this room-overhaul, and I'm ready to see some real progress. Last week's frustrating …
