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de-cluttering

Organizing The Christmas Clutter

January 1, 2009

I haven’t been posting on this topic much lately, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been busy trying to get our lives simplified. Work, family, and health issues got in the way of blogging. Don’t they always? That’s real life for you.
As I start the new year fresh, I hope to [...]

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“Handy” To Have Around

August 17, 2008

Now that I have been de-cluttering my house for several months, I’ve noticed something alarming. Those empty spaces, where once there stood various knickknacks, are covered with a thin film of dust! My house is one of those that is impossible to dust. Fifteen minutes after you finish, the dust is right [...]

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Trying To Get The Groove Back

August 8, 2008

A one-time cleanup won’t solve the problem–any more than a crash diet will cure lifelong bad eating habits. ~ Peg Tyre
Inertia sets in. It happens when the dog days of summer arrive. When the temperature soars above the century mark, and you can fry an egg on the pavement, there is no working [...]

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A Classic Problem for Packrats

July 13, 2008

My husband had grand plans for this classic 1961 Volvo (it looks like a much older model car, doesn’t it?). He bought it in 1996 and began acquiring the parts to re-build the motor, rework the interior, and give it a complete makeover. He dreamed of mint green fenders and a cream color [...]

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Dealing With Stress

July 8, 2008

I find the process of de-cluttering to be very stressful. If I could hire someone to just swoop in and do this for me, I seriously might. Sometimes, it’s just overwhelming.
Like today!
This morning I’ve been sifting through a closet, trying to decide what stays and what goes, and it gave me a pounding [...]

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The Three “Magic” Questions

July 3, 2008

This business of de-cluttering is a difficult one. Especially when one is genetically engineered to be a pack rat! I come by my hoarding tendencies honestly: my Momma was a packrat, her momma was a packrat. I don’t know how many generations it goes back.

See? That’s a family picture right [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #44. Good Luck or Bad Luck?

July 3, 2008

I’ve been thinking about “luck” after finding a hand-written note to myself. I’ve been cleaning out some of the papers I’ve saved and found a paper from 1996! Do y’all think it was time for me to clean out my files?
For some reason, I had written these superstitions about luck down with my [...]

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Clutter Begets Clutter

June 22, 2008

Have y’all ever noticed how clutter just seems to grow? It’s true.
If I leave one book on the coffee table (instead of putting it back in the bookshelf), within a day it has a mate. Before the week is out, they have a family!
I can hang one shirt on the back [...]

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Garage Sale Time

June 20, 2008

We are going to have a garage sale in August. I know full well that we won’t make enough money to justify the time, but we will get to turn a little bit of our trash into cash. Anything that is really worth money we will try to sell on E-Bay first. [...]

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“Rule of 10″

January 8, 2007

Some people think I’m silly to do this. Others have stolen the idea because they liked it so well. I don’t care. I know it works for me.
Because I am self-employed, and often work at home, I sometimes have difficulty staying on task and finishing a job. It’s so easy to step away from writing [...]

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