The Best Laid Plans, And All That Jazz

October 31, 2011

Do you make elaborate plans for trips? You can bet that I do. For the last two weeks I have been meticulously making lists, sub-lists, and sub-sub-lists of all the things I had to pack (and do) before my business trip to San Antonio. I carefully packed my car, using those lists as my guide. [...]

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I Am A Closet Hoarder

September 23, 2010

I sprawled on the couch with a project in hand while the television blared for background noise. Too lazy to reach for the remote control, I was subjected to an episode of Hoarders on the A & E channel. I snickered to myself and muttered, “I’m not a hoarder … I’m a collector!” My smug [...]

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Fall Overhaul

September 13, 2010

Do any of y’all fall prey to the urge to “spring clean” your home? I do that, but it’s usually just “surface cleaning” to brighten up the place. For some reason that I cannot fathom, my urge to really clean comes over me in the autumn. I’m not talking about just dusting and sweeping — [...]

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Calendar Girl

December 31, 2009

I gave it the “good old college try.” Perhaps I did not matriculate at the proper institute of higher learning? Last year I tried to use the calendar on my telephone and Google Calendar to try to keep my life “in order” … it was THE most disorganized year of my life! I don’t think [...]

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Is Ginseng For Memory? I Don’t Recall.

November 11, 2009

Supposedly, ginseng has been proven as a memory booster for laboratory mice. This information has driven me to drink — ginseng tea. It’s not because ginseng is my favorite flavor, by any means. And, it’s not because I consider myself mousy. Where was I going with this? Oh, yeah. My memory is shot to heck. [...]

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The Easy Way To Line Kitchen Cabinets

January 5, 2009

A friend of mine bemoaned the fact that she was going to spend her weekend changing the liners in her kitchen cabinets and drawers. I just smiled. I can remember the days when I used to have to re-line the cabinets every six months or so. What an exasperating chore it was! I tried using [...]

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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 chronicle our [...]

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“Organized” a short work of fiction, that rings true

August 1, 2008

Ellie sat down at the kitchen table with her cup of coffee in hand, and a determined expression in her hazel eyes. Sunlight filtering through the dirty window highlighted the splotch of strawberry jam on the golden oak table which she had neglected to wipe after breakfast. Her life was a mess. She couldn’t ever [...]

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A Change Of Attitude

June 26, 2008

Difficult, difficult, difficult…    Easy, easy, easy… Neither difficult nor easy.           -Zen Buddhism As I work at sorting clutter, I occasionally feel as if I’m floundering. We have so much that is just junk, and I don’t always know what to do with it. I get overwhelmed. I was ready to just give up at about [...]

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A Timer Keeps Me Moving

June 13, 2008

At least fifteen years ago, I bought a book called Simplify Your Life, by Elaine St. James. It was cutting edge at the time; it was written back when people were still caught up in the mindset that more is better. I’ve figured out that more stuff is stressful! Bite off a little chunk each [...]

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How Do I Sort These Books?

June 12, 2008

It’s time to remove some books in our lives. I know it’s true, and I have been denying it for years. It’s time to put on my “big girl panties” and deal with it. Since we hope to move to a house that is at least one third smaller than this one, I have optimistically [...]

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Time Makes Me Cuckoo

September 26, 2007

Time makes me cuckoo. There is never enough time in my day to get everything done. Once in my life I was considered to be a very organized person. So much so, that I was asked to give seminars on the subject. Y’all get up off the floor and quit giggling! OK, the truth is [...]

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Getting My Ducks In A Row

July 31, 2007

I had hoped that during the last month I would get organized. I wanted to “get my ducks in a row.” Summer is almost over, and here I am. I didn’t get there! Every time I think I’ll get my act together, something comes along to make those ducks get out of line. Yesterday, just [...]

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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 [...]

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