Cindy's Weekly Wisdom First of all, and most importantly, Colleen and I had a fantastic time. Steve was super, and we all had a good time getting to know each other. Now to our regularly scheduled blog... Have you ever been told, "If you don't want this, be sure to give it back?" How about, "(Deceased relative) wanted you to have this. Be sure to take really good care of it." Or, "You so admired mine, that I bought you one too." A variation of this one is, "I really admired this item, so I bought it for you." Or, the most dreaded of all, "Where's that (fill in the item of your Continue reading
Archives for April 2012
Too good not to use
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Cindy's post in February ~ Too Good to Use ~ got me thinking about a few things in my house that are too good not to use. What is the difference you might ask between being too good to use and being too good not to use. I will explain that to you now. There is nothing in my house that I consider too good to use. It isn't that I don't have some nice things I just tend to use nearly everything and the things less used aren't that way because I think they are too good. This post does have me looking around to see if there is anything stashed away that could be utilised more often. A couple of Continue reading
Mini Mission Monday ~ Quick Look Decluttering
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Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. This week we are going to do Quick Look mini missions. That is each day we are going to walk into a different room in the house take a quick look, spy a piece of clutter and remove it to either the bin, the recycling, the donation pile or set aside to sell. While you are at it if you spy Continue reading
Clutter doubts and counter arguments
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I really enjoyed Cecily's post from Tuesday. I very much agreed with her that we need to be honest with ourselves in order to convince ourselves to let go of the things that have really just become a burden to us. Some of the things I used to find hard to let go of earlier in my declutter journey were... Storage containers once they became empty of clutter. The inner dialogue that would creep in at the point of letting go was ~ But they are so useful what if I find I need them later on. And my honest response was ~ I don't plan on cluttering up my house again so I will make sure I won't Continue reading
Cindy’s Weekly Wisdom ~ When the Worst Happens
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Cindy's Weekly Wisdom First of all, this story has a happy ending, although it sure didn't look like it would when it all began. A few months ago, a dear friend of mine was in a very dark place and disappeared. Literally gone. You can image what my husband and I feared. My friend has no close relatives and no spouse; I am the executor of his estate. I felt a lot of emotions during this time, and one of them was outrage: "How DARE you go off and leave me with all this sh*t to take care of! How dare you not clean up your own mess before you dumped it in my lap!" You see, my friend is a bit Continue reading
Mini Mission Monday ~ All over fridge declutter
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Mini Mission Monday is about finding ten minutes a day to declutter. To make it easy for you, each Monday I set seven declutter missions, one for each day of the week for you to follow. It takes the guess work out of decluttering and makes it easy and "fun" for you to achieve some quick decluttering. I have dug this set of mini missions up from the archives as I figured it was about time we performed another fridge declutter. This week we are going to take care of not only the inside but the outside of our fridges as well, over under around and through in fact. So lets get started. Monday - Continue reading
Simple Saturday ~ Clever Furniture
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Before we get on with today's Simple Saturday post I just wanted to let you all know that I will have limited access to the internet for a few weeks.. My blog posts are scheduled to publish as usual but I may not always be able to respond to comments. So chat among yourselves and I will chip in a little when I can. There are some guest posts scheduled during this time so you might want to address your comments on that day to the author of the post. I will be back at the helm again full time at the end of the month. Enjoy! Clever Furniture Anita recently requested that I do a post about Continue reading
Friday’s Favourites
Colleen hasn't said anything about her vacation, but she is in the United States. In fact, she's in Austin, and we had dinner last night and are out doing "girl things" today. So exciting! This is the first time we've met. Anyway, I am vetting the choices for the next few Friday Favorites. Let's see how I do! -Cindy Favourite Comments. Enjoy! GreyQueen's comments about making sure one is prepared for death may have been better than the post that inspired them. http://www.365lessthings.com/?p=2464#comment-20734 Spendwise Mom definitely knows how a well-organized kitchen should be managed. Continue reading