Media blitz might be a bit of an exaggeration but it is more media attention than I thought I would ever receive. After the first nervous attempts I have become more comfortable with it. My favourite piece so far is the one below which I wouldn’t have even known about except for one of my neighbours telling me. I got quite a laugh when I saw it.

Media Links

ABC Radio interview ~ Tony Delroys Nightlife 27 July 2011

Newspaper Article ~ Newcastle Herald 28 July 2011

Multimedia Slice Show ~ Newcastle Herald 28 July 2011

Another newspaper mention ~ Newcastle Herald 1 Aug 2011

I am not sure why The Newcastle Herald chose all the photos of me laughing. I look a bit like a crazy lady but I suppose I make it look like decluttering can be fun. It did also concern me that they kept saying I threw away 365 things. Nothing could be further from the truth as only 67 of the 365 things ended up going into the recycling or garbage bin.

Don’t worry readers the attention hasn’t gone to my head. I am still the same crazy Aussie who will be nagging you again next week to get rid of your stuff. I’m not letting you off that easy. 😉

Finally I have internet service again just in time to get my posts up to date for the next fortnight while I am away. Sheer ego indulgence on my behalf makes me say I hope you all missed me while I was off line.

Oddly enough, things have the strangest way of happening while a person has their back turned. In the midst of my forced silence from the net the interview I did for ABC radio way back so many months ago I can’t remember when, aired. So today for my Simple Saturday post and for your listening pleasure or amusement, whatever the case may end up being, I will add the link for you all to listen to. I hope there are no restrictions stopping anyone overseas from linking, please let me know if you have any difficulties and I will try to find another way around it for you.

Here is the link…

Future Tense ~ Minimalism the cult of less

I have noticed a marked increase in new email subscribers since the interview aired and I would like to send out a special welcome to those new readers out there who have dropped in to check out my blog. I wish you could have come at a better time as I am going to has limited access to the internet for the next two weeks while I am in Queensland visiting family. I will be unable to leave many responses to comments but there should be a blog post to read Monday to Friday though, so don’t run away. I hope you enjoy what you read and there are plenty of posts in the archives to keep you busy if you run out of new stuff and are thirsty for more. Feel free to engage with the other comments and Cindy, who writes for me on Wednesdays. is often dropping in with some responses and I will chime in when I can.

Today’s Declutter Item

Since I missed a couple of days worth of items I will add two now to make up for it. Today we have a pile of socks and some clothes that my son Liam decided to declutter recently. He is getting quite good at this whole declutter thing and I am very pleased about that. To top it off he said to me today the he wants to go through his keepsake box in the garage ~I have mentioned before about his T-Shirt collection ~ because he doesn’t want most of that stuff any more. Yahoo!!!!

Liam’s decluttering efforts

Something I Am Grateful For Today

Well naturally todays gratitude item has to be having the internet back but also my son and I got to attend a ceremony for my husbands recent promotion at work. Add those two things to the news about Liam and his eminent decluttering and I have to say it has turned out to be a pretty good day for me.

It matters not how fast I go, I hurry faster when I’m slow