Category Archives: decluttering

One little resolution

Toys.  Books.  Laundry.  Dishes.  Papers.  Shoes.  Hats.  Mittens.  Groceries. Something always needs to be put away. All day long, moment after moment, I am returning something to its rightful place. But more often than not, I am piling something else in the meanwhile.  Something that has no rightful place yet.  Something that needs to be…

thirty and three

Have I mentioned before how much I love birthdays?  I think I have.  But the last few have been…well… disappointing. I spend too much time lately feeling inadequate, like I’m not sure what I’ve really accomplished so far or where I’m going next.  I feel mediocre.  But on my birthday, it is magnified so that…

Turns out I’ll do almost anything for chocolate

I tried everything. Begging, pleading, sticker charts, gold stars, making it public, ignoring it and hoping it would get better. No, I’m not talking about toilet training (although that turned out to have the same solution, I’m afraid).  No, what I’m talking about getting all my chores done every day. It’s not like I was…

>The new rule in effect

>I already have two garbage bags full of clothes ready to go, and I haven’t even finished tackling the closet yet!  Someone decided not to take a full nap yesterday (boo).   (See yesterday’s post for what I’m up to if you’re confused).  Some things were hard to decide on like pajamas, since I have…

>My new rule

>As you know from numerous posts here, I’m working on decluttering my mind and my house.  This week I’m tackling clothes.  Wow, do I have a lot of them.  And they are mostly bad – so ill-fitting, in fact,  that I recently posted on Facebook that I’m sure I’m just one bad outfit away from…