#declutterfail
Just had a total #declutterfail. We put out a pile of stuff in a “Garage Freesale” this morning, and the people I talked to were terribly happy about the stuff they walked away with (so much more fun than haggling, for everyone). Most things disappeared, but then I rescued
13 goals for 2012
Somewhere between Christmas and New Year’s I started making a list. A list of things I’d like to get done. And, I figured, trying to get them done in the next year kinda made sense. Then I realized, these look like New Year’s resolutions! I hate New Year’s resolutions. Well, procrastination is a wonderful thing. [...]
Teeny Tiny Tidy-Up Tuesday Post (on a really BIG subject)
In weight loss, as in toilet training, as in life – I think the key to success is setting attainable goals. Well, I haven’t been attaining much in the way of Tidy Up Tuesday posts lately, but you don’t get much more attainable than this: I pulled out the last of my maternity clothes. (ooooooh!) [...]
Great Garage Cleanout: The Not-So-Instant Replay
[The Instagram pics don't seem to load very well - you may need to refresh the page a few times. Bleh.] This post feels a little bit like I’m cheating, but I’m going to do it anyway. Because Sara April issued a Garage Cleanup Challenge – at my suggestion – and not only did I [...]
Everything I ever needed to know about tidying I learned from Dora the Explorer
Have you ever watched Dora the Explorer? At the beginning of every adventure, she consults her map, which always has exactly three steps to get to where she needs to go. A typical trek might take her across the raging river, and over the slippery rock, to crocodile lake. Through the rest of the journey, [...]
The Garage Odyssey Continues
I feel really bad about something. A month or so ago, I emailed Sara with this “great idea” for a Garage Cleanup Challenge, and thus far have failed to clean up the garage. Last time it looked like this: And since then we have added a couple of bicycles and a pink tricycle. I’m not [...]
The Garage
When we moved into our new house, we had a very aggressive timeline. We closed the new house one Wednesday, and the old one the next Wednesday. We had my sister’s out of town wedding the weekend in between, and a 10-month-old in tow. So when I got the keys at 4pm, the first thing [...]
A Cluttered Mind
[Sidenote: Today is not just Tidy-Up Tuesday, it's also Two-Post Tuesday. Check out my very first post on Losing It in Ottawa!] Tidy-Up Tuesday is usually about tidying stuff, but I thought I’d take a different tack today and talk about ideas. Get them? Me too. And I’m hoping that since Sara likes them, she [...]
The Self-Cleaning Pet
About a year ago, after years of hemming and hawing and debating whether it would be a completely self-indulgent gadgety boondoggle, we bought a Roomba. It was initially very popular around here. The grown-ups watched it wander the house while postulating on its mapping algorithm. We contemplated attaching googly-eyes. Miss Bea (then 18 months old) [...]
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