Last October my Grandmother (Grams) turned a whopping 80 years young, and one month later she finally retired.  With retirement came the cleaning out of her massive office.  It was like a second apartment where she kept and displayed many family photos, collectibles, plants, things people often brought her from their travels, and so. much. more.  I ( Read more... )

Once upon a time ago, I did a post about reorganizing the "dump space" in our kitchen.  Somewhere in that post, I mentioned something about the best way to tackle clutter, is to live in it for a while.  Spend some time with the clutter in order to define what your needs are, so as to effectively combat the disorganized areas of your home.  Which is ( Read more... )

 
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 A couple of weeks ago, while I was wading in trash-magazine heaven in my Allergist's waiting room, I stumbled upon some multiple page spread ALL ABOUT ORGANIZING SMALL SPACES.  WITH BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.  AND "HOW TO" TIPS.  AND LABELS.  SWEET JESUS, WERE THERE LABELS.

After I managed to pick myself off of the floor, I promptly sent Rhonda a ( Read more... )

I have recently decided that I am going to begin implementing cleansing cycles into my regularly scheduled life.  For instance, next week I plan to initiate a lover's quarrel with the television, which will inevitably end with a ban on watching her altogether.  Since I took that 24 hour hiatus from the internet, I realized how much time is wasted ( Read more... )

Today Rhonda and I spent some of our wedding gift certificates.  And we came out of Crate & Barrel with new flatware (which I am more than in lust with) and enough glasses (that actually match... like we're adults with our own home, not a couple of college students with "free with purchase of $10 margarita tumblers" and plastic sports venue cups) ( Read more... )