I moved away for a while, but I'm back now. Glad to see my house with fresh eyes. I tore out the carpet in the living room. I need to caulk, sand and paint. Drying time will make it take a while. But since it's basically a repeat of the project I did in my bedroom at least I have all the tools and know what I'm doing ( Read more... )

I stalled out AGAIN. Then I got some major things behind me that had been weighing heavy on me - met ex's new girlfriend, May Day picnic over. And I came home that afternoon and felt torn. I wanted to hang out with somebody, but I also wanted to be alone. I said to myself "well why not just BE the person you want to hang out with? What's she like ( Read more... )

I had gotten to where each aspect of this project was stalled out because I lacked supplies. So I went to Home Depot and stocked up over the weekend. Then I didn't work on it at all until last night. Then a friend called and I stopped. I didn't even get halfway through painting a closet. Yikes. Stalled out. I have been ridiculously social. That IS ( Read more... )

My floor project in my bedroom is insane. It's an enormous amount of work and I'm going to love it and it will be worth it. But it's insane. Last night I realized that I have developed a fear of freehand painting. If I had started out with the courage to do it by hand rather than needing a stencil the whole project could have been much quicker. ( Read more... )

I spent the break working on my bedroom. I am having a hard time finding housemates, so I figure I may as well move all my crap to the other bedroom, fix up my room, make space to squeeze all my stuff from my "office" (AKA the crap room) into my bedroom and prettify in the process. So far I have ( Read more... )

I knew going into this whole decluttering thing that it wasn't just about the physical side of it, that it would somehow be reflected internally. But I wasn't quite sure how that would work or what it would feel like. It's really starting to happen now! I spent a whole week with my family and got through it really well. It had this after-effect ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a day of looking at the house with a fresh eye (after 2 days at ACL) and doing a bunch of those tiny things that only take 10 minutes but make a huge difference. Still, I wasn't able to get any one part of the house looking good enough to show to the world. I really should just move the piles of junk, take the photos and move the junk ( Read more... )

I finished filing ALL of my financial and other important papers!!! Yay me! I still have to do all the rest of my papers - recipes, spells, herbal stuff, activist stuff, mementos, etc. But still, this is exciting. I think this is the first time EVER that all that stuff is filed. I have been trying to get back to focusing on decluttering rather than ( Read more... )

I am the kind of lady who gets insane crushes and can't think straight because I am obsessing so hard. I've been a huge slob since I was a tiny little girl. So I am trying to put these two things together and keep myself focused on decluttering and decorating my house. I really want to figure out my digital camera so I can post pics and get ( Read more... )