It’s Spring! That means people all over the country are starting to feel the fever to get things cleaned up for the new year! Sure, we all know that there are some things that traditionally get the focus when people start Spring Cleaning! The windows are supposed to be washed inside and out, all the…
How to reduce the impact of stuff on your life Let’s face it! We love stuff! Most Americans are always looking out for the next thing to add to our life to make it better. We think a new kitchen appliance will improve our cooking abilities. We want the latest movie release to put in…
One of these days we’re going to sell our house. It’s been on the market for 17 months so sometimes we give up hope. But in the back of our mind, we know that it will eventually sell. One of the things that I have been working on is organizing our life so we don’t…
Most people know this simple fact: “If you can’t find something easily, you won’t use it!” It’s not rocket science. It applies to the spices in our kitchen pantry as well as the extra toothbrush or deodorant in our bathroom closet. It also applies to coupons. I have used coupons for many years in varying…
If you’re like me, you have a box full of pictures randomly stored in a shoe box or plastic tub under your bed. There’s no way to enjoy these pictures because they are not organized. What started out in the early years of our marriage as a small box of pictures has multiplied into a…
What do you do when you have too much stuff to fit in your small house or apartment? Sometimes you can just scale back on your posessions, but there are other times that you just need to find a way to streamline your stuff. I have been collecting small space organization ideas for a while…
Like many of you, I am in a nesting mood. I’m cleaning the clutter, dumping the recycled boxes out of the garage, tossing out expired medicine, cleaning out the refrigerator and downsizing the accumulated junk that has multiplied in the closets. So in 2013, I am ready to work with you and find ways to…