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Archive for the ‘Clutter Clearing’ Category
Friday Organizing Product Review: Shower Shelf
Friday, May 11th, 2012 by adminJust For Kicks Let’s Do Clutter Clearing
Monday, April 23rd, 2012 by admin
Monday’s Clutter Clearing Focus:
Costco has this delicious trail mix that has nuts, yogurt buds (I am not sure what they really are it is just delicious), raisins and chocolate chips. Our local store was out of it so as I was leaving for work I left the phone number of another store for my daughter to call to see if they have it.
The number didn’t work and it is the one I had in my planner. I checked on line and called the number listed there and sure enough I had the wrong number written down.
How are the phone numbers you have? Are they all up to date or do you have so many cross outs it is hard to see which one is the right number to call? I am sure guilty of this one. Right now I just updated my address book and my goal is to keep it clean and readable! (I hope it lasts forever—I am such a dreamer).
The older my book gets I need help clearing clutter in my address book—how about you? Do any of you use electronic address books? If so do you have to do clutter clearing on them or do they stay clutter free?
Appealing Photos Speaks For Clutter Clearing
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 by admin
Show ‘N Share Clutter Clearing:
I was excited when I found these photos in my in box—one of my blog readers bought my book (Go Organize! Conquer Clutter in 3 Simple Steps) and said “I followed your system and here is what I did”.
Look at all the clutter she cleared—it doesn’t even look like the same drawer. JL Thank you for sharing!
Do you have a drawer that needs some clutter clearing? Send me you photos and I’ll post them as inspiration to us all. Or leave a comment telling us what you did.
Clutter Clearing Makes Life Beautiful
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 by admin
Show ‘N Share Clutter Clearing Tuesday: (Day 2 of 4 showing clutter in my home)
No room at the Inn or in the undies drawer either…..
I was laughing because I heard coming from the other room “I don’t have room in my drawer for my underwear because of my sachet collection”.
Now granted these are beautiful and they are a collection but when they are taking over space that is needed for necessary items it is time for clutter clearing.
Now we don’t think of beautiful things like these as clutter but “too much of a good thing is too much”. (Contrary to what the sign says “Too much of a good thing is wonderful)”. Well, maybe chocolate but then that is an oxymoron as there is never too much of that is there?
Clutter clearing doesn’t just have to be about things we are getting rid of or don’t like anymore, it can be about things we like, use or even collect.
Clutter Clearing At A Glance
Monday, March 12th, 2012 by adminMonday’s Clutter Clearing focus:
Things are not always as they seem. Do you think you have too much clutter when in reality things just need to be arranged differently?
Take this shelf for instance. It is above my couch in the family room. I like the little things I have here and I enjoy changing them around from time to time. I was having rug hooking at my home Tuesday night and I saw the shelf was awful dusty (I love having people come over—I work much faster at clearing clutter and cleaning when someone is coming). Is it the same for you?
Last week as I was dusting I added these old spools that hold candles to my arrangement of houses. (I love houses—could it be because I am a professional organizer and I love clearing clutter in homes? HUM, I haven’t figured that one out for sure yet).
Anyway, back to the point (do you think I am one of those women who beat around the bush)? Anyway again—I like everything on this shelf but it looked crowded and quite frankly looked like I needed to clear clutter (I want to say it looked clutterly but I don’t think that is a word). I just want my “treasures” to look nice.
Now look at the after photo. Just by rearranging these things it no longer looks cluttered. By the way, the bird is a little thing I picked up in Brazil and I like to move him from place to place now and then so this is where he is living this week.
Which do you think looks best—the before or after photo? Can you find something to move to make your home look less cluttered? (Not that it is cluttered or anything. I don’t mean to suggest that it is.
To my UK readers—Happy Commonwealth Day and to my Australia readers happy Carberra Day.
Clutter Clearing Is My Way Of Life
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 by adminShow ‘N Share Tuesday: (Day 1 of 5 showing clutter in my home)
I don’t know if I have shared this or if I just thought it so many times that I think I have shared it. That strikes me as funny but on to the point I am going to make…..
A while back I mentioned I had removed clutter from somewhere in my home and received emails saying they were actually glad to hear that I also have clutter. Granted it doesn’t live long in my home but there are certainly places that I need to do clutter clearing. (Actually on a daily basis so I can keep organized).
I decided right then and there (after reading the emails) to walk around my home and when I saw clutter take a picture of it and share it with you. So, for the next (including this one) 5 Tuesday’s that is what I am doing.
In my living room I have some magazines that always end up on my piano bench or on the fireplace hearth. It looks like to clutter to me and besides they don’t have a home.
I gave it serious consideration since I knew I was doing this blog. I came up with a brilliant solution (why didn’t I see it sooner)? The way to free myself from every needing to do clutter clearing with my magazines again (I didn’t want to put them in a basket or a magazine rack) was to put them in this empty drawer in the armoire in the living room. (And the angels sang Ahhhhh). Did you catch that—the drawer was already empty. It was no extra work to put them there.
Now my magazines have a home and with the limited space does not become cluttered with oodles of magazine. Have I told you before I l-o-v-e clutter clearing—either in my home or organizing as a professional organizer.
Footnote: Before you ask…the rug under the drawer is the last one I finished hooking a few months ago. The would be rug on the piano bench is the first one I ever did (years and years and years ago) and the rug under the piano bench is a woven one my daughter brought me from Turkey.
Maxine Shows Us How To Do Clutter Clearing And Winner Announced
Monday, March 5th, 2012 by admin
Monday’s Focus:
I was teaching a class to 30 + women and men who were all over 55 years old and I was telling them about an internet experience “a little old lady” I had in my community education classes shared with us. Then as an aside I said “Oh, I shouldn’t call her a little old lady” (even though she was). A woman in the front row said, “No you shouldn’t”. I felt a bit sheepish. But I like sheep so it was o.k.
Having said that this Maxine is an old lady and she cracks me up.
This week do some stuff around the house—do some clutter clearing– or sit around it, walk around it or lie around it. The choice is yours. Clutter clearing can only happen after you do some thinking about what it is you need to clear—this can be done while lying about, sitting or walking about.
Come back and let us know what you method you chose to find clutter and then do clutter clearing.—won’tcha now?
I am a day late and a dollar short. You know leaving town really throws a kink in the works. (That is the reason I am late posting the winner.)
Congratulations to Audrey for winning the tax organizer. I wish I had enough to send everyone who left comments. I will have more giveaways in the future. Audrey I have already emailed to be sure to send me your address so I can get this organizer sent off to you.
“The Easy Organizer” To The Rescue For Clutter Clearing
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 by admin
Clutter Clearing Show ‘N Share:
This is me reading my entire book on galley sheets. My editor said it is the editorial thumbnail of my book. I am without make up but I have a full tummy from breakfast. (As you know food is very important to me). In about two hours I will have my snack of cheese and an apple. I have 14 days to review my entire book.
I learned from my last book that after I have written the book it is not done and ready for publication yet. I am now reading every word for clarity of instruction and for my voice. Then it goes to someone else to be proof read again. The design is being worked on by someone else and the color scheme is not final.
This is similar to clutter clearing. When we think it is all done, it isn’t, there is always more tweaking to do. We are not the only ones in our homes responsible for clutter clearing—anyone who lives with us is also responsible. If they don’t know this then it is time to show them and educate them on what clutter clearing means and how to do it. Sounds like fun times ahead doesn’t it?
I like the name F+W (my publisher) has chosen for the name of my book—“The Easy Organizer”. As you may know I do all of the writing they do everything else—color planning, the name, the size, the price etc. It will be published in August of this year.–Thank you to you who have asked.
New Book Name Announced
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 by admin
In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression “to wear your heart on your sleeve.”
Do you have clutter “pinned to your sleeve?” I do sometimes—my desk becomes such a mess that I shy away from coming into my office and creating blogs and doing other things I need to get done. Why is it so hard to get rid of clutter when it is such an easy thing to do?
By the way I just found out that is the name of my new book: “Easy Organizing” 365 tips. It is a fantastic reference book on how to organize everything in your home. This is a little surprise—it actually has a bonus of 20 more tips so there are really 385 tips. Ta-Da!!! I will be talking more about this later.
I want you to know I came into my office at 5:30 a.m. last week and spent 1 ½ hours getting my desk free of clutter. Boy-oh-boy-oh boy does it feel and look good!
Do you have a place you need to work on to get rid of clutter? Or am I the only one?
Unhurried Clutter Clearing For Monday Focus
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 by admin
Finally—we got a really good snow storm. I feel like I have been waiting all winter for this. Just down two blocks from my home there were major crashes that a neighbor filmed and put on YouTube. If you want to watch it just search Bountiful 400. We feel it is a miracle no one was injured!
Monday’s Focus is a bit less dramatic that 9 plus (I lost count) cars wrecking. But it can be important nevertheless. Take a peek in your over the door shoe rack. For me it was time to do some clutter clearing.
I peeked in one of the holders and I found 3 lids that go to my hair spray. I only need one when I travel. I also found some instructions to my Sonic Care brush that I have been using for a few years—if I don’t know how to use it now I never will.
Take a peek in yours—do you use it for a shoe rack? If so are there shoes you need to donate or toss, do you use it in the bathroom, do you too need to do some clutter clearing?
It is kinda fun clutter clearing in all the little pockets. What did you find in your pockets?
