Clearing Clutter–3 tips
October 30th, 2008
If you live in Sandusky, Ohio, clearing clutter after Halloween will be easy if your children are over the age of 14. In 1995 they passed a city ordinance outlawing trick or treating by anyone older than age 14. I wonder if other cities have done the same thing.
Today (October 30) is candy corn day. I bought some corn and was surprised at the variety there is, harvest, candy apple, and caramel apple flavors. We have so many choices in our lives and such a variety of things to buy and try that clearing clutter can become a real problem.
Clearing Clutter tips:
•Before buying something think to yourself, where will I put this when I get home, is it useful to me, if you don’t have a place or a use, just enjoy it at the store.
•If you don’t like an item in your home, don’t use it, or it doesn’t have a purpose, donate or toss it. If you do use it, but you don’t like it get rid of it and replace it with something you like.
•Don’t save soap scraps, they just become clutter. By tossing them they don’t have a chance to become clutter in your bathroom.
What do you do to clear clutter before it can “take root” in your home?
October 31st, 2008 at 2:21 am
Wow. “Outlawing” trick or treating for the over 14s. Clue me in, as I’m from far away, why was this necessary? And what are the penalties? How is it enforced? Can you really stop someone from dressing up, knocking on a neighbour’s door and asking a question? I’m guessing parents are allowed to go with children, but older siblings aren’t.
It reminds me of the time they tried to ban the Mexican Wave from the Melbourne Cricket Ground. That’s essentially just standing up and sitting down in unison. They made the mistake of trying to ban the Wave, when they should have banned the tossing of litter or dangerous behaviour like throwing heavier objects.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Angela, thank you for this comment. I wrote to Sandusky because of your excellent questions and they said it was just a guide line. I had read on a newsletter that it was a law–not true.
Thanks for your question so I could be completely accurate. So many ridiculous laws are passed I didn’t give it a second thought that it could be non true.