But add a semi-annual release on top, and I’m ready to collapse. I’ve fallen behind on just about everything. I’m forgetting things. It isn’t good. […]
Mission Downsize: Day 19
Nineteen days sounds like a terribly long time, but I suppose with all the changes we’re making, it really isn’t that long at all. Only […]
Mission Downsize: Day 13
Shouldn’t we done by now? I suppose I should give us at least a month to rid ourselves of the possessions gained over the last […]
Mission Downsize: Day 11
Tomorrow is the day that we sign the contracts to buy our new condo. Things really are moving forward FAST! Downsizing is moving forward quite […]
Mission Downsize: Day 8
Rob has been hard at work on the “business side”: checking the closing documents, wiring money, filling out HOA/condo paperwork, purchasing homeowner’s insurance. It’s all […]
Mission Downsize: Day 5
And, so the mission continues. We haven’t moved along as fast as I had hoped we would, but we are moving forward. We all feel […]
Mission Downsize: Day 0
Downsize? What? As we’ve been slowly telling our friends, last weekend, while I was in Texas for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, we made […]
sorting – 11 sep 2011
As Chloe worked on putting together a Lego set last week, she grew frustrated with the unsorted legos. So she decided it was time to […]
One Step at a Time
As you probably know, I’m not a huge fan of clutter. One way to stop the clutter from becoming an issue is, of course, to […]
Tomorrow is March already??
I’m not ready for it to be March already!! Where did February go, I wonder? I more inspired than ever to make this a great, […]
mixed up files
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, we’ve been spending time decluttering, organizing and simplifying. Years ago, when I had 10 CDs and 5 […]
It’s the Blueberries, I’m Sure!
Uh oh. Having been home for two weeks straight, eating better (it’s the blueberries, gotta be the blueberries), and, perhaps, the arrival of a taste […]
CD Shuffle – 12 feb 2011
This week, the girls and I have worked on sorting through our ginormous CD collection. We’ve cleaned out the car and all the other nooks […]
One Small Step
A bunch of my friends on Facebook have started to post simple thing they do each day that bring them an “incremental step” towards being […]
Room of the Week
While writing yesterday’s post, it occurred to me that I have been planning to outline my de-cluttering strategy but haven’t done it yet. I have […]
Buy Nothng Day Thoughts (reposted from Dec 2008)
As I sat down to write my post about Black Friday, I remembered that I had written one in the past. And it exactly summarized […]
What’s in Your Cart? – Sponges
As I went through the grocery store this week, picking up items on my shopping list, I realized that while I try to make good […]
De-Cluttering, It’s Not For the Faint of Heart
Hello, my name is Gwyneth. I’m clutter-phobic. If you’ve been to my house, you know. It’s true. Clutter drives me nuts. I can’t relax and […]
So Many Ideas, So Little Time
I admit, I’m not the most creative person in the world. I like to believe that I have some inkling of my strengths, my weaknesses. […]
Multi-taskers R US
The other day I was working on a project for work and also chatting via IM with a coworker in France. She worried that she […]