Posts Tagged with "clutter"

Too much clutter? Got the urge to purge?

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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My Farm Window Rescue When clearing way in your home for breathing room, or twins on the way, purging stuff will have to happen. It is liberating to shed the waiting and neglected items lurking in the closets. When is keeping our junk okay? There such a thing as purge protection! Consider your item: You [...]

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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Busy as a Bee I have been sorting, tossing, labeling and basically trying to do a complete overhaul of my family’s belongings. Today I started to tackle the kids’ toys, with the ever-helpful assistance from a friend with special home-making skills, of course. Yikes! Yikes! That is the only word I can think of to [...]

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Dreaming vs. Doing

Friday, May 22, 2009

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I have said it before and I’ll say it again, simplicity isn’t simple. It’s complex. Or maybe I am complex. I can whittle away time, minutes which turn into years, dreaming of this and designing that. Planing for a simple life takes energy, focus and endurance. Some things I’ve done to get shifting from dreaming [...]

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Neat Pete and Messy Jessy Tackle the Living Room

Thursday, April 30, 2009

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All in a Day Neat Pete has an app on his iPhone to take panoramic pics. We rescued the living room after a long day of disaster. It felt very good.

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My Closet Can Breathe Again

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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Masked Mommy Pow-Wow Remember this? I made some serious progress in my bedroom closet this past month. I feel like a big weight has been lifted off of me when I go into my new space. But, of course, my to-do list for the closet is super long and remains with several check marks unchecked. [...]

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Closet 1: The Journey Begins

Friday, March 6, 2009

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I straightened up the entryway coat closet to get my closet-mojo a flamin’ for The Masked Mommy’s Closet Pow-Wow. Okay, I re-eeally want to post my bedroom closet but she, yes she, (I decided my bedroom closet is female), is still being tackled. Tune back in for the before and afters of la closet de [...]

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Grasping for Air…Closet Clutter

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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Acrostic Clutter Poem by Jess Careless Leavings Under Tons of “Tomorrows” Ensuring Regret I hate clutter. Let me be clear. I have clutter. LOTS of clutter. I am drawing a line in the sand. Oh, how a beach vacation sounds delightful right about now…cold feet…I digress. You may remember I have been dreaming about closet [...]

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My Earthquake:: A Poem

Friday, February 6, 2009

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photo credit I am tackling my bedroom closet, listening to plumb, feeling very much apart of a serious earthquake of old pay stubs, backpacks and out of dates suits. I am spending the month of February getting my closets ramped up for The Masked Mommy’s Closet Pow-Wow, March 1st. {I told you I love a [...]

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Home: Where I Can Do Something

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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I am so blessed to have a warm place to call home during these cold winter months. I am safe, sound, and generally welcomed in my home (Lord help us! Mama is throwing frying Pans Made with Steel again!). But, what happens when home doesn’t feel warm? What if home feels like the fangs of  [...]

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Laundry Room/Kitchen Door ReVamp

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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So time has been flying around here. Wait. No. Time is tick-tocking by in an alarmingly slow, “please, oh, please let the temps be above 0 degrees today” rate. I know! I know! Enjoy them (my kids) while they are little! Well, I have had plenty of “enjoyment” with my two little cooped-up bundles of [...]

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