Emptying the nest

My Semi-Organized Most Excellent Miscellaneous Blog Post Ever

Join me in celebrating the fact that I don't have much to say today. Except for a few miscellaneous items to ponder. Like, wow, that was a gorgeous sunrise in the featured photo above, right? Yeah, I captured that this morning! And I'm also celebrating the most excellent organization project I found joy in this… Continue reading My Semi-Organized Most Excellent Miscellaneous Blog Post Ever

Emptying the nest · Inspiration

Coming to terms with my clutter room

When I look at this room, I reflect and think, "My Q-Quarters are where good shit is going to happen...someday...!" One woman's clutter is another woman's mess. Or as my daughter and I call it... "It's not cluttered or messy it is the bones of some good shit." I think I need to make a… Continue reading Coming to terms with my clutter room

Adventures · Emptying the nest · Going Gray

The magic of reflection

If you could list just 2 things you'd like to change about yourself, what would those two things be?  Make them simple, like overcoming failed efforts at capturing something for posterity sake.  Or the easy-peasy kind of thing that you've lost control of.  I'm talking about FREE things, nothing that costs a lot of money.… Continue reading The magic of reflection

Cheers · Emptying the nest · Welcome

Clutter storage containers – find your inner beach coach and let stuff go!

Cedar chests, stacking Rubbermaid bins, under-bed glider bins, good old bankers boxes, special little wooden boxes, good graycious, we sure have many choices for storage of stuff, don’t we? Do you have boxes or storage containers that you’ve placed the really important items from your past in or maybe stuff you’re not using in your… Continue reading Clutter storage containers – find your inner beach coach and let stuff go!

Emptying the nest

7 reasons why we let life become our interior decorator

Are you over 50 and feeling like you’re not sure why your house looks like you never really discovered a “look”?  You’re not alone.  We have let our life become our interior decorator. What do I mean, life became our interior decorator? Go ahead, take the test.  Walk around your house and observe as though… Continue reading 7 reasons why we let life become our interior decorator

Adventures · Emptying the nest

Confessions of a paper clutter holic

Do you ever wonder if we inherit the propensity for being a paper clutterholic?  Or is it an obsession?  Did you grow up with a family who had paper collecting issues too?  It is a fairly common phenomenon.  If you did, don’t feel bad, you’re not alone.  For as far back as I can remember,… Continue reading Confessions of a paper clutter holic