Quick Back to School Teacher Gifts – and a Contest!

August 17, 2010

I am certainly not above bribing my kids’ teachers to encourage positive vibes in the classroom. Hey, you never know when a $5 Starbucks gift card is the difference between an A-minus and a B-plus!! Haha! Anyway… in years past I have created adorable Back to School first-aid kits for the teachers. This year, I have [...]

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Throw Out Fifty Things Decluttering Update #3

August 16, 2010

Hello, tossers! Now, I know that means something completely different in the UK than it does here… And though I don’t know exactly what it means, I know it’s not complimentary. So if we have any Brits in the audience, I apologize in advance (and you can enlighten me with regard to UK slang in [...]

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Throw Out Fifty Things Decluttering Update #2

August 3, 2010

I hit the bathroom HARD this week! In Chapter Two of Throw Out Fifty Things, Gail Blanke says the bathroom is rife with tossing opportunities… and she was right! One of the things she wrote that struck me: Not deciding is the number one cause of all the clutter — physical, emotional, and spiritual — [...]

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Giveaway: Why My Christmas Cards Will Be Mailed in August

August 1, 2010

Let me tell you a little story. In the past 13 months, we have moved three times and relocated cross-country (actually, four, if you count my husband’s four-month stay in temporary housing). The last time we moved was right before Christmas. As in, the week before. Despite the blizzard conditions and the decking-of-the-halls that needed to [...]

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Saving Time for the Love of…?

July 30, 2010

So what’s with all the talk about saving time anyway? What’s the point of trying to get things done in 30 minutes? When I think about the point of doing things more quickly, I think of the last lines of one of my favorite books, Cheaper by the Dozen (Just for the record, though I [...]

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Throw Out Fifty Things: Update #1

July 26, 2010

  I’ve finished the first chapter of Throw Out Fifty Things, and I’ve thrown out eleven. Here’s the count: -Dress (I thought it looked cute until I caught a BLIMPSE of myself — misspelling on purpose! — in a mirror!) -A pair of skivvies (sounds cuter than undies, doesn’t it?) -Eyebrow pencil (I have no [...]

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