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  • Chores,  Clutter,  Organizing,  Spring Cleaning

    8 Simple Things We Can All Declutter and Donate Before Spring Cleaning Our Homes This Year

    February 24, 2023 /

    Lest you think I’ve mastered decluttering in my own home, let me assure you… it’s an ongoing battle. I mostly write these things to hold myself accountable, but I’m stoked you’re coming along with me today. This of course is not a complete list of what could be decluttered before spring cleaning. It’s just a nudge to help you start. And clearly, to help me start again too since I found more things I could easily part with! So here are my eight things to declutter instead of cleaning around them. Spring cleaning can happen next month. First, let’s work on getting rid of these…. 1. Outdated Electronics From VHS…

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    7 Clean Cleaning Songs + 7 Cool Cleaning Solutions

    January 23, 2018

    Stop Hulling Their Strawberries: 5 Things I Did to Not be a Helicopter Parent ~ Part 1

    January 16, 2016

    Start Peeling Away: How to Not Helicopter Parent & What to do Instead ~ Part 2

    January 23, 2016
  • Books,  Clutter,  Organizing,  Spring Cleaning

    Spring Decluttering with an Organizing Pro: 20 Items You Can Quickly Donate or Toss This Weekend

    May 13, 2022 /

    It’s no secret—I looove me some organized spaces. That doesn’t mean every square inch of my house is organized, but I’m working on it.  Disaster areas usually elevate stress and organized spaces usually usher in peace. But sometimes getting started is so overwhelming some people don’t even know where to begin.  Been there? After decluttering and organizing different spaces for years, a friend and I decided to turn our love for order into a business. What we’ve learned after being in our clients’ closets, kids’ rooms, pantries, garages, offices, laundry rooms, and linen closets could fill a book. But here are the top declutterable things we consistently see. You’re sitting…

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    New Media to Buy for Yourself and Give Away: 4 Books and 2 Songs by My Talented Author Friends

    March 17, 2023

    Father’s Day Gift Guide for the Young & Old: Cool, Trendy, & Fun Ideas Your Dads & Grandpas Will Love

    May 20, 2023

    A Unique Mother’s Day Gift Guide for all the Young Moms, Busy Ladies, and Older Women

    May 3, 2022
  • Clutter,  Organizing,  Spring Cleaning

    Creating an Organized New Year: The 3 Best Places in Your Home & How to Start

    January 7, 2022 /

    If you’re assuming this post is all about turning your whole house upside down and starting over, you can exhale now. This isn’t for the expert organizer, the detailed filer who never has a paper out of place, or the housekeeper who scrubs with a magnifying glass and Q-tips. And all the normal people said amen.  But… it is definitely not too early to think about spring cleaning. I’m guessing I’m not the only one who’s wondered, Wow… it would be so much easier to clean around less stuff. Let’s back this train up though. First of all… Feliz Año Nuevo! I realize new beginnings aren’t everyone’s cup of chai, but…

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    I Decluttered and Broke Up With 500 Things. You Can Do It Too!

    April 29, 2017

    Big Picture, Small Steps: Decluttering the Elephant One Pile at a Time

    March 1, 2025

    8 Simple Things We Can All Declutter and Donate Before Spring Cleaning Our Homes This Year

    February 24, 2023
  • Clutter,  Organizing,  Selling,  Spring Cleaning

    Goin’ to the Marketplace to OfferUp Stuff: Tips for Selling Good Junk Online

    June 13, 2020 /

    “How much for this?” “Ten dollars. It’s real silver.” “Will you take two?” Garage sale offers like this always made me want to blurt, “Two what? Two goats? Two crates of eggs? Two dozen avocados? No. I said ten. Not ten shillings, not ten pesos, ten dollars.” “How about five?” And ‘round and ‘round we’d go, politely arguing in English or Spanish until said shopper talked me down against my will because I was afraid I wouldn’t get another offer but then I got mad that I caved because I could’ve gotten more on eBay or at a pawn shop but I don’t have time for that because I have…

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    Creating an Organized New Year: The 3 Best Places in Your Home & How to Start

    January 7, 2022

    Big Picture, Small Steps: Decluttering the Elephant One Pile at a Time

    March 1, 2025

    I Decluttered and Broke Up With 500 Things. You Can Do It Too!

    April 29, 2017
  • Clutter,  Organizing,  Spring Cleaning

    Simple Steps to Finally Get Rid of Those Boxes

    April 28, 2018 /

      This one might strike a nerve, amigos. Or three. But since I can’t see you and you can’t reach me…  we gonna get down the nitty-gritty of our containers. Yes, those containers. His, hers, mine and yours. The cardboard boxes… the plastic bins… the forgotten… the ignored… all of it.  So here’s the question on the awkward table between us: If God impressed upon your heart a move—across town, across the country, to another country—how soon could you pack up and get out? I don’t want to be known for my stuff. But if I’m in a constant state of avoiding piles, adding more boxes to the rafters and…

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    Creating an Organized New Year: The 3 Best Places in Your Home & How to Start

    January 7, 2022

    8 Simple Things We Can All Declutter and Donate Before Spring Cleaning Our Homes This Year

    February 24, 2023

    Quickly Saving Drowning Memories, One Wet Photo at a Time

    April 30, 2021
  • Chores,  Recommendations,  Spring Cleaning

    7 Clean Cleaning Songs + 7 Cool Cleaning Solutions

    January 23, 2018 /

    Hosting 23 people for Thanksgiving became a distant memory. Having the parentals in the guest room for Christmas is over and done. Sucking 2018 glitter out of the carpet ended almost a month ago. It’s not spring yet. So why are we talking about clean cleaning songs and cool cleaning solutions? Because maybe you have pets. Or kids. Or both. Or maybe you just want to take care of what God’s given you. Or… perhaps we’re all afraid of each other’s air this month and want to disinfect the heck out of every handle, candle and sandal. Ladies and lads… in order to get your clean on without utter boredom,…

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    February 24, 2023

    Because You Live Here, That’s Why: Kids and the Battle of Chores

    March 18, 2017

    Start Peeling Away: How to Not Helicopter Parent & What to do Instead ~ Part 2

    January 23, 2016
  • Clutter,  Organizing,  Spring Cleaning

    I Decluttered and Broke Up With 500 Things. You Can Do It Too!

    April 29, 2017 /

    Feeling skeptical? Yep—I get it. I didn’t think I had 500 unwanted things I could find either. I wanted to move toward a minimalist lifestyle though so I knew it would be a solid challenge. An impending international move sealed the deal. Let’s be clear: my husband loves pitching clutter but has zero desire to become a minimalist or live in a tiny house, so I was on my own. Suggesting he only keep one coat, two shoes and three books would probably make him shake his head and mutter about hipster millennials and their vintage cameras. Paring down doesn’t mean you have to become an official minimalist though. Don’t think…

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    January 7, 2022

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    February 24, 2023

    Spring Decluttering with an Organizing Pro: 20 Items You Can Quickly Donate or Toss This Weekend

    May 13, 2022
  • Clutter,  Organizing,  Spring Cleaning

    Buying Less, Pitching More

    February 18, 2017 /

      I despise Ross. Not the dude I went to school with—the store where you can dress for less. It calls my name, flaunts its fantastic deals and beckons me to bring my mother on discount day. And then there’s Marshall’s, TJMaxx, the flea market in our town park and the sweet thrift store with the half-off day. Get behind me, Satan. They’re just so dang tempting for those of us seduced by bargains. Please don’t tell me God won’t tempt me beyond what I can bear. I know that. And he’ll also provide a way out so I can endure, right? Yeah, it’s called a car. Drive away, people. Since I…

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    4 New Tips & Tricks I Learned from My First Out-of-State Decluttering & Organizing Job in Seattle This Week

    June 22, 2024

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    January 7, 2022

    I Decluttered and Broke Up With 500 Things. You Can Do It Too!

    April 29, 2017

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