tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post2467262463159151366..comments2024-03-17T02:20:03.772-05:00Comments on Riding With The Top Down: Feng Shui Me, Quick!Kathleen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-8373035009399301132008-05-09T10:26:00.000-05:002008-05-09T10:26:00.000-05:00I do ike the bedroom but it's not exactlyfrng shue...I do ike the bedroom but it's not exactlyfrng shue, the mirror face the bed, the carved got little beams, the window with no courtins, I don't know, the whole thing it's tidy, but there is no coziness or intimacy either.seriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453085815894367632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-20294901598292510922008-03-16T23:44:00.000-05:002008-03-16T23:44:00.000-05:00Hey, check out jancytlew.blogspot.comHey, check out jancytlew.blogspot.comJancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052591434803737746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-12581592502759486232008-01-03T04:31:00.000-06:002008-01-03T04:31:00.000-06:00Take pictures of "sentimental things" like kid's t...Take pictures of "sentimental things" like kid's toys. Then put the pics in a nice album and ditch the item.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-33631973432112524602007-09-27T13:27:00.000-05:002007-09-27T13:27:00.000-05:00Oh, fine. If I HAVE to ...Oh, fine. If I HAVE to ...Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-63509990702512850962007-09-27T01:35:00.000-05:002007-09-27T01:35:00.000-05:00check out flylady - it's too late and I can't reme...check out flylady - it's too late and I can't remember her exact web address, but I just googled on flylady and got sent directly there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-56608277488038514052007-09-26T08:12:00.000-05:002007-09-26T08:12:00.000-05:00For some reason, Christie, the Flylady scares me. ...For some reason, Christie, the Flylady scares me. haha :) A friend of mine swears by her and I can't get myself to google her. Maybe there's a phobia in there somewhere.Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-20388909431297090782007-09-25T16:10:00.000-05:002007-09-25T16:10:00.000-05:00I also enjoy furnishing my books. And I love that...I also enjoy furnishing my books. And I love that bed too!<BR/><BR/>Helen: Have you tried the Flylady methods? Google her and I'm sure you'll find her website. I SO want to get organized, but I have a book due in a few months, so once again it will have to wait.<BR/><BR/>My files are in really bad shape. I'm going to live vicariously through what Deb's going to do.Christie Ridgwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036552271272402052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-39108010099602365762007-09-25T11:49:00.000-05:002007-09-25T11:49:00.000-05:00Michele, I put furniture that I want in my stories...Michele, I put furniture that I want in my stories all the time. You guys can't use this bed though!! It's mine. I'm going to post into about it, for the heck of it.<BR/><BR/>Deb, you're a very brave woman. My hero!<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Kathy, the grown kids thing. I can already see it coming.Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-19289885470427401502007-09-25T11:03:00.000-05:002007-09-25T11:03:00.000-05:00I love the bed with the curved canopy!Packrat here...I love the bed with the curved canopy!<BR/><BR/>Packrat here. What's worse, I've become the repository for property of grown kids. I recycle. I donate. I give stuff to the family every time a vehicle with pickup or trunk space heads for ND. Still I can only fit one car in 3-car garage.<BR/><BR/>Help me, Candace!Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-50011290784156820292007-09-25T10:16:00.000-05:002007-09-25T10:16:00.000-05:00Once hubby puts up my last near-the-ceiling-shelf ...Once hubby puts up my last near-the-ceiling-shelf (shelves will wrap half my office to store necessary but less used business supplies and equipment.) I'll be gutting my office. Everything out. Including file cabinets. The first sort commences on the way out. The second and hardcore sort begins when things go back in.<BR/><BR/>Candace's sort bins are the classics and they work!Debra Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992776098849029414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-11481981131869698332007-09-25T10:00:00.000-05:002007-09-25T10:00:00.000-05:00I have no clutter wisdom. I'm very good and crush...I have no clutter wisdom. I'm very good and crushing my clutter to look less clutter-like. But I am much better at not buying stuff in the first place, that would just be brought home to become clutter. I try to only buy useful stuff now, but I still slip. Because heck, Target is just too fun.<BR/><BR/>But now that bed with the curved canopy. I want it! Wow. I need to put that one in a book.<BR/><BR/>Do you ever find yourself furnishing your stories with stuff you would love to have?Michele Haufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255612473985897103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-21126356748373377112007-09-25T08:50:00.000-05:002007-09-25T08:50:00.000-05:00It's a good thing I save shoe boxes, huh, Shadow? ...It's a good thing I save shoe boxes, huh, Shadow? LOL Good idea. At least the clutter's out of the way!<BR/><BR/>Candace, you moved 18 times in 34 years? I'll say you had to get organized. And I love the bin idea. I'm going to try it. I could at least do my office. That's a goal.<BR/><BR/>Lois, are you sure you're not Catholic?<BR/><BR/>Ritual shedding. Betina, is that anything like my dogs blowing their coats? LOL<BR/><BR/>I think moving is cathartic. Maybe I need a PRETEND move.Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-87190814284353862782007-09-25T08:44:00.000-05:002007-09-25T08:44:00.000-05:00Helen, I'd arm -wrestle you for that bed. Heck, I...Helen, I'd arm -wrestle you for that bed. Heck, I'd arm wrestle Arnold Schwarzenegger! Wow. Where do you find such things?<BR/><BR/>And I urge everyone to listen to Candace. She IS the queen of organized living. My hero(ine?).<BR/>I'm heading to Target later for four bins. . .<BR/><BR/>And having moved twice in the last 10 years, I can tell you that each required(or became an occasion for) what our pal Judy (Duenow) Baer called "ritual shedding." Amazing what you accumulate over 20 years. And if you live with somebody who can't bear to throw things away, you have to get either very honest or very creative. ;)<BR/> BetinaBetina Krahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379124690406269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-86555602671681075802007-09-25T08:07:00.000-05:002007-09-25T08:07:00.000-05:00Candace, I like the way you think. Unfortunately, ...Candace, I like the way you think. Unfortunately, I, too, want to keep everything. Not necessarily because I want it, but because I feel guilty getting rid of it. So the charity thing really helps. I keep a 'charity bag in progress at all times, but I'm still messy.lois greimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758677401591191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-3393060037642437692007-09-25T08:01:00.000-05:002007-09-25T08:01:00.000-05:00I am the queen of organization. Well, I've moved 1...I am the queen of organization. Well, I've moved 18 times in 34 years. You have to be organized to do that. Anyway...<BR/><BR/>Get four boxes or plastic bins. Label them Keep, Trash, Donate, and Can't Bear to Part With It. Pick a room or a part of a room or a drawer. Give yourself a strict time limit, somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes. And then, very quickly, start sorting.<BR/><BR/>The Keep bin is easy. So, usually, is the Trash bin. Things with sentimental value that serve no useful purpose usually end up in the Can't Bear To Part With It bin. Everything else (that great pair of shoes you only wore once, the sweater that's just a shade off, the two extra potato mashers) goes in the Donate bin.<BR/><BR/>I find it's less of an emotional wrench to chuck things in the Donate bin or the Can't Bear to Part With It bin rather than Trash, so you tend to sort faster and not agonize over every little thing.<BR/><BR/>Once your self-imposed time limit is up, immediately trash the stuff in the Trash bin so you can't re-think it, put back the stuff in the Keep bin (hopefully organizing it as you go), and set aside the other two bins.<BR/><BR/>If, after a week or two, you haven't had to dig through the Donate bin for something you need, then take all the stuff in the bin to the Goodwill or other charitable organization of your choice.<BR/><BR/>I usually do another sort on the Can't Bear To Part With It bin and find there are things I can, indeed, part with, after all. But, if not, now they are at least all in one place and not scattered all over the house.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-4626275465038936622007-09-25T07:44:00.000-05:002007-09-25T07:44:00.000-05:00Try getting shoeboxes and decorating them with mat...Try getting shoeboxes and decorating them with matching wallpaper to your room or stylish wrapping paper! I can gaurentee its a great storage solution for old drawings, postcards and small keepsakes =]Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835031422981203846noreply@blogger.com