“What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.”As written by Maya Angelou for Success
Part of my talk I did a couple of weeks ago included how important it is to pay attention to our inner [...]
February 15, 2008 – 3:08 pm
Oh my word is there a lot of organizing going on out there in blogland! You guys are on fire, I love it!
Quite a few of you mentioned your struggle with piles. Now I’m not a piler. In fact piles in my house make me crazy. Crazy to the point that [...]
February 8, 2008 – 6:20 am
Organizing Expert, Peter Walsh was on Oprah again today, this time discussing the concept of his new book, Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?
Clutter and weight can be symptoms of an unresolved, underlying issue in your life. “Eating more and buying more is an attempt to fill the need for something more,” he [...]
February 7, 2008 – 7:07 am
Last year I was so excited when I bought some new baskets to use to organize my dishcloths, teatowels and bibs. Here is a picture of it.
Well the other day I decided to change it up for no other reason than to try something different. I love trying out different configurations. Same [...]
January 22, 2008 – 6:23 am
I’d have to say I’m the nosiest person I know. I love to people watch and I love trying to figure out their stories. Like the time we were on a plane to Mexico and I was convinced that the man and woman beside me were having an affair and on [...]
January 18, 2008 – 8:55 am
Some of you may remember that I have my own collection of sorts. I’m addicted to hair products and then because of the miracle of beauty these products claim to possess I can NEVER part with them. I figure the longer I hold on to them the more likely the promise of “dream hair” [...]
January 7, 2008 – 10:31 am
Back in August, while I was in Ontario, I found the niftiest week over week dry erase magnetic calendar to use for my menu planning each week. Well I got A LOT of email about my beautiful little planner from many lovely ladies wondering where I bought it from. I had purchased [...]
January 6, 2008 – 2:54 am
Seems I’m not the only one with calendar obsession! To thank you for the great suggestions you left for me and for my future reference I am going to highlight and link your recommendations below.
I appreciate you feeding my addiction like that and I can’t wait to check them all out!
Kath recommends The [...]
January 4, 2008 – 9:37 am
Somehow I feel this post needs to come with a disclaimer because although I’m going to be discussing planners and calendars today I also need you to keep in mind that I might not necessarily be the best source of information for you. Why you might ask? Well that would be because I [...]
January 1, 2008 – 8:54 pm
Hello to you all and Happy New Year!
Now that the craziness is behind us it’s time to to get our homes back into some kind of order and create or re-establish our routines. I find though that I often procrastinate the most when I get overwhelmed and stressed over how much needs to be [...]