I did so much purging of stuff before I moved (which I highly recommend) but as I learned you may also need to do more of it on the other side of your move as well once you see the space you have available to you. Turns out my new home has a lot less [...]
This time, as we continue to prepare for our move at the end of June, we attacked my daughter’s room…again. Outgoing pile number one consisted of two boxes of books that went to a friend’s house and a bookshelf to help her organize all those books :) Outgoing pile number two (below) went to the [...]
A long, long time ago while we were still in high school my sweet brother, who happens to be three years younger than me, bought me a present. Now I can’t remember why but what I do remember is how loved I felt and how touched I was that with his own money he chose [...]
This next step falls under the “O” of PROCESS. O stands for organize and that includes the very important purging stage. Purge: to cleanse, purify; to get rid of something undesirable, unwanted, unneeded, impure, or imperfect Ahhh I’ve said the “P” word. Purging our clutter…….why is it so hard to do? People keep “stuff” for [...]
And yes there are some containers in that pile. I think I’ve completely lost my mind! I’ve been posting pictures of my “to go” piles over the past couple of weeks (or at least just the ones I took pictures of). Here are a few below. These are just the thrift store piles, it doesn’t [...]
I have been extremely busy these last couple of weeks. My husband has found a new job and it looks like my family will be moving to another province! It’s all very exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time. Thank you again for not only your support and encouragement but also patience with this [...]
Let’s face it, one of the hardest things about the organizing process is making the decisions about what to do with all our stuff and I’m no exception to that. While I can often let go of things pretty easily there are still times it’s difficult even for me. This was the case a couple [...]
I’ve been a busy busy girl these last couple of days. Every year before Christmas I like to do a massive purge of all three kid’s rooms. I get the two big kids (12 and 10) set up in each of their rooms concentrating on one area at a time. I then move between the [...]
