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On This Episode of Hoarders…

What happens to your home when you combine insulating the attic and basement crawl space, plus Christmas, plus cold and flu season, plus the recent delivery of a stove, plus a foot of snow? You get one very stressed mom who is worried that her living room is going to be featured on the next episode of Hoarders. It started out innocently enough, a plan to tighten up and insulate our home to save energy and our monthly heating expense. Our house is so leaky that we might as well just open up a window and drop the dollars out … Continue reading →

How to Cut Down on Junk Mail Clutter

I wonder how much time that we spend on a monthly basis dealing with junk mail clutter? Kitchen counters or desks piled high with the stuff, late fees on bills that got lost in the piles, time spent sorting through it all.Think about how the minutes can add up to hours or even days in the course of the year. Junk mail can be a big source of clutter. No one really wants to deal with it, especially if we are collecting it right before we walk in the door after a long day of work or dealing with the … Continue reading →

The Opposite of Hoarding

Last night I got together with a few friends, who are also single, and we started talking about what needs to be done around our homes. I need help finishing my bedroom, I’m tearing out the existing closets to build one big one. The girls agreed to help and then Nancy asked us to help her. She said she is a hoarder and needs us to help get rid of all the stuff she has accumulated. You cannot imagine how excited I am! I am the anti hoarder, my friends make fun of me for my frequent purges. It’s really … Continue reading →

The Pack Rat

I have only watched a couple episodes of “Hoarders” but it was enough to bring a sickening feeling to my stomach. To me it is so sad that a person can live in a home that is so dirty or cluttered it is unsafe. While most of us probably wouldn’t call ourselves a hoarder, there are some who could be classified as a “mini” version of one, a pack rat. A pack rat tends to save things that could just as well be given away or thrown away. What you learn through this show on hoarding is that the person … Continue reading →

How to Organize Your Gift Wrap Supplies

My kids brought home yet another fundraiser on Friday. This time it was gift wrap. Which reminded me how it is time to start thinking about the holidays and getting ready for purchasing and wrapping gifts. While some people have the luxury of having a dedicated room for gift wrapping (!), that just is not going to be the case in my house. Still, a rack over door or a small corner of a room can serve very well, as long as all of your items are well organized. Gift tags should be stored in a clear container, so you … Continue reading →

Having a Home Office with Kids

I’m a work at home mom. As a freelance writer and content manager, as well as a mom to three children, each day is a matter of balance and time management. My children need me, my clients need me, my community needs me, and of course the house needs me (well, in the sense that it needs my attention so we don’t wind up being featured in an episode of hoarders). Just yesterday, for example, my husband was out later, leaving me alone with the kids. Of course that doesn’t mean that my work schedule can change. So, while meeting … Continue reading →

Spring Scrapbook Purge

Have you seen the TLC show “Hoarders”? I’ve watched bits and pieces of several episodes, but have never sat down to watch a full show. Of course, you don’t need to sit through an entire hour to see that the people featured on the series have serious psychological problems that center on material goods. Whenever I watch the show I feel the need to purge all corners of my home, including my craft corner. Regular readers of this blog know that I don’t have a huge scrapbooking space. What’s more, I don’t have the budget to purchase huge quantities of … Continue reading →

Even the Organizers Get Pangs

“Honey where is that prepaid phone we used to have?” my husband asked yesterday. I knew that the particular phone was long gone. It was mine, I had never used it, and I checked with my husband “just in case” before I got rid of it months ago. Nevertheless, he suddenly decided that he needed it, so I was in a little bit of trouble. The problem is that I get into these de-cluttering moods where I just have to toss something. Usually it is paperwork or magazines (we get a number of them free), but many times it is … Continue reading →

The Swiss Cheese House

We have been in the middle of some renovation for the last couple of weeks now. Our goal is to get the house tightened down, insulated and warm. Air infiltration has been a big problem in our home. You know the old saying, “Close the door, you don’t want to heat the whole neighborhood?” Well, even with the door closed, that is exactly what we have been doing. Yesterday, we reached completion on most of the energy efficiency stuff in our home. This included attic insulation, insulation of the attic above the garage (which influences the family room next to … Continue reading →

New Year, No More Clutter

Start the year out without the clutter. You can make this year the one to get rid of all of the extra stuff that gets in the way. Have an organized year with the following easy steps. First Things First The best way to start de-cluttering is to do it one room at a time. Within that room, pick one section and work your way around. This step by step method will give you a lot of benefits. First of all, since you are concentrating on one area at a time, you’ll see immediate results, even if it is only … Continue reading →