Are you a messy? Do you want to move through indecision and fear and begin clearing your house of clutter? If so, you may want to attend this free teleclass from Messies Anonymous Headquarters.
Sandra Felton,The Organizer Lady® will be speaking about the ideas found in her 24 page booklet I’ve Got to Get Rid of This Stuff.
WHEN? Wednesday, March 18, 2009
TIME? 9 PM Eastern Time, 8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific
HOW LONG? One hour has been set aside for your burning questions.
COST? FREE There is no charge for the teleclass.  Of course, regular telephone charges will apply just like when …read more

As I shared earlier this week, we made $2953 at our yard sale last weekend.  Prior to that, the most we had ever made was $580.  I can’t guarantee that you’ll do as well as we have, but here are some tips to help you get started. 
1)  Go through closets, dressers, toys, cupboards, cabinets, bookcases, etc before the yard sale.  Take out items that you no longer want and add them to your yard sale pile.  It’s good to do this at least once a year.  You may want to wait until spring when you’re doing your spring cleaning.
2)  Find a decluttering …read more

Welcome back to Thursday Cleaning Challenge.  Sorry we took a few weeks off.  So today, I want to challenge you to get a hold of all that clutter in the toy box.  Go through the toys and if you haven’t seen your kids playing with the toy for a month, then put it away.  Then bring it out in a few months and you are a hero with a new toy.  That way you don’t so many toys to deal with in the toy box.

If you are a regular reader here, then you know that I’ll be moving in just a few weeks.  This move will take us to a much smaller house.  Truly, we need to get rid of some things.  We have way too much stuff!!!!
It’s not every day that you make a decision to get rid of half of your belongings.  As you can imagine, this process is stressful, painful, and time consuming, yet liberating.  Today I had to say goodbye to my stoneware and some nice children’s books.       
I really liked the stoneware, but didn’t use it much.  I …read more

Just about all of us have one.  It’s a place that we can’t seem to keep clean and organized no matter what we do.
Here is a picture of my clutter spot.  It has been haunting me for two years.  Each day I see it and it makes me feel unorganized and burdened.  I feel as though I have too much to do and I’ll never get it all done.  No matter how many times I go through the papers to file, toss, and shred, the pile is never gone.

If there is a chore that I will procrastinate it is definitely paper clutter.  I absolutely hate going through papers, reading them, filing them, shredding them, recycling them.  Ugh!!!! All of the Christmas shopping, decorating, wrapping, and get togethers made it a bit too easy for me to put the paper clutter on hold.  So today I worked on tackling the mounding pile(s). 
I spent several hours today tackling the mound.  Now I have a backache from sitting on the floor.  It was so bad that I didn’t take any pictures to share with you.  lol  The kitchen counter and table look …read more

It may be only a few days until Christmas, but it’s not too late to give a nice gift.  If you’re like me, you’re constantly trying to tackle the mounting clutter in your home and you don’t need more to add to the chaos.  Here are some suggestions for clutter free gifts that you can give.  (Sorry, I was going to post this weeks ago.  I don’t know where December went.) 
 1.  Homemade treats - These can be homemade or store bought.  When I was growing up, my mom’s friend always gave our family a tray of sweets for Christmas.  I looked forward to the lemon …read more

 
Now that I’m working from home, I’m trying to get a bit more organized.  It seemed things had been piling up and getting stuffed here and there until a later time.  When we let things pile up, it becomes overwhelming and like a defeating task.  Here are some tips to help us stay organized each day.
1.  If you get it out, put it away.  Putting an item away as soon as you finish with it is the key.  Put it back exactly where it came from.  This one habit, consistently followed, will straighten up many other habits.  Don’t forget to …read more

Last week, I told you how clutter stresses me out and takes time away from my life.  I also promised you some tips for decluttering your house.  Here goes . . .
1.  Commit to change – I said last week that getting organized and decluttering is like losing weight.  Really, it is.  You have to be committed in order to change.   Being organized is a lifestyle.  That also means that some days we mess up, just as if we would when losing weight.  But we have to start out new each day toward our goal.
2.  Set small goals – Take it …read more

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again . . . clutter is a major problem at my house.  I watch shows like “Clean House” and “Clean Sweep” and I think ‘Geez.  If I just had them come to my house, I could get this done.’   Honestly though, I’m too embarrassed to be video taped with all my junk.  lol
The truth is, you have to stay on top of the clutter issue or it will overtake your house.  The clutter in my house is stressing me out and something has to be done.  A few months ago, I began a serious …read more