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Project Simplify: Those Piles
This week Simple Mom had us concentrating on piles. Piles are my biggest housekeeping problem. I will even go as far as to admit that for some strange reason a house does not feel like a home to me...
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Project Simplify: The Very Long Overdue Project
The final project. That project that you just keep putting off. We all have them. We all feel guilty about them. Well I no longer feel guilty about this one. I was going to just clean the top of my...
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Day 2: Clutter Busting Challenge
So yesterday I was pretty happy with my 7 things, then a friend on Facebook reports she got rid of and listed 13 things on a Facebook auction page and had already sold 5. Later in the day Crystal...
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Day 3: Clutter Busting Challenge
I managed to find 7 more things in my recipe cupboard. The cupboard now contains just those books that I use at least once a month or seasonally like the cookie recipe book with all our Christmas...
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Day 4 of The Clutter Busting Challenge
I did my Saturday, Sunday and Monday toss on Saturday afternoon. I am actually very embarrassed to show this photo to the world. So before I do here are my lame excuses. Lame excuse number 1 : We...
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Day 5 of The Clutter Busting Challenge
This morning I got rid of the very last of the empty vinegar bottles, a pair of gloves and a old bike helmet. So that brings my total to 26 empty vinegar and tide bottles not the 28 I feared. However...
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Day 6 of The Clutter Busting Challenge
Today I started on my bag collection. I am thinking I might get 2 days worth of items out of it all together. Looking at this picture I find myself thinking, well maybe I should keep that little black...
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Day 8 Of The Clutter Busting Challenge
Today is one of those days where just finding 7 things seemed like work, but I made myself do it and the whole process took less than 2 minutes. LESS THAN 2 MINUTES! That is how long it takes to get...
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Day 9 of The Clutter Busting Challenge
Today’s collection of stuff reminds me that even FREE comes with a cost. Besides one of the videos and the magazine on the very top of the pile, all of the rest of the 21 items seen here were free....
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Day 10 Clutter Busting Challenge
7 more videos bringing the total to 16 VHS tapes to sell. I have been having the children help me declutter their VHS collection. Each morning I have called all three of them over to the box that...
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How To Catch Up On Housework Fast When You Get Behind
I call myself the snail pacer because I believe that there is no project out there worth over throwing the balance of my family home life for. I do set personal goals beyond my role as a home manager...
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Day 11 Clutter Busting Challenge
Today is May 15th meaning I am half way through the Clutter Busting Challenge with Money Saving Mom. My home is 105 items lighter than it was May 1st and hopefully by May 31st it will be 217 items...
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Day 12 Clutter Busting Challenge
Today was one of those decluttering days where I wandered around trying to figure out what area to attack next. I tried my workout dresser and found just two pairs of pants. I looked on our book...
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Day 13 of The Clutter Busting Challenge
I went back to that same out of the way cupboard today as I did yesterday and rid it of the last remaining 6 homeschool catalogs from 2011 and then went on to find a huge stack of old 2011 coupons...
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Day 14 Of The Clutter Busting Challenge
21 things today! 7 from Saturday, 7 from Sunday and 7 from today. I told you Friday that I am getting very weary of cleaning up paper piles that I should have thrown out long ago and that I knew I...
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Day 15 of The Clutter Busting Challenge
Today’s picture is not at all impressive. 7 used envelopes, that I have kept for a while thinking I could reuse them some how. In the meantime I have picked them up off the floor several times when...
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Day 16 of the Clutter Busting Challenge
Okay in my defense I had a great idea for what I am about to show you. However when I finally got around to trying out my great idea last night, I realized that it was not as great as I thought. Truly...
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Day 17 of the Clutter Busting Challenge
So another day another 7 red mesh orange bags gone. But that seems like a rather short post so here is a fun list Top Ten Reasons To Keep Clutter 1. It might make you famous someday when the cast and...
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Day 18 of the Clutter Busting Challenge
If you are thinking the picture below looks the same as yesterday it is because it is yesterdays picture. I got rid of yet another 7 identical orange bags just this morning (remember I was storing them...
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Day 20 of the Clutter Busting Challenge
I continued working in the craft closet today. 2 more envelopes that books to review came in and 5 paper bags. I have a horrible habit of automatically keeping paper bags that stems from the days I use...
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