tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post1741132441432004254..comments2023-10-04T05:58:46.892-07:00Comments on Left-Handed Housewife: Almost Done!Left-Handed Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15014518128739580267noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-83398492189545331342013-06-05T06:04:48.751-07:002013-06-05T06:04:48.751-07:00Regarding no sack lunches: sorry to have to remind...Regarding no sack lunches: sorry to have to remind you that lunch still rolls around daily. What's for lunch today, Mom?Nancy McCarrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12867768046703596688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-35801634948852522492013-06-03T21:10:07.700-07:002013-06-03T21:10:07.700-07:00I was waiting for attic news too! Decluttering ti...I was waiting for attic news too! Decluttering tips....I haven't many, but I like the Man's idea of decluttering. My daughter is having a garage sale this coming Saturday and she invited me to join in, but I'm not going to. It's not that I want to keep my stuff, but I don't want to haul a bunch of junk in and then haul it somewhere else if it doesn't sell. Ugh. Like you, I'd rather just throw it in the trash and be done with it once and for all.<br /><br />Happy Birthday cutie.<br /><br />Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-69191622292540373862013-06-03T03:36:41.713-07:002013-06-03T03:36:41.713-07:00Happy birthday! Sounds like a wonderfully pleasant...Happy birthday! Sounds like a wonderfully pleasant day. We had one half day for the last day of school the first few years of elementary school and our family tradition was I'd pick the kids up and take them out to Friendlys for lunch in celebration. I was actually sort of sad when they switched to the last day being a full day--no more Friendlys lunch party! But that was only one half day--a string of them would be annoying.<br /><br />I used to love watching the show Clean Sweep when it used to be on, and when we had to do a big haul out (when we moved, DD's room on a regular basis), I'd use their system of three piles: Keep, Sell, Toss, although I'd switch the Sell to Donate because I hate running a garage sale. It was hugely helpful! You do have to commit to getting the donate/toss stuff immediately out of the house, but it helps to get everything out of the space, organize it, and only put back in what's going to be kept. If you try to move it around in the room it gets confusing and overwhelming. Clean slates are a wonderful thing. Sandy Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533809618114581751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-13199878654117766052013-06-01T20:08:01.423-07:002013-06-01T20:08:01.423-07:00Ohh....and....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. I reckon you...Ohh....and....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. I reckon you don't look a day over 40. However old you are you are super duper amazing in my book. I hope you felt how special we all think you are.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511855282323456046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-18884419500354824252013-06-01T05:36:54.386-07:002013-06-01T05:36:54.386-07:00Your birthday sounds marvelous. I'm glad you ...Your birthday sounds marvelous. I'm glad you had a good day! I am also limping to the end of school, and we have 2 weeks to go...one day at a time, one day at a time...I am totally with you on the RELIEF of not packing lunches for a WHOLE SUMMER! (Packing lunches during my 16-yr-old's wrestling season was the absolute worst. Way too much challenge. He seemed to need to bring half the grocery store to school with him.) And you know, if those bureaucrats who decide on the number of days necessary for school could see what goes on that last week, what would they think?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715957458269469453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-64011295681896376772013-05-31T16:58:41.675-07:002013-05-31T16:58:41.675-07:00Happiest of birthdays, dear Frances! Yay for you!...Happiest of birthdays, dear Frances! Yay for you!<br />Are there tips for decluttering? I need them, too!<br />A bag a day. I'm going to be friends with the peeps at the Goodwill drop off. I will take one bag every day until things look sparse and then I'll ride my bike. I have to buy the bike first. It can be my reward.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-31441370489724643232013-05-31T16:29:33.713-07:002013-05-31T16:29:33.713-07:00Well, we are all kindred spirits here. My youngest...Well, we are all kindred spirits here. My youngest refuses to take any fruit to school, ever. Says she hates the way it tastes at recess. Will eat fruit all day at home. So I am the bad lunch mother. Sigh. Still, as parents, we get used to contempt. Also, I am already pretty slack at all the homework, reading notes stuff, and it is only the start of the school year here. Loved that link!<br />Now, decluttering. If, like me, you are a procrastinator, do not take the advice of all the decluttering books and put everything in three boxes (you know, trash, charity etc. Forget what third is for). You will just end up with any number of boxes cluttering your house instead. The only thing that has ever worked for me is taking stuff out to the trash or the charity shop bag in the car, or the recycling, one or two items at a time. It takes longer, but there are no piles of stuff to deal with at the end.<br />Alternatively, let your husband do it, and discover the joys of minimalism. Have a fun summer!<br />Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-16370368945956148122013-05-31T16:06:15.205-07:002013-05-31T16:06:15.205-07:00Happy birthday! I'm glad it was good and I thi...Happy birthday! I'm glad it was good and I think you look GREAT...younger than 46 for sure. Decluttering tips? I'm good at it. Small goals, rest but don't quit when you loose steam. If you must keep it organize it, label it and make it easy to find. What else? I don't know. What do you think is your biggest hindrance?Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-88553491732336340042013-05-31T15:30:23.338-07:002013-05-31T15:30:23.338-07:00How did you know I was laughing- I hadn't even...How did you know I was laughing- I hadn't even got to the Declutter word and I was waiting for The Attic! Oh why isn't this the Summer of the Attic?! I love your summers of the attic. They make me feel less alone! I will have to read the rest tomorrow- and the link as well; must go and think about your attic a bit first.magsmcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-40704745334521001212013-05-31T15:19:38.832-07:002013-05-31T15:19:38.832-07:00So you said summer of decluttering and I immediate...So you said summer of decluttering and I immediately thought of your attic.<br />My tip: CHUCK IT OUT. That's it. Just chuck stuff. It's fun. Imagine all that energy you can have back that you don't have to waste on maintaining stuff that isn't meaningful to you! I started last school holidays. I'm good at chucking stuff. I'll come and help you!!!!<br /><br />Our end-of-school-year is teamed up with Christmas. It's that much worse when you have to combine end of school with Christmas preparation. Argh. Does it make you feel any better to know Mr Busy gets a jam sandwich and it's not even half way through the year. Bad mum!!!! Not only that my kids have a peg on the notice board for which they are responsible for putting their school notices on. Themselves. I can't keep up with all the paperwork. I don't even try. And then I get slammed by "But Mum I have a ..... today". Ugh!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511855282323456046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-20981211878405278892013-05-31T13:17:12.448-07:002013-05-31T13:17:12.448-07:00We have half days at the end of the school year he...We have half days at the end of the school year here, too. Why do they do that? Either give the parents full days to finish up whatever before-summer stuff they have to do or just end the school year a few days earlier. Torture for both the parents and the kids.<br /><br />I always feel like a failure when I pack my kids' lunches. They are so picky. Then there are the days when I run out of "lunch stuff" before shopping day. Rooting through the cupboards for something the kids deem edible leads to some very strange lunches!<br /><br />Happy birthday to another May girl! May is the best month to be born in, isn't it?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016303700981928418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626107370797678390.post-34519883494328065992013-05-31T08:12:51.248-07:002013-05-31T08:12:51.248-07:00Hey there! Glad school is almost done, I never un...Hey there! Glad school is almost done, I never understood the half days other than the fact that as a teacher we were just as "done" as the kids and the school system requires a certain number of days in school...so half days were the solution! I de-cluttered this Spring. Not sure how many tips I have, other than I agree that sometimes you just have to throw stuff away to really make progress! I do go through all of our closets every 6 months and get rid of things we are not using or things that aren't needed any longer, sort of a constant de-cluttering. Oh, and yes, let's get together for coffee soon! I will send an email!Melissa Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266528757413228807noreply@blogger.com