Except for the day of my daughter’s big move, we’ve had a fairly calm and easy winter. I hope that keeps up! This picture is a reminder of a winter that didn’t go so easily – the winter of 2010. We went to bed and woke up to this amazing deposit of snow!
#TuesdayTip Corralling Clutter
One of the harder things about my daughter’s move (besides mom separation anxiety) has been dealing with the clutter in my life. To help out the kids, we offered to let them take furniture that was in good shape, but we knew we would not be able to use when we downsized. Of course, that meant getting rid of lots of things that had been hanging around. Amazing the things I discovered and the money lost by duplicating things I already had. Also amazing, things I was holding onto that were no longer of use – like a decade old list of book review sites. After a decade, no longer pertinent.
What’s funny is that we’d put into place a way to keep most of the house uncluttered, but my office somehow didn’t get the memo. LOL. Anyway, here are some of my tips for dealing with clutter and some tips from experts on getting organized.
Caridad’s Tips for Corralling Clutter
- 1. A place for everything and everything in its place. Makes it easy to find things and avoids duplicating items (like I did!)
2. If you can store it electronically, do so, but not before deciding if you really really need to keep it. Scan and save notes, etc. to a hard drive and backup regularly, to both another drive and the cloud. Storage space on the cloud is more economical than you think.
3. Every six months, go through your closets, desk, etc. and discard items that no longer fit, are broken or worn, you haven’t read/used. For clothes and other items that are in good condition, consider a donation to Goodwill or the Salvation Army so that others may benefit.
4. Encourage kids to get rid of unused toys, etc. by turning it into an event – like a garage sale. Kids keep all proceeds from the sales and anything not sold is donated to charity.
5. The next time you are in a store and want to buy an item, ask yourself how often you plan on using it and whether or not it’s just going to become a dust collector. Your more organized self and pocketbook will both thank you!
Expert’s Tips on Getting Organized
- Woman’s Day – 100 Ways to Get Organized
1000+ Ideas on Getting Organized via Pinterest
Inexpensive drawer organizer Tips from The Crafting Nook
Do you do better with lists? Getting Organized Printables from Simply Stacie
Organizing your Pantry by Kitchen Organization Ideas and Hacks – landeelu.com
Hope enjoyed these tips and for those who are wondering, nope, that’s not my clutter in the photo below! I’m not that bad. LOL!
#ManCandyMonday Matt Lanter from Timeless
Good morning! Sorry I’ve been gone for a few weeks, but I have been crazy. I spent two weeks after Christmas helping my daughter paint and get her new home ready. She moved in during that horrible winter storm, but luckily it went well. After that, some kind of stomach bug hit me and laid me low, but now I’m back!
It’s Monday which means, time for a Man Crush. Today’s choice is Matt Lanter from NBC’s TIMELESS. Matt has those dimples and that sexy boy next door look. For the first few shows, it was killing me that I thought he looked like someone and I couldn’t put my finger on it. But then I realized that he looked like a young Marc Blucas of Buffy fame.
Matt started off as a contestant on a Bravo reality show, but soon had a number of acting and voice roles. He was in 90210 and has also voiced Anakin Skywalker for the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars which was a box office success.
What do you think? Cute or not?
Also, if you like history, you should check out TIMELESS. It’s very interesting and of course, romance. I can totally see it developing between Matt’s character and the female lead.
#TuesdayTip Music Soothes the Savage Soul
At this time of year we tend to get a little crazy with all the holiday prep. If you’re feeling a little tense or lonely or just need a little more pep in your step, try some music.
This is one of my holiday favorites! I hope you’ll enjoy it also. Click here if you cannot see the Trans-Christmas Canon video below or cut and paste this link: https://youtu.be/4cP26ndrmtg
#ManCandyMonday Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock
I love big men and I cannot lie! LOL! Dwayne caught my eye ages ago and I have to say he still is very sexy and People agrees since they picked him as the 2016 Sexiest Man Alive. Even more, from all accounts, Dwayne is a great guy.
Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
#FunFriday A Very New York Christmas 2016
We did our annual trip to New York City last week and as promised, I’m sharing some photos with you today from our outing. We had a lovely time and the windows and decorations at all the locations were wonderful.
You click here if you cannot see the Christmas video below or visit this link: https://youtu.be/yPfBqJqMheI
#ManCandyMonday Hugh Grant and Love Actually
I have to say I wasn’t a fan at first, but the one two punch of TWO WEEKS NOTICE and LOVE ACTUALLY just changed my mind. There was just something totally endearing and irresistibly cute about Hugh Grant in those two movies. So here he is with that too charming boyish grin!
Photo Credit: Georges Biard [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
If you haven’t seen LOVE ACTUALLY, you must do so! It’s a wonderful movie and a must see for the Christmas season (along with Muppets Christmas Carol). Click here if you cannot see the Love Actually trailer below.