tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post3434845885969311815..comments2024-03-25T19:49:16.058-06:00Comments on Brenda @ It's A Beautiful Life: How To Cut ClutterBrenda @ Its A Beautiful Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-62100523357639931062009-01-07T21:19:00.000-07:002009-01-07T21:19:00.000-07:00Hi Melanie -- I hate clutter too. I keep hoping t...Hi Melanie -- I hate clutter too. I keep hoping that someday I'll win the battle, but maybe it's a pipe dream. Life happens, clutter happens. I'll work to the list and hope for the best!Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-63460178014654832102009-01-07T05:13:00.000-07:002009-01-07T05:13:00.000-07:00GREAT list!!! I hate clutter! I have such a diff...GREAT list!!! I hate clutter! I have such a difficulty getting motivated or moving if all I see is mess! GREAT post!! I do love the list your provided..thank you!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614481964856444125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-32605906092958164352009-01-06T14:49:00.000-07:002009-01-06T14:49:00.000-07:00Lin, Now I agree 100% some unfinished projects ar...Lin, Now I agree 100% some unfinished projects are meant to be included in the journey of one's life. Like your husband's life story.<BR/><BR/>Guess I think more of those projects that were started enthusiastically and then all interest and reason for them has sputtered out. And those projects about the house where you started something, but it never got completed (like hanging curtain rods, so they reproachfully sit in a corner with the tiny screws dangling from their little plastic bag)..... I have a set in the garage waiting for me to put up!<BR/><BR/>Oh well.... one day at a time.Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-44600704529652591882009-01-06T14:43:00.000-07:002009-01-06T14:43:00.000-07:00Caryn, You make me LOL. I love the images your wo...Caryn, You make me LOL. I love the images your words bring forth. I can just see how perfectly the clown nose would go with a beautifully beaded blouse as you bike about town!<BR/><BR/>I've heard of the idea of taking pictures of objects too dear to just throw or give away. I think it's a fab idea too.<BR/><BR/>I have memoribilia binders (if you recall I tend to file most things in binders rather than folders).... anything like notes or cards, grade school report cards, cute cat pictures I cut out of magazines, my grandmother's old doily pattern book with her name inscribed in her spidery hand, that sort of thing. Even my first clumsy attempt at embroidery as a young girl is tucked into a sleeve. I'm always amazed at how much pleasure I get from flipping through a binder once in a while.<BR/><BR/>Are your ceramic mixing bowls displayed aristically? Why can't you have your 3-4 dozen if they create an ambiance, if they provide a certain pleasure.... but then don't hide them in places you never see them.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately Rick and I are similar in our housekeeping traits -- neat, enjoying things in order, but not overly fussy about underwear drawers, although they are fairly organized until said wolverines go hunting in there too!<BR/><BR/>I agree about the towels and things lining up aesthetically.<BR/><BR/>If you are a better speaker than a writer, I'd looooove to sit in on one of your presentations. Cause I love your writings!<BR/><BR/>Best be off here...Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-21133940093868680052009-01-06T12:18:00.000-07:002009-01-06T12:18:00.000-07:00it must be catching, i'm cleaning off my computer ...it must be catching, i'm cleaning off my computer desk but don't throw out unfinished projects...I've been working for 15 years on my husband's life story and I'm not tossing it. In fact I'm still working on it occasionally. I guess to have a place not too out of sight to store unfinished projects. good ideas for a new year for indoor activities.Great Grandma Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791149428495689835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017539925620642059.post-80785837094530120692009-01-06T09:13:00.000-07:002009-01-06T09:13:00.000-07:00Rats! Another reminder that I need to rid my clos...Rats! Another reminder that I need to rid my closets of clothes I'll never wear. I love them... but, we're not going to go on a Carribean Cruise and if we decide last minute to go on one... I'll never squish my body into the size six outfits. I can toss the itty bitty beaded blouses and velvet pants. I may have a couple that might fit...but then again, I've held onto them for a decade and they've never touched skin.<BR/><BR/>I have three or four dozen ceramic mixing bowls. I have some wierd attatchment to them. I could easily give away a dozen of them and still have cupboards stuffed with bowls that will never hold cookie dough or be used to beat scrambled eggs. I don't know why I hoard them like I do... it's not like I gave them birth.<BR/><BR/>In answer to your question about Wayne being more help and "partnering" with me now that he's retired. ha ha ha ha ha ahhhh<BR/>ha ha ha. He's an organization NUT! He hates any kind of clutter. He's also a minimalist. Two pair of pants is plenty..one to wear, one to wash. If I leave the house for more than two days, he cleans out and organizes my underwear drawer. It's true. Que es verdad! <BR/><BR/>I do like to have an organized, ordered home. I do. I can't stand things out of place. I need all the bath towels hanging neatly and the wood grain on the stools facing the same direction. It's a visual thing with me. Things need to be aesthetically correct.<BR/><BR/>It's another snowy day. I think I'll follow your good example and wise counsel and go through the bathroom drawers and throw out some old make-up. Maybe chuck a couple pair of shoes, a hat or two. It's going to be hard for me to decide when something has been outloved. I can hang on a looooong time to old cherished items.<BR/><BR/>I have a girlfriend who told me to take pictures of some of the items that I treasure and don't have room for any longer. Keep them in an album with a short note about where I got it, who gave it to me, why it meant something to me and pull it out now and then to reminisce. Not a shabby idea.<BR/><BR/>I may decide to hang on to one of my fanciest beaded blouses to wear when we bike downtown or deliver excess eggs to the neighbors. I think it might accesorize my clown nose nicely.<BR/><BR/>Sorry this is so long. It appears I need to unclutter and dejunk my mind as well.<BR/><BR/>I love the "wolverines looking for lunch". Great line!!wispy willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194020052008879681noreply@blogger.com