Well, I did it. After a year of allowing my kitchen table to become submerged under an ever-growing pile of random clutter, I finally reclaimed it:
It's a work table with work on it, even.
This is exactly the kind of work I need to be able to do on this table. I have [...]
Thanks to Twitter, I just saw this article from Science News about the rising incidence of Adderall poisoning among cats.
Poisoning is much more common in dogs, because they’re pretty omnivorous. Cats are generally more discriminating. However, there is something about Adderall XR that cats love — they don’t just nibble it, they scarf down the [...]
Oscar has no problem with trash — he LOVES trash!
Adults with ADD are notorious for hanging onto clutter. We’ve being scolded our whole lives for loosing things through our carelessness. If we never throw anything a way, we know it’s there … somewhere. We might not be able to find it right now, [...]
I’m out of town visiting family for the holidays. Before I left town, I meant to summarize and link to some of the articles I’ve seen about how to manage holiday chaos if you or a family member has ADHD. Unfortunately my dental emergency and three different shifting deadlines intervened. Oh well.
While it’s [...]
I hope you all have a lovely weekend. Between my cold and the holiday, I haven’t been around much this week, but I’ll be back starting next week with more organizing stories, tips, and hacks.
In my last installment on my entryway project, I talked about assigning homes to all of the things that live there — coats, hats, sports equipment, shoes, dressy clothes, and cold-weather gear.
Last Friday I packed up the books that I’m selling to Powell’s. I’m in the process of taking care of the [...]
Hallowe’en is a busy time for me. In addition to dressing up and handing out treats, observe the old Celtic festival of Samhain from which so many of our Hallowe’en traditions derive. Samhain (prnounced SAH-when) is part harvest festival, part new year’s festival, and part ancestor remembrance. The holiday has a lot [...]