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ADD Moment: Pockets Are Not For Filing

After my art lesson the other day, I stashed a few checks in my pocket like a usually do. Usually this isn’t a problem, and the checks mingle with odd receipts, and bits of cash, and my cell phone, to become what my sister terms a “pocket wad”. That’s right, we’re ladies!

Problem was, [...]

My Organizing Journey Begins

My organizing journey began in the fall of 2005 when a friend of mine called me with an interesting proposition.

“I think we should help each other get organized”, she said.

I was stunned. “Get organized? Help each other?” I asked. “How can I be any help to you at all? You’re pretty [...]

Want to organize your junk drawer? For starters, don’t call it a junk drawer!

Earlier today I came across a blog post by a CPO (that’s “certified professional organizer” about your junk drawer.  You know, the one that has all those packets of ketchup in it?  And those containers of pepper flakes that come with pizza?  And your spare buttons, and some batteries, and that piece of paper with [...]

I can USUALLY find my keys…

My cat decided to keep me awake all night last night.  I’m a light sleeper, which means she knows she can stomp on me, meow in my ear, lick my eyelids, and touch her cold wet nose to my face, and I will wake up and pay attention to her (even if it’s just to [...]

ADD-friendly gardening tips

Or, Why I $%#@ing HATE Palm Trees

Today I realized that palm-trees are not ADD-friendly.

I came to this realization in a round about way because of the mice.  As I mentioned last week, my house has been invaded by rodents. The good news is that they’re not roof rats like I thought; they’re house mice, [...]

ADD moment in the rain

If you’ve been reading the news crawl on CNN or Google or pretty much anywhere, you might know that a coastal rainstorm is hitting CA pretty hard right now.  We don’t get that much rain here.  In fact, for much of the year we can count on absolutely dry weather, which can be nice if [...]

Today I Cleaned My Kitchen

Well, part of it anyway. But I cleaned that part of it really well.

I’ve been bitching a lot this week about feeling all tired and hibernatey. Low energy, low motivation, blah blah blah. Today I had to get it together because my partner’s coming back from a business trip, and I know [...]