My Organizing Journey, Step 2: It’s Better Than You Think

Last week I started writing up my organizing journey from it’s very beginnings in the fall of 2004.  Since the continuation of my entryway project now rests on things beyond my control (like somebody buying my bike and my clothes), I’ve decided to spend a few posts continuing that story.  Today’s post isn’t about taking [...]

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: About Me, My Organizing Journey, chores | Leave a comment

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, [...]

October 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: add-friendly plants, chores, gardening, yard work, you're not the only one | One comment

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 [...]

September 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: cleaning, housekeeping, organizing, you're not the only one | One comment