I have a group of stuffed animals that I’ve kept, not because I particularly like them, but because they came from the person who was my best friend from the time we were teenagers until he died unexpectedly a couple of years ago. I look at them, and they remind me of him. They don’t remind me of him because he liked stuffed animals (Honestly, he found them rather silly), but because for several years he ran an import/export business selling Beanie Babies on Ebay, back at a time when they were all the rage and people paid huge amounts of money for various specific animals.… Continue reading

This week I sorted through a ton of kids’ clothes. I sorted through closets. I sorted through drawers. I sorted through boxes and bags of clothes that we have stored. I sorted through a lot of stuff. And, I am now ready to give away a lot of stuff.

What did I pull out to give away? I pulled out all clothes with big holes in them.… Continue reading

Today I am again aiming to eliminate clutter around our home. In light of my post on the The Problem with Plastics, I set out to remove at least ten plastic items from our home. As with my other decluttering escapades, it was easy to find more than ten things to remove.

I encourage you to also remove at least 10 items from your home.… Continue reading