tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232073445962688198.post381116361847303056..comments2023-08-28T04:45:35.571-05:00Comments on Small Homestead Living: Try It Tuesday!!Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071206169039849554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232073445962688198.post-27570685240034780122009-04-07T14:29:00.000-05:002009-04-07T14:29:00.000-05:00You are so right! Clutter makes me nervous. I re...You are so right! Clutter makes me nervous. I really need to set a whole day aside to declutter.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480046958714954128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232073445962688198.post-1899171268501452612009-04-07T11:06:00.000-05:002009-04-07T11:06:00.000-05:00Apparently YOU have been hiding in a corner of my ...Apparently YOU have been hiding in a corner of my house spying on me, lol!<BR/><BR/>BTW, I DO need another glass duck on the table.....just kidding....<BR/><BR/>My living room is almost always clean. It's the family room where everyone "lives."momsthewordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519343990735608713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232073445962688198.post-76855977934579717942009-04-07T08:29:00.000-05:002009-04-07T08:29:00.000-05:00Love your post! My daughter and I just had a yard ...Love your post! My daughter and I just had a yard sale last Saturday. Being a cleanie with a minimalist tendency, I didn't have much to put in the yard sale. In spite of that, my three or four boxes of stuff still brought in $60! And it felt so good to find new homes for the clothes that didn't fit, the beach chairs we never use, the tablecloths from our daughter's wedding 4 years ago, etc. Depending on our personalities and upbringing, some of us are "cleanies" and some of us are "messies." I lean toward the cleanie side--it comes easy for me because it's my personality--but I still appreciate books like Sandra Felton's The Messy Manual. She has some marvelous ideas--and I bet you've already read her book. She suggests having a box like the one you mentioned in your post. I don't use all of Felton's suggestions (like the flipper system), but I have gleaned a lot of good ideas from her book. Felton has a Web site, too: www.messies.com. Another great tool is a home management notebook: http://simplemom.net/home-management-notebooks-are-a-great-idea/ and/or a daily docket: http://simplemom.net/home-management-notebooks-are-a-great-idea/ . SimpleMom also has a a smaller daily docket that she refers to as the daily docket's little sister or the daily docket nano. Great stuff. I love a clean, organized house!Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14360427974735338936noreply@blogger.com