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I don't like spiders and snakes and that ain't what it takes to love me you fool, you fool. I don't like spiders and snakes and that ain't what it takes to love me like I want to be loved by you... I've had this song, Spiders and Snakes, going throu [Read More]

That's right boys and girls! Once the cleaning starts, the money pours in by the fistful!Last night I went to Lowe's and returned three sacks full of unused, unloved, and unwanted plumbing supplies. And, having learned from our encounter with Ms. I [Read More]

I won't bore you with the details. Another night of excavating, another five bags of trash hauled to the curb. For those of you who don't live to tally the amount of trash generated by the Devil Queen and her occupants, that is nine bags of trash i [Read More]

A couple of weeks ago Scarlet and I watched the movie, Stranger Than Fiction. Most people who have seen it that I have talked to thought it was a so-so movie. Scarlet and I really enjoyed it. Maybe it something to tell us at this particular time in o [Read More]

made our annual trip to ikeaif you've been over here for dinner and wine but found that the toilet paper in the downstairs bathroom had run out... sorry about that.  we now have a cabinet over our dual flush toilets that is stocked with [Read More]

My understanding is that the only people who own this G.I. Joe doll are Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, the CEO of Hasbro...and me. I was decluttering some stuff and happened upon Joe, err, Tom. I think maybe it might be time to sell him. Maybe Joe can [Read More]

Frozen meat *does* make a dangerous weapon. Or would, if I'd actually dropped it on the dachshund, but he's pretty nimble.Yes, it's back to decluttering, and this time the decluttering involved the basement stairwell (okay, the only stairwell). We ha [Read More]

Today I saw about 15 minutes of Oprah and oh my god, it was about decluttering and hoarding . Basically a family had soooo much stuff and they had a team of 100 people that cleaned it up and made it a home.Peter Walsh, a clutter expert helped with t [Read More]

The office/studio has been such a disaster for so long that it’s a huge relief to just have my fabrics folded and put away on a shelf instead of being stuffed into plastic bags. This room is going to be a big project for the weekend! I need a [Read More]

This weekend I spent a lot of time cleaning up after myself.  I've never been good at putting things away. I usually convince myself that I'm going to need that "whateveritis" soon enough so why bother putting it back where it belong [Read More]

If you were moving to a deserted island for a year and could only bring a few things, what would you pack? Following this thread...if you were moving to smaller house for a year and could only bring a few kitchen things, what would you chose? Your po [Read More]

If I were to attempt a concise summary, it might go something like this: "Refuse prevents the refinishing of the dining room floor," or, even better than that, "What is all of this shit?"Really, what is it? Why have I gone to such great length to ke [Read More]

Clearing out my uncle's stuff has been appalling, funny, inspiring, and exhausting...but most often, it has just been heart-aching. Dumpstering the detritus of the dearly beloved, sifting through the remnants and deciding what to keep or toss--it's g [Read More]

I try. But my shelves are all different heights so often I have many odd-sized books that don't fit where they belong.  Here you see James Joyce's Ulysses (and the Cliff Notes) preceeding F. Scott Fitzgerald. Last time I checked "J&quo [Read More]

We are still packing and I'm having nightmares of packing cases and packing material. And every day I say to myself that we urgently have to get rid of some of our stuff. And everyday it is absolutely impossible to decide what we should get rid of. O [Read More]

Today was cleaning day! The house was a mess with scattered tools, blocks and sawdust every where. I ran out and did some shopping with Scott's Mom while he finished the sheathing around the other closet door. I apparently didn't take a picture of it [Read More]

Sorry I haven't posted any updates for a week. The main reason would be....I haven't done much. I can have a couple of days of furious activity, and then there's nothing until payday rolls around again. At this rate, I'll get the master bedroom do [Read More]

I wish I knew some kind of mind-clearing yoga mantras right about now. But I don't, so instead I will talk about house-clearing. Make that cleaning. I am rolling Weeks Three through Eight of the home cure all into one because we need to get this hou [Read More]

It’s funny how a seemingly innocuous task can snowball into something much larger in a matter of minutes. Silly me, I thought finding the light fixture we’re planning to install over the bathroom sink would be relatively straight forward. Eight [Read More]