by  Jen   

I was reading one of declutteringthestuff’s post about a 21 day decluttering challenge that Anne @MinimalistSometimes had posted and thought it sounded interesting! There’s a plan for the decluttering challenge that goes like this – day 1, get rid of 1 thing, day 2, 2 things, and so on for 3 weeks.  After 3 weeks,

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by  Jen   

I don’t know if I mentioned it recently but one of my older daughters has moved back in.  I was really sick of her living in my living room last time so this time I told her that she had to stay in the storage room.  A few weeks ago, there wasn’t any room to

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by  Jen   

I had two contractors come out to the house today to give me an estimate on mold remediation.  They were both very different but there were some common threads in the conversation. The first contractor was very professional.  He walked in and immediately handed me a card and a pamphlet about his company.  I apologized

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by  Jen   

About a week and a half ago, I bought a mold test kit.  The results came back yesterday.  They weren’t good at all.  Now today, I’m in a panic.  I knew the results would be bad but there’s something about seeing it in writing that makes it all real. In a few days, I will

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by  Jen   

One of the things that I hear often on the hoarder shows is “but it’s worth a lot of money. It’s an antique.”  I say the same thing myself sometimes. A visit to the antique store yesterday gave me a whole new perspective.  It’s always a good reality check for me because sometimes I forget

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by  Jen   

We brought down two plastic bins from the storage room to go through tonight.  There were a lot of toys that went right into the get rid of pile.  I was able to get consolidate the two buckets into one pretty easily.  It went a lot smoother than the last two nights.  I was really

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by  Jen   

I’ve been calling myself a hoarder for a while but today there is no denying it.  I’ve been getting rid of a lot of stuff so I thought that maybe I only had a mild case of hoarding.  Ha. That’s a joke. My daughter brought down three plastic bins full of stuff from the storage

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