The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Family Meal Time

March 10, 2012

A family meal provides more than just good nutrition. It can provide real quality time for the entire household. When it comes to our children’s nutrition, we usually think more about what our kids are eating than how they’re eating it. In other words, dining together as a family has become a bit of a [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: National Nutrition Month ®

March 3, 2012

As a Registered Dietitian (RD), every March I return to my roots by committing tothe promotion of National Nutrition Month®. Each March, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages Americans to return to the basics of healthy eating. This year’s National Nutrition Month theme, “Get Your Plate in Shape”, encourages consumers to ensure they are [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Remember…Balance

February 25, 2012

It always amazes me how things can get out of balance. When we focus our energy on one project…like my basement journey…you look up and realize that something else has become out of balance. Actually, it is what life is all about…finding balance. The other day I looked up from my basement project and realized [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Just Gotta Dance

February 18, 2012

So in my post last week I said I was going to dance that day and I did. I realized that it had been a long time since I had danced around the house. I have mentioned before that I have had some challenges with regularly exercising but dancing on Saturday was joyful and reminder [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Fill the Well

February 11, 2012

When was the last time you did something for yourself or just for the pure joy of it? In the busyness of the day we often forget about taking care of ourselves or if we don’t forget we give it a lower priority. In order to have enough energy for our daily tasks… in order [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The Side-tracked Home Executive

February 4, 2012

One of my favorite books years ago when I first got interested in organizing and clutter busting was “Sidetracked Home Executives: from pigpen to paradise” (Warner Books 2001) by Pam Young and Peggy Jones. I just rediscovered their website and found some great reminders including: • There is a way out of our chaos • [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: Basement Update

January 28, 2012

I bet you are wondering how my basement project is coming. I said that I would be done by the end of January. While not done, I am closer to completing it. I seem to have run into many roadblocks along this clutter busting journey and I have learned many lessons climbing over or going [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: What’s In A Word?

January 21, 2012

I have replaced New Year’s resolutions with a theme word for the year. For 2012 my word is surrender. Now I am not talking about giving up or waving the white flag, but surrendering to the opportunities presented to me. Working on controlling things less and going with the flow instead to see where that [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The Next Big Step

January 14, 2012

Big step or little step? What matters most is taking the initial step. In my recent post I talked about using the New Year as an opportunity for your next big step. What I realized as I was contemplating my next big step (I had work on that since I wrote about it) is that [...]

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The Journey Into Clutter Busting: The New Year Isn’t a Do-over

January 7, 2012

Did you ever feel like the New Year is a chance for a do-over? An opportunity to get it right this time? A possibility to finally break a bad habit? A reason to change for good this last time? This New Year as you consider your resolutions and whether or not to make some or [...]

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