Diet Pulpit

What a fun and very full weekend it has been. I managed to sort several more boxes on Saturday – resulting in 2 huge bags of trash, 3 boxes for charity and\or possible ebay items, and several empty boxes. I was only able to work at the sorting for 4 hours instead of the scheduled [...]

Tags: family, friends, house diet

Today I will S-O-R-T-I-N-G big time because I have a helper coming over for a few hours.  My best friend’s daughter will be spending a few hours today (and a few other weekend days) to help me move boxes, sort boxes, label boxes, and in general give me a hand doing the things that are difficult [...]

Tags: house diet, junk, organizing, poem, sorting

George Carlin (1937-2008) This video just cracks me up. I found it on my best friend’s (Mama Kelly) post Purging is Good for the Soul.  She is also on a mission to declutter her home and get rid of junk; she has gotten rid of over 500 items so far (isn’t that amazing!).   She is itemizing the [...]

Tags: clutter, house diet, humor, junk, video, youtube

Today I paid off my credit card.  My balance is ZERO!!!!!    ***does a little happy dance***  I’m usually very good with my credit card and only use it for emergencies, but in 2007 we had HUGE Harry Potter Birthday Party for Angelgirl’s 11th Birthday.  We rented a hall, 22 kids, 9 magical classes, shopping at [...]

Tags: clutter, credit card, debt, financially fit, house diet, junk, savings

I’m home with the family after an awesome overnight visit with Mama Kelly.  It was a great visit with ideas and inspiration flowing, laughter and giggles erupting, and creativity  running amok.   I have tons of notes and things to do, but we both agreed that we are not going to stress ourselves out, no crazy deadlines or [...]

Tags: clutter, friends, house, house diet, junk