Not only is it Cinco de Mayo but four years ago today, I started this blog. My, how time flies. At first I called the blog “Ponderings of a Packrat” but at some point decided to change it to “Tea With Dee”, which is also the name of my newsletter which I’ve been writing for…
The Giving Challenge…
In light of some other challenges going on this month in Blogland (Crunchy Chicken’s “Buy Nothing Challenge” and Chile’s “Cut the Crap Challenge”), Going Green has issued a challenge of her own. In her own words: “Since I know you’re not buying anything this month and are, in fact, getting rid of stuff – it…
Spicing things up
My husband is out of town on a business trip so I picked up a couple of movies to watch yesterday. I was watching “A Streetcar Named Desire” last night while eating my dinner (broiled salmon — yum). After I ate, I paused the movie so I could put my dishes in the dishwasher and…
Losing weight, insomnia, and “The Project”
Weight has a way of sneaking up on a person, just like clutter. FlyLady calls it “body clutter” and I think that is a brilliant description. I started having weight *issues* during nursing school. I was in my late 20s/early 30s, with two small children and a boatload of stress. Most of us gained weight…
Feng Shui, Knitting, and Pumping Iron
I’m guessing that if you are reading this blog you have some interest in decluttering. But then again, I am currently reading a blog about knitting and I do not knit. I have no interest in knitting. I am too chubby to look good in bulky knitted items. But, wow! That knitter lady writes one…
Why I am a reformed/reforming packrat
After 40 some odd years of carefully maintaining my ever growing stash of stuff, why am I now committed to decluttering and downsizing? I mean, I do have enough storage space in my current home. The living areas of my home appear generally tidy and not especially clutter-y. And even though my closets, drawers, cupboards…
A recovering packrat
I’m at least a third generation packrat and I’ve had enough! Each time we have moved to a larger home I look at all the empty storage spaces and think, “Wow! I’ll never fill all that.” But within an amazingly short period of time it’s full. With one kid in college and the other married,…