While I love snowflakes staying on my nose and eyelashes, I have a few other favorite things this time of year. My Noel Angels My mother always placed these angels on the fireplace mantel when she decorated for Christmas. I remember playing with them from the time I was very young (that’s why they’re glued in so many places). My children rearrange them to spell other words. They’re teasing me, but I know that they think of my mom every time they touch the Noel angels. Macaroni Ornament I’ve saved every ornament my three kids made from kindergarten through Read More
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Decluttering Part II: The Garage Sale
The natural culmination of marathon decluttering is The Garage Sale. For some these words bring anticipation of a sunny Saturday afternoon rummaging through someone else’s castoffs and finding an ugly painting that will sell for $10,000 on Antiques Roadshow. For others (like me) it sends shivers down one’s spine. But when you’ve been as successful as we had in rooting through every item in your home and brutally tossing aside treasures you could never part with (none of which will fetch $10,000 BTW) into the “sale” pile, a garage sale is a must. Now, I don’t go to garage sales because they put me into sensory overload. When Read More