tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post9189299926873735172..comments2023-10-30T03:47:54.601-07:00Comments on The Sponge: Finding a home. Finding your head.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post-9610503412480796782014-02-07T19:43:18.209-08:002014-02-07T19:43:18.209-08:00Ha! Well let's hope *that* changes! It's h...Ha! Well let's hope *that* changes! It's hard work.<br />I'm about to google Fly Lady....Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801159276016420239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post-33669278333228173132014-02-02T21:28:54.131-08:002014-02-02T21:28:54.131-08:00Have you come across Fly Lady? She recommends the ...Have you come across Fly Lady? She recommends the polished sink too. I try to do it, and polish my counter tops too. It's so nice to come downstairs to them all sparkly in the morning. I don't always manage it though. <br />I'm with you though, I definitely function in a tidy environment. Unfortunately my two-year-old is always at war with me on this. When she sees the living room tidy, she deliberately goes around messing it up. She actually admitted to me the other day that she likes it messy. Sigh. I do a big tidy in the evening after she's gone to bed and enjoy it for the five minutes before I go to bed. Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894865592266996002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post-15712047967907033522013-10-14T13:12:44.652-07:002013-10-14T13:12:44.652-07:00Good luck with the house moving - hope it all goes...Good luck with the house moving - hope it all goes smoothly and you don't have to keep the house looking like a show home for long! <br /><br />I know what you mean about loving having a tidy house - although visitors to my house would never know it from the mess it's usually in!<br /><br />I love your last tip - really need to do that with some of our toys before Christmas is upon us. It would make things so much easier when you actually move house too.Carolinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post-3029558362997506452013-10-13T17:16:13.863-07:002013-10-13T17:16:13.863-07:00I love this post and I love this list. I have been...I love this post and I love this list. I have been working on my own list, coming from a similar experience - we have spent 18 months as nomads and I've had time to think about how to organise my future (now present!) house. <br /><br />One of my best stolen tips in my post comes from you, Angela! Label leftovers and bits and pieces in the fridge, with the label FACING THE FRONT. Amazing how much difference this makes - I didn't really believe you at first :)<br /><br />More from all the people I've stolen from here :) http://sacraparental.com/2013/10/13/the-sacrament-of-housework-4-my-11-best-stolen-home-organisation-tips/not a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post-4372303710250945302013-10-13T17:13:57.773-07:002013-10-13T17:13:57.773-07:00Very helpful advice from Gretchen Rubin, thanks! A...Very helpful advice from Gretchen Rubin, thanks! And from you!not a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post-46891075745224491622013-10-08T12:32:09.873-07:002013-10-08T12:32:09.873-07:00I had to laugh at the bowls for randoms. I have a ...I had to laugh at the bowls for randoms. I have a couple of those stationed around the house, and they are full of parts that look like they should be important and I have no idea where they have come from or what they do, but the minute it gets thrown out, you can bet I will find out what it was meant for. Odd socks is another - I don't know where they disappear to, but if I throw out the odd sock, its mate turns up.Leanne Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727719061824152169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970131072557716422.post-10244751788397676842013-10-08T01:57:54.183-07:002013-10-08T01:57:54.183-07:00Fascinating post!! I just recently read "The...Fascinating post!! I just recently read "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. The first month of her year long project was about increasing her energy levels and as part of that she went into decluttering mode. She also had a list of tips to live by, some of which have been quite revolutionary for me – so simple but so good. The best one is - identify the problem. My bedroom had been annoying me for months and when I stopped and actually identified the problems I was able to rearrange my shoes and put a hook on the back of the door for my dressing gown in about 5 minutes and at no cost and now find the space much calmer and less annoying than before. Another one of her tips is everyday to tackle one nagging task, you know that great long list of things weighing on your mind, well just do them one at a time – it’s amazing how energised you feel when you actually start knocking these things over.<br />Your post also made me think of a couple of things I do to keep things tidy and under control. I love anything that belongs in the kitchen but have limited storage space and so I have a ‘one out, one in’ policy when it comes to buying kitchen things. I have to get rid of something from the kitchen of an equivalent size before I bring something new in. It makes me stop and think about whether I really need whatever I’m coveting and what I will have to give up to get it.<br />Finally I have a Thursday night manic tidying session. I get home from helping to run youth group and am usually a bit hyped from hanging out with teenagers so I channel my excess energy into a 1 hour cleaning and tidying burst. I get my washing done, empty the dishwasher, put all the weeks mess away where it belongs and then get on to cleaning. It’s fab, it gets me tired and ready for bed and it means I hit the weekend with a tidy house – nice!<br />KellyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787560173732043195noreply@blogger.com