Archive for November, 2007
Unmixable.
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Traveling and blogging that is.
I have the utmost respect for those travel bloggers, lugging laptops and cameras around the world to bring you into their experience.
After five days in beautiful Astoria, Oregon, I’ve fallen behind a bit on my home keeping tips.
Fret not, I’ll be filling in the pieces over the next week, so you’ll get 30 days of home keeping.
(It’s just going to take a hot minute.)
Kisses and butterfly kisses,
HJ
Guest Closet
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
It’s not so much that there’s a whole closet devoted to our guests, but two shelves in a closet.
One shelf holds guest sheets, blankets and towels.
One shelf holds gifts, air mattresses and niceties.
When we have guests, we go to the one place, the guest place and are able to retrieve everything we need for guests all in one shot.
You could keep guest items in a Rubbermaid bin.
You could keep them in an under the bed box.
You could keep them in your pantry.
Just put them in one spot!
Giveaways
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
They have pickups for giveaways.
Yes, some people like to sell their unwantables in rummage sales. However, one year, after spending nine hours tagging all my goods and four hours dragging it outside to set up, I’d made a measly $32 dollars. Divided by the 13 hours I spent, I received a hearty $2.46 an hour.
I can work in a lot of places for more than $2.46 an hour.
So instead of bothering with selling my old stuff, I resort to giving it away.
(Or as the imitable Flylady refers to it as, “Blessing Others”)
The Salvation Army comes for pickups, which I schedule four times a year. Surprisingly, four times a year, we have giveaways enough to fill up the front porch. They leave a receipt for tax purposes and they help keep things shiny.
We’re also fans of Craigslist’s free section. We’ve gotten rid of a giant George Foreman Rotisserie, two wine barrels and a futon whose time had come within hours, just by posting it online. For me, the relief is in the pick up.
Yes, I know that you can load up your car to bring to other worthy places,
yes I know that using a big truck for pickups probably leads to some environmental doom.
But the alternative is a giant stack of unwantables in my garage, blessing *no one* as mouse bait.
Bravo for pickups!
Bravo for blessing!