I have ideas. I have lots of ideas, constantly swirling around through my brain. Part of this is because I like to fill my brain with inspiring things, like reading books and listening to people talk on Periscope, and following blogs. Part of this is because I have goals. I have things I want to accomplish, like losing weight, trying new recipes, and working on projects, whether writing or KonMari or kid-related. The trouble with ideas, though, is that they multiply. They feed each … [Read more...]
Kon Mari: Books Edition
I previously KonMari'd my cookbooks, and my digital files on my Kindle, but I spent part of the afternoon today going through the books. Here's a close-up of the before: Aside from the mess Elizabeth made on the floor, since she's at that lovely pull-all-the-books-off-the-shelf stage, we had too many. I went through the kids' books first, and split them into categories. Curious George Clifford Pinkalicious Lego Superheroes Miscellaneous Keep Board Books Immediate Get Rid … [Read more...]
Kon Mari Clothing, Part 2
So way back in August, I posted about reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and starting with my clothes (pictured above). And then that same week Jesse went through his clothes, and I went through the kids clothes a week or two later. That was great! But then those clothes that we no longer wanted just sat there. And sat there. And now, it's October. They need to go. First, I cut up some stained old shirts to use for rags. The smaller ones are more of a … [Read more...]
How I Menu Plan
I have been doing some form of menu planning ever since we got married, a little over seven years ago. But my menu planning has evolved quite a bit since those days (think a list of three or so "helper" dinners, split between beef and chicken, with a random recipe thrown in). Here's what I do now. This might seem complicated, and it kind of is, but I know myself enough to know that if I don't write everything down, I'll miss something or forget to buy something, so this is what works for me … [Read more...]
My First Attempt At Kon Mari: My Clothing
Last week, I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. This is one of the first times I've actually read what I would consider a "trendy" book while it's still trendy, by the way. I usually don't get to them until a few years later... I decided to give some of the KonMari organizing principles a try. You organize by category, and one of the key things is to gather everything from that category in one spot. The first area to tackle is clothing. So I gathered all of my … [Read more...]