Despite the fact that my house is full of stuff I really hate clutter. I struggle all the time with de-cluttering, especially in my too-small house.
It’s fairly recently that I “got” one of the most powerful tenets of de-cluttering: Just because I like it doesn’t mean I should keep it.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh…….
This morning Son went to give the dog a cookie, her treat for doing her duty (if I had a treat for every time I … never mind).
He inadvertently dropped the glass lid of the container and the glass shattered against our ceramic tile floor.
Being three, his eyes began to fill with tears as he looked to me for my reaction.
“It’s okay,” I said as I gave him a reassuring hug. “You just helped Mommy de-clutter.”
And it wasn’t really a cherished container. Otherwise there wouldn’t have been dog biscuits in it.
But still.
April 2, 2008 at 5:29 pm
LOL!
I’d be happy to come by and break stuff to help you declutter too
April 6, 2008 at 3:29 pm
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