Introduction
This is a blog for anything related to the home, including environmental topics, time at home, rituals, conversation, resources and anything else that might be appropriate. Welcome home!
This is a blog for anything related to the home, including environmental topics, time at home, rituals, conversation, resources and anything else that might be appropriate. Welcome home!
My Parakeet
My parakeet relies a lot on my non-verbal responses to guide his own behavior. He is very tuned into my moods as most birds are to their owners.
He can tell by the sound of my voice whether or not, I’m upset, happy or just preoccupied.
Sometimes I feel guilty because I can’t hide much from him, especially when I’m having a bad day.
De-Cluttering
The idea of a living space is that it should be for living. It should not be a place where piles that go with files live.
It should not be a place where stuff hangs out on the floor like dustbunnies and the like.
It should be a place that is less dusty and more airy.
It should be a place where I can see more of my floor rather than less of it.
Stuff
I’m nearly finished cleaning up one area of my apartment. So glad to be able to say that. I don’t like it when things pile up, and they still do. I like ‘things’ or ’stuff’ but I don’t always like caring for all of it.
What kind of furniture do you like? I’m sure I haven’t seen everything, but it’s fun to find out what furniture styles people prefer. It’s also interesting to see how people can combine several styles into a hybrid (can’t think of a better term) style that looks and feels really comfortable.
Minimalist style:
A person has perhaps seven pieces of furniture at the most in a one-bedroom apartment. These pieces define both the kitchen nook and the living room. The look is very uncluttered, very simple, but not completely void of comfort. There is a couch and a television included in the mix.
Life in a house (or wherever you live) consists of the following:
…taking care of pets or children.
…talking to parents, grandparents, houseguests and children.
…playing indoor games like Monopoly.
…playing out door games like softball, baseball or soccer.
…Sundays reading the paper in the morning or the afternoon.
…Mondays busier than ever, while everyone scurries off to work or school.
–taking care of a sick kid or spouse.
–delegating chores to everyone. even the youngest.
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Do you want to add to the list?
“Home is where the heart is.”
I don’t know who wrote that quote, but I’m sure that you’ve heard it before. I certainly have. I want this for my home, but at the moment I’m in an ongoing battle with clutter. Clutter? You have no idea what that is? You say? Ok.Ok. I know you’re joking unless you are really, really good at keeping your home tidy. Almost everyone I know has some clutter that they don’t want anyone else to see, much less know about. Well, I’m telling you about it, but, no, you aren’t going to see it in real time. That won’t be necessary. I have bird seed to fight against, instead of dust bunnies. I have long hair strands to pick up instead of cat fur. I have tiny price tags that float down to the floor when I’m pricing my jewelry, hidden from my sight, initially, because they blend right into the carpet, until I’m standing on top of them. What kind of clutter do you have?
Here’s a partial list of what is on my desk this morning:
one 24 oz water bottle filled with decaffeinated herbal tea and nutrisweet flavoring. I love tea when I don’t drink water. I add the nutrasweet or equal to sweeten the drink.
A smaller pile of bills that must be paid this week.
A telephone.
The mouse that belongs to my p.c.
A pair of scissors.
Index cards of various colors with notes, password information and lists written on them.
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