Thumbnail image for day 12: pile of stash under the stairs

day 12: pile of stash under the stairs

A few days ago, I found the stash of our books from when we moved 3 1/2 years ago. They were tucked away in the worst enabler we have, our cupboard under the stairs. While this saying invokes Harry Potter’s ill-treatment (in the keep pile of books), I was reminded more of the book Pile […]

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day 11: herbals and spices

The next two days in the Bootcamp are about the medicine and spice cabinets. These were quick, as we were all sick over the Christmas holidays and found out that many of our remedies were expired. Most parents know that you typically only realize this in the middle of the night. When you are trying to ward off […]

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Thumbnail image for day 10: junk drawer

day 10: junk drawer

We have a few of these, but I managed to push through 2 in 30 minutes. Crono likes to just empty his pockets each evening without sorting through his receipts, change, or even tissues (not used). This adds up and we found expired lottery tickets (which I wasn’t brave enough to check), loads more change, […]

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day 9: the elephant in the rec room

Up until I went back to work last August, I ran a small business that sold organic and sustainable yarns, fabrics and notions. While that has devolved to an Etsy store, I have effectively closed the business and am not bringing in any new stock. I’m finding it overwhelming to attend to orders from the […]

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day 8: book by book

I have a theory (excuse) that you can’t spoil kids with too many books, and given that my girls love the collection that Mom saved from my childhood, I have sentimental visions of my grandchildren coming for sleepovers and reading their Mothers’ favourites. It makes it difficult to give their books away.  I had gone through a purge […]

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Thumbnail image for day 7: personal care purgatory

day 7: personal care purgatory

If I cheated in the linen closet, I certainly made up for it today. It took me 3 and 1/2 hours to go through our personal care items. I think the key word is our. We all use the master bathroom (to save me from having to clean the others with any regularity) and there […]

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