Fabulous Links

I promised you pictures of the newly updated study, and it's almost ready! In the meantime, however, I am going to share some fabulous links. These are sites and blog posts that I appreciated over the last week. Have a look!


First of all, I just "re-discovered" an old favourite website that I used to go to, years ago. The site is called "Get Organized Now," and it is fantabulous! The creator of the site, Maria Gracia, offers a wealth of resources for getting everything in your home and life in order. I have used some of her free resources, and found them to be excellent. She also offers products that you can pay for, and a newsletter. Have a look, if you want a "one-stop" organizing shop.

I also read a great article on transforming a back yard, from Hubpages. Check out the before and after pics on this rather unattractive yard, becoming a stunning space: Backyard Transformation.

Finally, some eye candy from Better Home and Gardens: Bedroom Storage Solutions. I have to say I love those slide shows. This one shows some very creative ideas for storing things in your bedroom.

Enjoy, and sorry for the delay on the pics. I did promise them next, but also did not want to wait too long for a post.

Woohoo!

Well, last night I got the bedroom done! It looks beautiful, and freshly decorated ... like a completely different room! And, it was all decorated with stuff I found while decluttering! Ha, ha ... yet another advantage to decluttering ... finding tons of stuff!

My husband loved it, too, and we had such a wonderful sleep in our cozy, romantic bedroom. I feel good that I met my goal ... to have things in order before I went back to work. We both spent all day Monday "labouring" in the house ... and it's great. We have about 10 or more garbage bags full of stuff that we purged ... ready to go out, when we can borrow the truck.

And I did feel so much better today, knowing that my bedroom was so peaceful and organized at home. And the rest of the house is not far behind. It feels so good ... !!!!!

Well, I have to run to get back to work tonight. Adios!!!

Bedroom

I tried to get the bedroom cleaned this afternoon ... there has been a huge pile of stuff in there ever since we moved in and I have never been able to get fully sorted. I get about half-way there, and then get busy, and then pow ... there's another pile just as big as the one there was before. It drives me nuts, to put it mildly.

Tonight, I almost got done, but ran out of light. And my husband was napping, so I couldn't finish. How do women do it? Keep the house on top of everything else there is to do in life. Sometimes it feels impossible. ...


I do believe, though, that if my house was in order, I would feel more competent in every area of my life. I truly believe that. That is why I am putting my focus on that right now, in spite of other things I could be doing ... important, as well. I just want to have this home a place of order and peacefulness! And beauty.

We are also still doing renovations, which has created a huge mess on top of the one that was already there. So, this summer, I did sort through quite a bit of mess. But a  bunch more got added on. Is it possible to do renovations that don't turn the whole house upside-down? Have others done it?

Is it possible to have a neat, ordered home, even when you are super-busy and juggling so much? I do believe! I have seen others do it!