Month: January 2010

Welcome to February

February 2010 wall calendar ~ happy valentine's day ~

Welcome to February!

Well, not quite I suppose — depending on when you read this.

But a few things to look forward to this month:

  • It’s Black History Month & the DCCCD African American Read-In
  • My sister Kara turns 25
  • Valentines Day
  • I turn 31
  • We’re scheduled to close on our new house in Forney at the end of the month…. YIKES! We still need a solid contract on our house!!!!

And a few things to look back on — aka the top posts from January 2010.

Honorable mention:
Top songs of 2009 – This was actually one of the top 5 viewed posts for the month, but it didn’t make the official list since I wrote it on Dec. 29, 2009 — it’s sooo last year 🙂

Did you miss any of those? Were there other favorites that didn’t make the list?

What would you like to see more of?

Here’s to more great conversations in 2010!

Finding motivation to de-clutter

Clearing out some clutter

Ay de mi!

I read some interesting stats from Becoming Minimalist:

  • the u.s. department of energy reports that one-quarter of people with two-car garages have so much stuff in there that they can’t park a car.
  • according to the national soap and detergent association, getting rid of clutter would eliminate 40 percent of housework in the average home.
  • the national association of professional organizers says we spend one year of our lives looking for lost items.
  • if you rent a storage facility to store your excess belongings, you’re contributing to a $154 billion industry — bigger than the hollywood film business!
  • it costs an average of $10/square foot to store items in your home.

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11 things I love about the institutional church

I put out a call for blog ideas Sunday night on Twitter and received an interesting idea from my dear friend Theresa Seeber (@theresaseeber)

Hmm, I think loving people who are difficult to love. Or the positives of the institution.

Two great ideas! I feel like I’ve written a lot about first idea but the second idea is something I don’t ever recall writing about.
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