Take a good look around the neighborhood, people: Punxsutawney Phil was right!  The early cherry trees are pretty in pink; the forsythias are announcing their crazy yellowness; and soon the trees will be lending us those cool pools of shade to make the rising temperatures a little more bearable.  This change also means you’ll soon [...]

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Time to move the tank tops to the basement and get out the sweaters.  Find a few things that aren’t going to make it into the rotation this year?  Maybe you saw some fall decor or a Christmas wreath you’re tired of while you were down there?  Take advantage of the crisp, fall weather and [...]

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Only a few weekends left before the cold and wet days of fall come in earnest and your energy turns to planning for the holidays.  If you don’t get rid of all those things that are cluttering up your house now, beware because you’ll be stuck living with them all winter long.  And, as we [...]

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Our yearly yard sale could rival any family holiday for is traditions.  We do it with our neighbors, but its such a reliable occurrence that other friends from nearby will join in.  As soon as the first warm and sunny days appear at the end of March we start talking about dates.  By the time [...]

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The season is slowly changing, so while you’re exchanging cotton tank tops for wool sweaters remember to take out the things you never even touched this summer.  Chances are those things won’t make it into the rotation next year either.  If switching the clothes in your closet has gotten you in a frame of mind [...]

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Since the beginning of the summer, I’ve given you a zillion excuses to have a  yard sale  — getting rid of clutter, making space for new stuff, etc.  But this weekend, forget all that.  Just pull some random stuff out of your house and put it on the sidewalk purely for the pleasure of having [...]

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School is back in session, signaling the unofficial end of summer.  Time for new fall clothes, school supplies and routines.  If you’re planning to turn some of that old stuff you’re not using anymore from clutter into cash, tell us when and where we can rummage through your goodies.  Click that Comments button to share [...]

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There’s that point in early spring — the sun finally shines long enough and the temperature gets warm enough — that brings everybody outside.  Lincoln Park is wall-to-wall with picnic blankets and frisbees.  That didn’t last long, and we all retreated inside to get relief from the heat and humidity.  But finally, things are slowly [...]

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I’d like to say it’s the principle of living an organized, uncluttered life that motivates me to get rid of all the clothes, books and gadgets I haven’t touched in a year (or so), but we all know that’s not true.  It’s the new pair of boots I bought that have forced me to make [...]

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