Birthday Happies, Laura!!

A friend of mine does professional decluttering. I'm not sure how much she charges.

I've been thinking of using the 15 minutes a day method of clearing the debris field I call home, but it likely will only last 2 days.

I managed to stick to that for a couple of weeks and got my walk-in closet all put to rights. And donated about $250 worth of clothes that I was able to write off on my taxes. Not bad for what ended up being a total of about 3 hours work. When you think of it in that terms, it gives a lot of incentive to do it.

t /lazy, but greedy

Yum -- I just made a delicious Spanish-style omelet. I say "style" because the chorizo I used was Goya, not actually Spanish, but it was still yum. And should reheat well, like a quiche, no?

I just tried Trader Joe's creamy tomato soup. Very good, and probably the healthiest thing I've eaten this week.

A friend of mine does professional decluttering. I'm not sure how much she charges.

I would love to know.

I went to the gym and worked out for an hour.

< is grumpy but virtuous>

Came home and had leftover red beans and rice, this time with the added nummy goodness of Andouille sausage.

I can haz nap?

Declutterers/packers charge depending on their area but I can tell you that my minimum charge for the DC region was $45 per hour. And nobody blinked. I also wrote it into my contract that there was an extra charge ($20 ) per hour, if the client chose to 'work with me'.

Typical speech: "If you let me put my head down and plow through this, it will take less than half the time. Nothing will be thrown away without your approval and everything will be categorized in an easily understood system. At the end, there will be a pile of things with questions attached to them. Be prepared to spend about 20 minutes answering those questions. We will finalize all decisions before I leave and you will be good to go!"

Also, do NOT buy any storage containers/widgets until I am done. Only then will we know what you really need.

Too many people start the other way 'round and set themselves up to fail.

Too many people start the other way 'round and set themselves up to fail

No shit. I bought plastic sleeves for all my comics and boxes to store them, then they just sat there until my son came up for Christmas. He was so bored, he stuffed all the sleeves for me. Until then, all they were was more clutter.

I also wrote it into my contract that there was an extra charge ($20 ) per hour, if the client chose to 'work with me'.

I love this.

If I could do it full-time, decluttering would be a dream job.