Monthly Archives: August 2023

“The beauty of the house is order. The blessing of the house is contentment.  The glory of the house is hospitality.”

“If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer the house allows one to dream in peace.”

“We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.”

“Home interprets heaven: home is heaven for beginners…is yours?”

“A comfortable house is a great source of happiness.  It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.”

“A thousand days at home are a pleasure; an hour away from home is a trial.” Can you say this about your home? 

From piles to peace…

Where were you when you made your big life plans?  Perhaps in college surrounded by friends discussing hopes and dreams… the possibilities were endless and exciting!  Where might we live?  Would we get married?  O! the career plans, families and adventures that awaited! 

I think it’s safe to assume none of us ever said “I hope I have a big house full of things that I bought just because they were on sale.”  We never talked about our intentions to own so much stuff that we would spend our free time trying to organize it all.  No one said, “I hope my future kids have so many toys that they can’t pick them up because there is nowhere to put them!”

 Why do we trade in our hopes, dreams, goals and plans for things that will eventually end up in a garage sale, consignment store or landfill?  We pull this baggage behind us as we go through life thinking about the next thing we can add to it!  Stop doing that!

I still love shoes and handbags, kitchen gadgets that slice and dice… but I don’t like the idea that someone would trade in special hopes and dreams for something that can be bought.  I like my stuff but I am SO OVER IT!

Give me passion, pursuits, wholeness, healing, compassion, audacious goals, love, grace, kindness… give me those instead, and let me not be distracted by anything less. 

Are closets and cabinets overflowing with never-used possessions while everyday items cover your home?  What is in that confusing hall closet-vanity thingie?  Has emotional clutter stolen your focus and zapped your creativity, productivity, and enthusiasm?  O yeah!  That asymmetrical under-the-staircase junk repository.  Tossing and turning all night long?  There is that messy forgotten bedroom nook…

It’s never too late to change all of that into a positive, stress-free lifestyle… make that lifestyle change today by calling a professional!  OrganiZare can help and allow you time for family and fun!  Think of it as a personal trainer for your home.  Refresh, try something new, help is a good thing and just a call away!    

We work all our life to buy some stuff.  Then we realize we have too much stuff.

When we go on vacation we have to take stuff along, but most of our stuff we leave at home, and then we worry about someone taking our stuff.

We go to all kinds of sales to look for stuff.  At garage sales we buy stuff that we usually end up putting in the next garage sale, so others can buy the stuff!

The price of stuff keeps going up and we don’t get much stuff for our money anymore.  Advertisers encourage us to buy all their stuff.  Storage units are stuffed with stuff.

One more thing about stuff… we can’t take it with us when we leave this world… I think I have enough stuff, but sometimes I would like some different stuff, wouldn’t you?