Welcome to Volume 7 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today, I have another guest post. This tale comes from Bonnie from Beautiful Minimal Millennial who shares a story of precious gems and the even more precious memories sparked by jewellery that used to belong to her grandmothers.
It’s my 2nd Blogiversary – Highlights of year 2
Two years ago today, I pressed publish on my first blog post. At the time, I had no idea what I was doing or if I’d be able to keep the blog going. Two years on, I can’t imagine life without this blog. It has been a lifeline and creative outlet during the pandemic when I desperately needed the distraction.
To celebrate my 2nd blogiversary, I’m recapping the highlights of year 2 on Boomer Eco Crusader.
Clutter Tales – Memories of 1980s high school me
Welcome to Volume 6 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. This week, I have a Clutter Tale of my own to tell. Tomorrow is my birthday, so to celebrate I thought it would be fun to travel back in time to the 1980s to give you a glimpse of 1980s high school Michelle.
Clutter Tales – Toy Box Treasures (Guest post)
Welcome to Volume 5 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter.
Today, I have another guest post and it’s one that I’m sure many of you can relate to. This post comes from Suzanne from Happily Decluttered who shares the story of a special toy from her childhood that she just can’t part with. I’m sure you have similar tales of toy box treasures.
10 years, 10 lessons – What cancer taught me about life
Ten years ago today, at around 2:30 in the afternoon, I sat in the doctor’s office and heard the life-changing words no-one wants or expects to hear in their life. “You have cancer.” To celebrate my 10 year “cancerversary”, I’m sharing my reflection on what cancer taught me about life. Spoiler alert – It’s all good news!
Clutter Tales – Memories of the past for the future (Guest post)
Welcome to Volume 4 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today, I have another guest post and it’s one that will be sure to bring a tear to your eye. This post comes from The Yorkshire Dreamer who shares the story of treasures she found when helping her Mum declutter that brought back memories of warm hugs from Grandma.
Clutter Tales – Valuable life lessons from a sticker pad (Guest post)
Welcome to Volume 3 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today, I’m excited to share the first guest post in the series. This post comes from the wonderful Olivia who shares the memories and life lessons that a simple sticker pad rekindled for her.
Clutter Tales – High school typing class … shorthand too!
Welcome to the second edition of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter.
In the first edition, I travelled back in time to the mid to late 1990s and reminisced about the days when we needed a book to teach us how to use the Internet. Today’s clutter find takes me back even further to high school typing class and shorthand class.
Top 10 parenting tips you need to know
It’s official! I survived! We recently celebrated our youngest daughter’s 18th birthday so I can proudly say I am now the mom of two young adults. As I paused to reflect on the last 21 years, I made a list of my top 10 parenting tips to share with you.
If you’re just starting your family, I hope these little nuggets of wisdom will be valuable. If you’re embarking on the teenage years, just know that everything will be okay.
5 easy ways to organize your blogging life – Free download
Today is Get Organized Day. To mark the occasion, I’ve got 5 easy ways to help you organize your blogging life. If you could use some help getting organized, download my free blog planning calendar and content creation checklist.
Blogging is a lot of work! Although I’ve been blogging for almost 2 years, I usually stay away from writing posts like this because I don’t think of myself as a blogging expert. But, I do consider myself an organizing expert so this is one area where I can share my expertise with the blogging community.