Clutter Cubed

We Have Moved!

Caitlin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:01:55 +0000

Yay! We’ve finally moved into the new house!
I’m so thoroughly exhausted right now, but it feels so good to finally be in here!!
I’ll take some more photos as we unpack, but here’s one I snapped in the basement right after we got our computers set up in the office down here:

Most of the opened boxes held various computer components which were needed to set up our computer and make sure the phone/DSL lines were working properly (they are), but nothing else has really been unpacked yet.
Except our bed sheets, pillows, and a change of clothes to wear to work tomorrow, of course!

We don’t have any curtains up yet! Eeek! Since it’s a brand-new home, there’s no curtain rods or anything, and though we have been shopping for some for 2 days now, we haven’t found any we really like. We don’t just want to grab any ol’ ugly ones just for the sake of putting something up, we want to actual decorate our first home with things we love! We have some lovely moss green faux-suede curtains for the bedroom when we finally get some rods, though! Right now we have a room-divider stand in front of the bedroom window, so at least the constructions crews that are at work on all the homes around us won’t see us changing!

My husband has the rest of the week off, but I have to get back to work because we have a rigid production schedule to keep! So Josh gets the “joy” of doing lots of the unpacking while I’m at work. Oh boy!

We Have Moved!

Countdown Change

Caitlin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:33:19 +0000

Some of you may have noticed that the little countdown at the right side of the blog has gained 2 days.

Our closing date is still the 14th (cross your fingers) but we’ve scheduled the actual move for July 16th, so I now have two “extra” days to get ready to move. My personal goal is to still be ready on the 14th, and start bringing a few things over to the new place in my little car rather than waiting for the truck on the 16th.

We have our final inspection this Thursday! I can’t wait! Wish us luck!

Countdown Change

I Suppose That’s One Way to Declutter…

Caitlin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:07:38 +0000

A man who decided to sell his entire life online - including his house full of all his stuff, a trial period at his job, and introductions to his friends - said yesterday that he sold it all for $399,300 AUD (approximately $387,467 CAD or $384,965 USD).

Ian Usher of ALife4Sale.com sold his life on eBay yesterday. He was originally selling it through his website, but he didn’t have a system in place to prevent fake bids so he switched to eBay to keep it legitimate (though as always with high-popularity eBay auctions, some fake bids crept in, so who knows if he’ll actually see the money, or if he’ll have to sell his life all over again).

You can check out the finished auction here on eBay to see all the goodies that Ian included in his “life for sale”. All that stuff is worth way more than nearly $400,000! The house alone was valued at $420,000, according to Usher early in the sale.

Found through: The Telegraph.

I suppose that’s one way to declutter your entire life! All your stuff, all your job worries, all your physical and mental clutter gone in one fell swoop!
It’s highly radical, though, and I would not personally recommend it. I can imagine the complete sense of freedom, but I can also see a complete new set of worries - and stuff.

I wish Ian all the best with his new life, but you won’t ever catch me doing that!

I Suppose That’s One Way to Declutter…

This Week in the Blogosphere

Caitlin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30:26 +0000

Sorry folks! My preparations for moving are sucking up more of my time than I would have thought! I don’t even have the photos from Anime North off the camera yet! Moving day is set for July 16th, and we’re busy packing and so excited!

There’s lots of things going on in the Decluttering Blogosphere this week, and some that happens to do with moving in one way or another (how convenient!):

Jeri reminds us that not all books are keepers, something I need to remember when packing up my own personal library to move.

IKEA Hacker (always a favourite of mine) shows us how to make a compact banquette from kitchen cabinets. Looks great, and has storage space to boot! We’re a little short on furniture for the new place, so perhaps we can make use of some of the great projects here!

Declutter It! brings up a good point about an organizing step that many folks miss, just in time for it to be helpful for my move!

Unclutterer tells us to watch out for bumper clutter on others that can indicate road rage, and also reminds us about a special episode of Clean House about the “messiest house in the country” is on next week.

Clutter Control Freak is having a contest! All you need to do is type up a funny joke (clean and tasteful!) in the comments of their contest post, and you could win a $100 gift certificate for Stacks & Stacks (and other nifty prizes)!

Does anyone know what happened to Psychology of Clutter? It was a great blog, but now Wordpress says it has been deleted by the author! I hope nothing bad happened to Dr. Ragan!

This Week in the Blogosphere

Unexpected Hiatus - Almost Over!

Caitlin — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:49:40 +0000

Hi folks!
Sorry about the lack of posts here lately! I really need to start writing more posts in advance!
I’ve been completely busy the past couple weeks getting ready to go to Anime North this weekend! I’ve been spending every spare second finishing up my husband’s and my costumes!
I won’t tell you what they are just yet, but I’ll bring back photos from the convention! Care to guess in advance? I’m wearing a big red hat and a long red trench coat, and my husband is wearing a red and white striped shirt with a red and white toque and has a walking stick! That’s all the clues for now, I’ll be back posting later next week!

Next weekend is also my big family clean up, so I’ll have lots to post about for that!

In the meantime, please enjoy this appropriate lolcat from icanhascheezburger.com:

Real content back soon!

Unexpected Hiatus - Almost Over!