NEAT & SIMPLE LIVING

Do you get extra stressed during the holidays? Relief is Here!

 
If you tend to get stressed by the holiday season, you are not alone.  Those of us with ADD and/ or creative personality types are triply challenged by all the possibilities and decisions of the season.  We face temptation at every turn.  We want ALL the cute decorations, we want to give gifts to EVERYONE, we want to send cards to EVERYONE and got ALL the parties. 

There are so many decisions to be made.  So much stress.  How do you add all these extras to your life without getting overstressed and overwhelmed? 

Clutter-free Holiday Gift Ideas!

It's that time of year again!  Time to decide who you are going to give what to.  As always, I'm on the lookout for clutter free Christmas & Holiday gifts...so here are some of my favorite clutter-free gift ideas...

• Popcorn & movie rentals (who would ever let popcorn become clutter??? : )
• A digital photo slide presentation on the web or use Powerpoint of a special event / memories you shared with the person.
• A free night or weekend of babysitting is always popular with moms.

Hoarders: the TV Show is Casting For Season 2

I got this message from someone at A&E...thought I'd pass it along in case you or someone you know may be interested in taking advantage of the help they provide for free. FYI -  I'm not "recommending" this, I just wanted to let you know about it because I get asked often how to get on a show like this.  

All the best,

Ariane

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Hoarders on A&E is casting its second season of the groundbreaking documentary television series that sheds much needed light on this complicated and underreported condition. Each hour long episode will follow two individuals who suffer from this mental illness thru a crisis situation that is directly caused by their hoarding. 

Living in a House Staged for Sale is NOT FUN! : )

If you follow me on Facebook, you already know that our house went up for sale on Friday!  The house across the street from us came up for sale a couple weeks ago but it was to expensive for us. Then the price was reduced and we couldn't resist.  It's a great house that just needs a bit of renovating to make it work for us. We learned so much renovating the house that we decided it would be a great investment and went for it.