http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/comment-page-1/#comment-28929 mamster Sun, 11 May 2008 16:09:31 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/#comment-28929 <p>Clutter Swirl sounds like a Ben and Jerry's flavor. Chunks of all sorts of random things.</p> Clutter Swirl sounds like a Ben and Jerry’s flavor. Chunks of all sorts of random things.

]]> http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/comment-page-1/#comment-28928 Wendy Sun, 11 May 2008 15:01:21 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/#comment-28928 <p>I did, yes, several months ago. I thought most of it didn't live up to the first chapter or so, but we loved the stuff about the flow through your apartment. This has affected us in the following way: now we point out the "swirls" where clutter gets trapped, with excitement.</p> I did, yes, several months ago. I thought most of it didn’t live up to the first chapter or so, but we loved the stuff about the flow through your apartment. This has affected us in the following way: now we point out the “swirls” where clutter gets trapped, with excitement.

]]> http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/comment-page-1/#comment-28927 mamster Sun, 11 May 2008 13:47:23 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/#comment-28927 <p>Wendy, I second Laurie's recommendation, but our secret is not found in any book: if the apartment gets too cluttered, we just let Iris eat anything in her way.</p> Wendy, I second Laurie’s recommendation, but our secret is not found in any book: if the apartment gets too cluttered, we just let Iris eat anything in her way.

]]> http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/comment-page-1/#comment-28925 Laurie Sun, 11 May 2008 04:17:16 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/#comment-28925 <p>Wendy, did you read Apartment Therapy yet? We pretty much ignore the decorating tips (not that they're not good, we just don't decorate), but the decluttering advice is the best ever.</p> Wendy, did you read Apartment Therapy yet? We pretty much ignore the decorating tips (not that they’re not good, we just don’t decorate), but the decluttering advice is the best ever.

]]> http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/comment-page-1/#comment-28919 Wendy Sat, 10 May 2008 16:34:56 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2008/05/10/keeping-house/#comment-28919 <p>When I read the headline I was hoping for actual housekeeping tips. You could have a new identity as, I don't know, FlyMan. (Although I am NOT a FlyLady fan, so something else would be better.) Nicole and I could use tips about keeping a small apartment clean and uncluttered like you guys. I mean, we wouldn't LISTEN, but we would be interested.</p> When I read the headline I was hoping for actual housekeeping tips. You could have a new identity as, I don’t know, FlyMan. (Although I am NOT a FlyLady fan, so something else would be better.) Nicole and I could use tips about keeping a small apartment clean and uncluttered like you guys. I mean, we wouldn’t LISTEN, but we would be interested.

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