Here’s a neat article from Real Simple Magazine that I guarantee you will find interesting at times.

For you hoarders of things…. it’s your time to shine!

http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/new-uses-for-old-things/favorite-new-uses-00000000019718/index.html

I know everyone has been saying the same thing, but it’s true. It went so fast, furious and threw cold, rainy days at us when we prayed for otherwise.

I can’t say that it stopped me and mine from having the time of our lives, though!

Now that September is here, and I feel that it is the beginning of a new year of production, it’s time to buckle down.

What are your goals for this fall, winter and spring seasons coming up? I delete summer because I think that we have to take a break from as much as possible and enjoy what little of it we have.

My new goal is to blog more on my site. I want to spread the word about our interior environment having it’s effect on us and how we can improve that effect by enhancing with the little things that don’t cost a lot of money.

I am going to talk about the bargains that make us happy for our home. About the changes we can make that give us inspiration and calm, both at the same time. About the creative being we have within ourselves that can embrace our spaces so that we feel like saying “aaaaaahhhhhhhh” when we walk into our homes.

I am going to post interesting articles about organizing, time saving, clutter busting, and more.

Patti Smith

Lynne Maukonen is the lucky winner of the session at her home! I will be coming over, Lynne, and we will have a blast moving things, editing, refreshin, so that you will have a renewed look and feel when you come home. You will get re-excited about your home!

Congrats, Lynne!