Sustainably
Sadie
Clutter
I remember years ago, my mom
coming across an article in a magazine about an organizer who made a living
from cleaning up people’s closets, offices, home. Looking around my home now, I laugh at the
idea that my mother thought I was fit for such a vocation. My most recent Google search, “tips for
clutter free home,” confirms some painful truths.
1.
I am attached to objects. We do pay for a storage unit, which means,
yes, we store items that we haven’t used for years. But I refuse to give away the wood cook stove
that I got for such a screaming deal. It
even has the water jacket…it is going to be the first stove in our dream home
that we build from the ground up…homestead style, when we are finally able to
buy land out of town. Giving away,
throwing away the items we haven’t touched in years is still a good tip for
reducing clutter in life.
2.
I have lots of
stuff. Too much? I’m already thinking ahead to Christmas,
squirreling away money to spend on the family…which will bring more stuff into
our small home. Reducing your “stuff”
and buying less is another excellent tip for reducing clutter.
3.
I need to be
better about cleaning and putting items away in their place. It is easy to let the dishes accumulate and
the toys to take over when the warm weather is here. Summer is so short for us here in MT, it
doesn’t seem right to spend nice days cleaning house.
But then something snaps and
the clutter and mess become unbearable.
The hubby and I tackled the garage, as I nagged that we have to begin
there in order to go through the storage unit later this fall. Baby 2.3 (my second pregnancy, our third
child) is due the Sunday after Thanksgiving and soon we will have to pull the
baby stuff out of storage. I’m grateful
for the nesting stage that will come so that I can clean and declutter to a
more tolerable level.
Don’t let clutter rule your
life. Spend some time researching tips
and find ways to manage the stuff in your life.
Share your tips at www.sustainablysadie.blogspot.com
or sustainablysadie@hotmail.com.
Twin Bits
Reminder: The first Saturday of the month is the day to
bring your #1 and #2 plastics to the Twin Bridges landfill to be recycled. This Saturday August 4 is a great day to
recycle!!
The Twin Bridges Public
Library archives all Madisonian
newspapers. The TB Public Library,
however, is missing the January 27, 2011 edition. If anyone out there has that particular copy,
please consider donating it to the TB Public Library to help keep their
collection for our community complete.
Jackson’s Garden in Sheridan
has a new VISTA summer associate who is coordinating activities at the Garden
including Volunteer work days, the Kids’ Club program and the Thursday night
Farmer’s Market. Volunteer work days are
Tuesdays and Saturdays, 8 am to 1 pm.
Thursday Farmer’s Market is 5 pm to 7 pm at the Main Street
Park, corner of Main Street and
Mill. Jackson's
Garden is sponsoring a summer Kid's Club, a youth led organization open to all
kids of the Ruby Valley, ages 6 to 12 years old.
The Kid's Club will plant, tend and harvest vegetables from their own plot as
well as experience preparing and tasting healthy foods. Art projects and
having fun at the Garden are also planned.
Coree Martin has stepped down
as Twin Bridges Farmer’s Market “Market Master.” In the interim, the TBCA is looking for TBCA
members, as well as nonmembers to "adopt a market day". Duties would include: putting out signage on
Friday afternoon, being at Main Street Park at 8 am, on Saturday, to greet
vendors, help with set up, document vendors, collect fees, & to help with
break down at noon. The task is relatively simple but as there is not one
person to do it all, we would greatly appreciate a donated Saturday.
Volunteers are needed for the following dates:
August 4th, 11th (Fair), 18th, 25th
September 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd. 29th
If you are interested in hosting a particular date, please contact Paula Kinoshita, at The Old Hotel (684-5959) ASAP, as we would like to get the rest of the season sorted out.
Volunteers are needed for the following dates:
August 4th, 11th (Fair), 18th, 25th
September 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd. 29th
If you are interested in hosting a particular date, please contact Paula Kinoshita, at The Old Hotel (684-5959) ASAP, as we would like to get the rest of the season sorted out.
In addition, we are looking for a new Market Master for Summer Season 2013. If you or anyone you know might be interested, please contact Paula K. for further details.
“Kindred Spirits Gift Gallery would like to invite you to meet Laurel Ovitt, a water color artist from Whitehall on Thursday August 2nd.
She will be painting "Plein Air" in the park during our Sheridan Farmers'
Market from 5 to 7 with a reception to follow from 7 to 8PM! Savories and
beverages will be served!” If you haven’t checked out Ann Goldthwait’s shop in Sheridan please be sure to do so…remember Christmas is coming and Made in Montana gifts are oh so sustainable. *Like* Kindred Spirits on Facebook.
And right around the corner,
SCHOOL! Teachers start at Sheridan Monday August 20
and students start Wednesday August 22.
In Twin, teachers start Tuesday August 21 and students go back Thursday
August 23.
I’m here to help promote Ruby Valley
events and spread community information.
Post comments at www.sustainablysadie.blogspot.com,
email sustainablysadie@hotmail.com,
call 406-531-1422 and send snail mail to P.O. Box 491, TB 59754. Thanks for reading and sharing, Sarah
Miller.
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