Comments on: De-Clutter to Prosper! http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/ Provocative discussions about leading a holistic, sustainable, and healthy life Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:15:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cathy Payne http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Cathy Payne Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:38:21 +0000 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=315#comment-77 Wow, Kimberly. Great ideas! Once we move to the farm I want to be much more focused about how things are stored for use, especially in the kitchen. Now that we're releasing those things we don't need it should be much easier to do. Thanks for sharing! .-= Cathy Payne´s last blog ..<a href="http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/04/raw-milk-issues-in-the-news/" rel="nofollow">Raw Milk Issues in the News!</a> =-. Wow, Kimberly. Great ideas! Once we move to the farm I want to be much more focused about how things are stored for use, especially in the kitchen. Now that we’re releasing those things we don’t need it should be much easier to do. Thanks for sharing!
.-= Cathy Payne´s last blog ..Raw Milk Issues in the News! =-.

]]> By: Kimberly Hartke http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Kimberly Hartke Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:52:29 +0000 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=315#comment-76 Hi Cathy-- Love your blog! How exciting that you are moving into farming. I want to share my de-cluttering story. When I first joined Weston A. Price and started learning Sally's Nourishing Traditions cookbook, I realized that I was going to need to re-organize my kitchen. We emptied out the entire kitchen, all cupboards and drawers onto tables and into boxes in our den. Then, I organized my kitchen into work stations and labeled each cupboard with the station names, baking station, food prep station, coffee/tea station, spice station, appliance station, food storage station, etc. Each station was located in the area where it made the most sense to do that activity, for instance the food prep station (measuring cups, bowls, etc.) was above and to the left of my sink bowl that had the garbage disposal and the chopping boards and food processors were stored under the counter below. Everything that was no longer useful or helpful on the Nourishing Traditions diet was given away, or stored in a basement storage room. This worked great and I highly recommend this organizing and de-cluttering method! .-= Kimberly Hartke´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HartkeIsOnline/~3/_BlEu3hkhYQ/" rel="nofollow">Headache Relief: A Natural Cures Blog Carnival</a> =-. Hi Cathy–

Love your blog! How exciting that you are moving into farming.

I want to share my de-cluttering story. When I first joined Weston A. Price and started learning Sally’s Nourishing Traditions cookbook, I realized that I was going to need to re-organize my kitchen.

We emptied out the entire kitchen, all cupboards and drawers onto tables and into boxes in our den. Then, I organized my kitchen into work stations and labeled each cupboard with the station names, baking station, food prep station, coffee/tea station, spice station, appliance station, food storage station, etc.

Each station was located in the area where it made the most sense to do that activity, for instance the food prep station (measuring cups, bowls, etc.) was above and to the left of my sink bowl that had the garbage disposal and the chopping boards and food processors were stored under the counter below.

Everything that was no longer useful or helpful on the Nourishing Traditions diet was given away, or stored in a basement storage room.

This worked great and I highly recommend this organizing and de-cluttering method!
.-= Kimberly Hartke´s last blog ..Headache Relief: A Natural Cures Blog Carnival =-.

]]> By: Cathy Payne http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Cathy Payne Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:11:20 +0000 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=315#comment-65 Lynn, best of luck during your spring break. We want to be finished by then so we can spend some time at the farm and with our youngest granddaughter (and parents!). I do have a box of things to return to you before they get accidentally packed. Joann, you're quite welcome. The book sales have been fantastic. Jon and I sold 6 this week already. I also have someone picking up bonsai pots today from my failed attempts at indoor gardening. Please stay in touch with the blog as we'll be sharing as we go along. .-= Cathy Payne´s last blog ..<a href="http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/" rel="nofollow">De-Clutter to Prosper!</a> =-. Lynn, best of luck during your spring break. We want to be finished by then so we can spend some time at the farm and with our youngest granddaughter (and parents!). I do have a box of things to return to you before they get accidentally packed.

Joann, you’re quite welcome. The book sales have been fantastic. Jon and I sold 6 this week already. I also have someone picking up bonsai pots today from my failed attempts at indoor gardening. Please stay in touch with the blog as we’ll be sharing as we go along.
.-= Cathy Payne´s last blog ..De-Clutter to Prosper! =-.

]]> By: Joann http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Joann Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:34:40 +0000 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=315#comment-64 Well, you've really inspired me to tackle a room today, Cathy. I love the tips you gave for selling items, especially books. Thank you for sharing your journey. Well, you’ve really inspired me to tackle a room today, Cathy. I love the tips you gave for selling items, especially books. Thank you for sharing your journey.

]]> By: Lynn http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Lynn Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:06:02 +0000 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=315#comment-63 You're inspiring me to get going on our de-cluttering during spring break. Hope all is going well ...won't be long now until you move! Lynn You’re inspiring me to get going on our de-cluttering during spring break. Hope all is going well …won’t be long now until you move!
Lynn

]]> By: Cathy Payne http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Cathy Payne Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:22:26 +0000 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=315#comment-62 Good advice, Tim. Jon is pretty particular about his tools, so I hope it won't be a problem. And we're adding an out-building to help with storage. See you at CSA pickup Saturday. .-= Cathy Payne´s last blog ..<a href="http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/" rel="nofollow">De-Clutter to Prosper!</a> =-. Good advice, Tim. Jon is pretty particular about his tools, so I hope it won’t be a problem. And we’re adding an out-building to help with storage. See you at CSA pickup Saturday.
.-= Cathy Payne´s last blog ..De-Clutter to Prosper! =-.

]]> By: Tim http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/03/de-clutter-to-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Tim Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:22:17 +0000 http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=315#comment-61 Awesome post! You're right that having your environment set up the way you like makes it much easier for you to be productive, and I think it substantially reduces stress levels too. Although, when you move to the country, be careful to not collect a new kind of clutter in the form of farm tools, garden tools and so on. It's just that we all seem to pile them up outside in the country! Tim www.naturesharmonyfarm.com Awesome post! You’re right that having your environment set up the way you like makes it much easier for you to be productive, and I think it substantially reduces stress levels too. Although, when you move to the country, be careful to not collect a new kind of clutter in the form of farm tools, garden tools and so on. It’s just that we all seem to pile them up outside in the country!

Tim
http://www.naturesharmonyfarm.com

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