I do a quick scroll through the promotions and memes until I get to the good stuff. It doesn't take that long. I also block anyone who is consistently annoying.

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Prayers for your little guy and for you!

I didn't know people were putting mercury on wounds either. Sheesh.

I was cleaning out my dh's nightstand drawer and found, among other things, about 20 golf balls, two broken cameras, and six pocket knives. Also, a couple of cords to unknown gadgets that we probably don't even own anymore. So.many.cords. in this house.

When bunnies were eating my garden one year, I read about sprinkling cayenne pepper on the plants to keep the bunnies away. I did it and it worked very well. You can also make a water/soap/hot pepper mixture to spray on plants to deter squash bugs.

When I was cleaning my dad's kitchen cupboards after my mom died I found a small bottle of...I think it was iodine...at the back of a corner cupboard, at the very top. The date on it was 1969.

We don't. In the winter we are normally only gone a couple of nights to visit family for the holidays, and in the summer I have a friend water my flowers and vegetable garden. I'm also giving her a house key so she can bring in the mail and take a quick look around to make sure there are no problems.

I store towels in the hall linen cupboard and I roll them and stack them like a bunch of logs. I can fit a lot in a little space that way.

I hang my purse on the bedpost at the end of our bed. Our bedroom is on the main level near the front door, so it's handy when I need to grab it and go. In our previous home, the master BR was at the back of the house. I always kept my purse on the shelf in the coat closet next to the front door.

I am listening to the book while I do my bedroom and bathroom. I can't see how I can do it all by categories exactly like she says. Some of dh's drawers have such random stuff in them. He's a saver. I can do our clothes all together but not all the drawers. However, I like the idea of asking what sparks joy, and the idea of doing it in one big swoop rather than a little here and there.

p I don't know. What kind of clutter is it? Do you have more categories to do?

That makes sense, doing them by category. The only problem is..one of my categories is literature. And children's literature. Oh dear.

My books are already in categories so I already know where they belong. I just need to decide which ones are going. I really can't see carrying that many books up or down stairs so they are all together. It makes me hurt to think of it.

I'm not dragging all my books up or down the stairs either, but I don't mind doing all the books in the schoolroom, then all the books on the main level. I wouldn't get out every member of the family's clothes at once either, but do it one person at a time.

It IS pretty interesting who finds you on Facebook. I like it because I can keep up with faraway relatives who mainly communicate via FB. My dh doesn't have FB so I'm the one keeping him informed! I like it for the special groups, too. I don't like reading political rants, posts about every.little.thing, being friended by people I barely know, and cheesy memes. The good news is that you can filter out stuff and make FB whatever you want! I unfollow people and I make a quick scroll through my feed, only reading what catches my attention. It doesn't have to take a lot of your time. You can always try it and delete later if you want.

I would never do it. Not important to me.

Two of our girls have barely any sense of direction. It has nothing to do with how intelligent you are. One of our sons on the other hand. .you could spin him around and drive him in circles while he is blindfolded and he could tell you which way is which, even in an unfamiliar area.

I didn't read the book but I've read others' assessments of it and have watched some videos of Marie Kondo, so I think I get the gist of it. However, here's my problem. My dh likes to keep stuff. He has a ton of shoes and clothes, but almost had a heart attack when I asked him to go through his shoes with me. He finally relinquished one of his SEVEN pairs of tennis shoes. He wants to keep magazines, books he never reads, bricks from the fireplace we removed, stuff he bought at auctions, etc etc. Our storage areas, shed, and garage are very cluttered. He will clean out the garage, sweep and rearrange, but not get rid of things. Sigh. He's a wonderful man but I don't know what to do. I do get rid of stuff that he never uses but I don't tell him. He rarely asks for an item I culled. He got upset when I tried to give away ds's Zoobs that we gave him when he was about five. Ds is now 15. We still have them. But here's the deal...dh really appreciates a clean house. I can't keep it that way unless I declutter.

Not me. I see More Stories at the bottom, but nothing like "add friends to see more stories". I just checked to make sure it hadn't changed.

Fasting and a husband who takes you for a ride and orders a drive through pizza.

Hair highlighting kits and margaritas. A friend told me this was less than ideal.

Why would you not report this? Just do it. When I was seventeen I found out that a mentally handicapped woman with the mental age of a young child was likely being abused. I told that very same day. There was no question in my mind that I had to do it to protect her and others like her. I was nervous, but mostly I was sickened by the fact that someone was doing that to this vulnerable woman. If I could do it at that age, you can do it now. Think about the children who are possible future victims of this man, and the ones who could be victims now despite what he says. Do it for them.

If Mom and Dad aren't home, about five minutes.

Once we had an indoor/outdoor cat bring fleas into our family room. I was sitting at the computer desk and they bit my legs! I treated the cat with..I think Advantage..and liberally sprinkled boric acid powder (got mine at Lowe's) all over the entire carpet, and for good measure, the upholstered furniture. I waited a few hours and thoroughly vacuumed everything. Never saw another flea.