My friends have been mocking me over the utterly ridiculous saga of our refrigerator, which has been broken then fixed, then broken again, then fixed again, on and off since mid-March. Over that time, our home warranty insurance has paid two different repairmen to have multiple cracks at it, and as of this moment it looks like the fridge is finally fixed. In the interim, I coped by farming our frozen food out to my friend Nina's semi-empty fridge, and using a tiny dorm fridge, then eventually browbeating my insurance company into renting us a full size fridge. We also compensated by ordering a lot of local take-out food. As I predicted, this fridge ordeal was a total drag and completely upse
I'm happy to say, we're finally in summer mode here! Summer is business-as-usual for me, but for my 17 year-old son it means working as a camp counselor at an outdoor science camp for seven out of the nine weeks of break. I'll tell you what. As much as I hate that he leaves his clothes in a heap on the downstairs bathroom floor, that kid has a strong work ethic and loves earning money! Food-wise, our kitchen gets an extra workout in the summer. The kid enjoys cooking for himself when he's at home. He also needs to pack a hearty lunch to keep his energy up at camp. Add in a few of his starving friends hanging out at our house in the evening, and our fridge can easily get wiped out in no time
I'm going to start this blog off by saying that I don't work with hoarders. Truth be told, the notion of hoarders is so disgustingly misunderstood, I cringe every single time I hear it. Working with a true hoarder is a specialty that is best left to the experts, and that's not me. My clients are normal folks whose homes fall on a continum from slightly out of balance - new baby stuff, too many toys, overstuffed drawers - on up to completely out of balance. No matter where you fall on the continum, hiring an organizer for any reason takes inner strength. I mean it's hard to ask for help, right? Occasionally I get hired to do fun design tweaks for clients, such as moving furniture, accessories
