Comments on: The clatter of clutter http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/ Family life commentary by Amy Scott. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kariann http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24521 kariann Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:33:21 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24521 I just have to comment that you are a wise bunch of ladies and I glean much from you. Thank you :-) Kariann I just have to comment that you are a wise bunch of ladies and I glean much from you. Thank you :-)
Kariann

]]> By: Heather http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24520 Heather Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:42:04 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24520 Beautifully put. I agree wholeheartedly. I think this is God's will for everyone's lives - children or not. I also believe that if we are unable to let go of our clutter, as in my case, He will "help" you part with it. We went through three floods and are very different people because of it. We do not hold on so tightly to our material things as we used to. It may have been painful, but it was worth it. Beautifully put. I agree wholeheartedly. I think this is God’s will for everyone’s lives - children or not. I also believe that if we are unable to let go of our clutter, as in my case, He will “help” you part with it. We went through three floods and are very different people because of it. We do not hold on so tightly to our material things as we used to. It may have been painful, but it was worth it.

]]> By: Susanne http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24518 Susanne Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:54:44 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24518 Just found your blog from a "kool-aid" site of byron. I love your sense of humor. At my house "Not me" visits very often but he also brings along his best friend "Ida Know". And multiply this six fold as I not only have my own kids but have a dayhome with 6 more. A trick we learned at my house was if relatives gave the messy and/or noisy toys we would bring them along to visit and talk them into leaving it there for the next time so the kids would have something to do while there. It worked like a charm. Just found your blog from a “kool-aid” site of byron. I love your sense of humor. At my house “Not me” visits very often but he also brings along his best friend “Ida Know”. And multiply this six fold as I not only have my own kids but have a dayhome with 6 more.

A trick we learned at my house was if relatives gave the messy and/or noisy toys we would bring them along to visit and talk them into leaving it there for the next time so the kids would have something to do while there. It worked like a charm.

]]> By: Nancy http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24517 Nancy Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:38:56 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24517 Well said, Amy! I think we have more than one "not me's" here :). I keep a pretty clean house and still spend lots of time with the kids. Who needs dvd in the car anyway? I don't want my children in front of that influence so much. I think relationships are more important than entertainment. We are forming relationships that will last a lifetime and beyond. That's very important. God's work, it is! Have a blessed day! Well said, Amy! I think we have more than one “not me’s” here :). I keep a pretty clean house and still spend lots of time with the kids. Who needs dvd in the car anyway? I don’t want my children in front of that influence so much. I think relationships are more important than entertainment. We are forming relationships that will last a lifetime and beyond. That’s very important. God’s work, it is! Have a blessed day!

]]> By: ruth http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24515 ruth Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:06:11 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24515 You are so right. The biggest problem I have noticed in the "let it got, they're just babies for a short time," is that they never learn the process of cleaning and organizing. They grow up with the idea that all that sort of stuff is just in the way of their own amusement and entertainment. The best thing you can do (which I was really, really bad at), is to teach them to clean and organize and work right alongside of you, and enjoy it and derive satisfaction from it. There will be some tough times in this process--it is much easier to wait until they go down for a nap and then do it yourself. But the fruit you will harvest in five or seven years will be incomparable--they will know what needs to be done and feel confident doing it. You are so right.
The biggest problem I have noticed in the “let it got, they’re just babies for a short time,” is that they never learn the process of cleaning and organizing. They grow up with the idea that all that sort of stuff is just in the way of their own amusement and entertainment.
The best thing you can do (which I was really, really bad at), is to teach them to clean and organize and work right alongside of you, and enjoy it and derive satisfaction from it. There will be some tough times in this process–it is much easier to wait until they go down for a nap and then do it yourself. But the fruit you will harvest in five or seven years will be incomparable–they will know what needs to be done and feel confident doing it.

]]> By: M.V. http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24513 M.V. Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:04:05 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24513 oohh..girl...got shivers looking at pictures of baby in utero...such a sweetie already by the looks of it...I praise God for your new healthy little one.. and it definitely sounds like your nesting... Myra oohh..girl…got shivers looking at pictures of baby in utero…such a sweetie already by the looks of it…I praise God for your new healthy little one.. and it definitely sounds like your nesting…

Myra

]]> By: Amie http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24510 Amie Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:12:54 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24510 Exactly! I LOVE IT! I am goign to "steal"that quote to put on my blog, hope you don't mind :) Thanks, Amie Exactly! I LOVE IT! I am goign to “steal”that quote to put on my blog, hope you don’t mind :) Thanks, Amie

]]> By: Carrie http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24509 Carrie Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:41:17 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24509 Amen! I love to declutter. It seems about ever six months I go bezerk in our 1450 square foot home and start trashing everything that doesn't have a lid or a home. I love it. It is very freeing. The real question is why can't I purge those size 6 pants? You know the ones- the ones before baby.:grin_ee: Just to comment on living in simplicity. I have taken up watching old reruns of "Little House on the Prarie." I'm hooked. I find myself making more bread and wanting my girls to wear bonnets. Ah, to live in simplier times. Amen! I love to declutter. It seems about ever six months I go bezerk in our 1450 square foot home and start trashing everything that doesn’t have a lid or a home. I love it. It is very freeing. The real question is why can’t I purge those size 6 pants? You know the ones- the ones before baby. :grin_ee:

Just to comment on living in simplicity. I have taken up watching old reruns of “Little House on the Prarie.” I’m hooked. I find myself making more bread and wanting my girls to wear bonnets. Ah, to live in simplier times.

]]> By: KC http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24504 KC Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:20:49 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24504 ami, do you have a dog? my dog loves the play-dough crumbs and we let him in to vacuum up after dinner. this is the highlight of his day (especially on rice night). i enjoyed your post. -kc ami,
do you have a dog? my dog loves the play-dough crumbs and we let him in to vacuum up after dinner. this is the highlight of his day (especially on rice night). i enjoyed your post.

-kc

]]> By: KS Milkmaid http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24501 KS Milkmaid Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:03:58 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/01/24/the-clatter-of-clutter/#comment-24501 Awesome post!! I just spent the day doing the very same thing. I have been purging since Christmas. I love the quote on simplicity. Since I am in the middle of writing a complex book on simply living a full life, it really speaks to my heart. Thanks for taking the time to write. You always have great things to share. Oh, I have banned playdough from our house. Relatives gave the playdough fun stations that make it into jillions of little bits. I found them everywhere. I think we should boycott the manufacturers and torture all relatives who buy playdough as gifts. Awesome post!! I just spent the day doing the very same thing. I have been purging since Christmas. I love the quote on simplicity. Since I am in the middle of writing a complex book on simply living a full life, it really speaks to my heart. Thanks for taking the time to write. You always have great things to share. Oh, I have banned playdough from our house. Relatives gave the playdough fun stations that make it into jillions of little bits. I found them everywhere. I think we should boycott the manufacturers and torture all relatives who buy playdough as gifts.

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