tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922814317344909760.post5960412829051735187..comments2018-06-14T09:54:36.096-07:00Comments on Love Life - Our Grand Tour: A Christmas Ode to The Stuff *Updated*Lexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209362397369062854noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922814317344909760.post-5975377308555519742010-12-01T11:02:27.601-08:002010-12-01T11:02:27.601-08:00Great post! I think I'm more of a stuff = home...Great post! I think I'm more of a stuff = home person and Mark is a magazine = home person. Somehow, we make it work - he leaves for work and the "home" becomes my vision. When he gets home, the "home" becomes his vision. I guess that really just means that during the day there are toys and books strewn hither and yon and then they get picked up and put away. :) I'm working on seasonal decorations, but I feel that these are best collected slowly over the years (as great finds at great prices) rather than all at once for that "magazine and no real value" look. Goodwill hint: if you have a rich suburb close by, go to that Goodwill BOY OH BOY are there exciting finds to be found!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890777544148622190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922814317344909760.post-74931962829726367012010-12-01T09:47:46.496-08:002010-12-01T09:47:46.496-08:00Stuff is famously fun for kids. My tendency is to...Stuff is famously fun for kids. My tendency is to immediately purge "purposeless" stuff. Then I turn around and see that stuff is the stuff that my little one is most interested in. Old make-up brush... favorite toy.<br /><br />I guess I shouldn't judge STUFF.AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335064493908091399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922814317344909760.post-26232633944007799752010-11-30T19:09:38.866-08:002010-11-30T19:09:38.866-08:00I think personal reactions to 'The Stuff' ...I think personal reactions to 'The Stuff' and individual tolerance for clutter has a lot to do with personality types. Ideally, I would love to have good storage and less stuff because visual clutter= mental clutter for me. I honestly have to go and find a tidy and uncluttered bit of wall to stare at sometimes in order to put together a coherent thought or two. In reality, I settle for just gaurding and maintaining a few orderly, uncluttered spaces, because in practice I'm a mom and so I have to manage, tolerate, and enable other people's stuff as well as my own. And I do indeed want my kids to be self-entertaining, which can require some stuff. <br /><br />I hear you on gifts though - I LOVE giving and getting gifts. Bonus points for homemade/repurposed/rehomed gifts. :-)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787892622804373968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922814317344909760.post-91603501482111533072010-11-30T17:50:17.818-08:002010-11-30T17:50:17.818-08:00love it, love it, love it! You put it so beautifu...love it, love it, love it! You put it so beautifully. i know my kids would have a great time at your home. we need to come visit you!Katie Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346299617811169438noreply@blogger.com