After my visit to see ‘Dancing Queen’ at the Leeds Grand, I decided that I would have a look at what else I could go and see. During a very random google search I came across this image of the Jellyfish Theatre in London

This theatre is built entirely of recycled items. It seat 120 and fully complies with local building, fire and safety regulations. It looks like a fascinating building and very interesting concepts. Now to see how this Junkitecture goes down with the general public.

As the grouse shooting commenced on the ‘Glorious 12th’ of this month our very own Caroline turned 40 which is always a great reminder that it is also my mum’s birthday and she turned 59 this time. (Sorry mum, but Happy Birthday!)

In the spirit of my last blog ‘De-clutter’ I decided that rather than yet another ornament or vase to clutter her already full cabinets and shelves, I would buy us both tickets to see Dancing Queen at The Grand Theatre and Opera House in Leeds.

What a fantastic night out! The theatre itself is another great example of beautiful Leeds architecture and the auditorium is just amazing.

The show was so much fun. Lots of ABBA hits and other songs from the 70’s with high energy dance routines. It was just a huge party on stage.

The highlight for me was the YMCA. It was so funny. I can highly recommend this show and it is guaranteed to lift everyone’s spirits and could be a great start to fabulous night out.

Happy Birthday Mum!
What should I do for her 60th?

As a very organised person with a tendency to be extremely untidy and that also likes to ‘hoard’ completely unnecessary items, I do enjoy having a major de-clutter. After being back from maternity leave for only a couple of months,looking at my desk, it’s almost as if I had never been away.

I really do love having a good sort out but I always find it incredibly hard to actually part with things and as a result my ‘sort out sessions’ usually result in much more untidiness. A while ago, Maria forwarded me an email which really inspired me.

What Is Clutter?

You’ll see many definitions of clutter out there, but the one I typically use is pretty straightforward. Clutter is anything in your life that you have inadequate time to enjoy or inadequate space to store.

When you’re juggling so many relationships that the truly important ones are withering on the vine, you’re experiencing clutter.

When you jam all of your papers somewhere because you don’t have time or the space to store them, you have clutter.

When you’re embarrassed to let someone see some part of your home because of the piles of stuff you have jammed in there, that’s clutter.

When you burn fifteen minutes digging through junk drawers looking for the one thing in there you actually have any need for, that’s clutter.

When you have shelves jammed full of videos or DVDs or CDs or books or video games or old magazines that you’ve barely touched in months but you keep telling yourself you’ll get around to someday, that’s clutter.

What Clutter Eats

Clutter eats time. The more things you have, the more time you spend maintaining them. Stuff. Commitments. Relationships. That means less time to…

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