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RIGHTSIZE OF DOWNSIZING!                    March 2012
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LET'S GET STARTED!

ARE YOU
 FRAZZLED?

Do you have a plan? Will you be able to physically and emotionally sort through your loved ones belongings.   

  • WITTZ END can provide the expertise, time, materials, resources, and empathy to do what you cannot do, for whatever reason.
  • WITTZ END will provide you the time and space to deal with other issues and concerns.
  • With no emotional connections to the items involved WITTZ END will provide advice and options, impartially while honoring and respecting the items and the family wishes.

Call NOW and start planning, do not wait for the midnight phone!

Call Claire, 508-285-4802 or email [email protected] to

schedule a time for your planning session.


GO AHEAD TAKE THE PLUNGE! 
 

CALL NOW    

To Schedule Your 2012 
 Planning Session!

  508-285-4802

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SPRING MUSINGS!

   

Spring Song
by Robert Louis Stevenson
THE air was full of sun and birds,
The fresh air sparkled clearly.
Remembrance wakened in my heart
And I knew I loved her dearly.

The fallows and the leafless trees
And all my spirit tingled.
My earliest thought of love, and Spring's
First puff of perfume mingled.

In my still heart the thoughts awoke,
Came lone by lone together -
Say, birds and Sun and Spring, is Love
A mere affair of weather?

 

Who Is Conducting?

WITTZ END, ownedClaire LeSage and operated by Claire LeSage.
 Our hugely successful
 Relocations Concierge
 Service works with the whole family are or planning on downsizing, decluttering, or moving older relatives or helping them to age in place, safely. 
 
We continue to offer our signature full service packages, as well as smaller more focused programs such as the popular; ONE ROOM AT A TIME program.  

WITTZ END, specializes in providing peace of mind, for the entire family so everyone can   seamlessly and smoothly transitions onto the next phase. 
Claire's team of experts guide "their" families with sensitivity, objectivity, and a "wee bit" humor to quickly and efficiently achieve total peace of mind. 

Whether moving within, or to/ from Massachusetts
 allow Claire at WITTZ END the opportunity to orchestrate the perfect life or move for your family.  

Call and schedule your 1 hour complimentary consultation. You will be moved from FRAZZLED TO DAZZLED!

lilac Greetings!

 

March 2012 is a month of anticipation and change!  We are looking forward to spring and the weather is starting to change, althought we have had a unusually mild winter, longer days and everyone is eargerly anticipating flowers blooming.  

 

Change happens in many ways, some change is expected and then there are the unexpected changes that catch us off guard and unprepared.  I have been musing about change a lot lately and will share some thoughts with you.

 

Our LET'S GET STARTED project March is Pots and Pans month!   How many nooks and crannies do you have stuffed with pts and pans you do not use anymore.  It is time to start thinking of doing something about your pot stock!

Always remember you do not need to be moving to downsize and declutter. So, if you have a problem area that you need some help with, send me an email at; [email protected]
 and I will cover your problem area in the LET'S GET STARTED! article.   


Enjoy the newsletter.
 

 

  Claire    

Claire LeSage, Owner   WITTZ END 

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Lilac's Views On Change!

 

My rescue cat, Lilac, is pretty set in her ways.   Her daily routine is the same every day, as far as I can tell. Every morning, she is waiting for me to give her breakfast, and then she follows the sun and lounges in every sunny spot.   By late morning she is lounging on the back of the love seat pretending to nap, but with one eye open looking to see that no unwelcome visitors venture into her domain.   Early afternoon finds her really napping in the loft.
 

I would say Lilac is in her comfort zone, and when things in the zone change, Lilac is not very happy and she lets us know about it in no uncertain terms. She becomes cranky and upset, she lashes out at whoever happens to be available, and it takes some time for her to come to terms with a change. This behavior certainly mimic's how people react when something changes in their lives. So the question that I have been pondering is:   Do cats imitate us or do we imitate cats? 

 
Everyone has their routines and comfort zones, and they are usually similar to the beings they live, work, or hang out with on a regular basis.   When something or someone disrupts the routine or pace of life that has been constant for so long and change occurs, the entire environment and atmosphere around us becomes disoriented and confused. This happens throughout our lives and usually we can quickly adjust and accept life changes within a reasonable length of time and with minimal attitude.
 

However, the older we get the harder it is to cope and accept changes in our life. I have had this conversation with family members of clients, and they have told me that their parent is acting strange, not like their usual calm, compliant self. The parent is upset, angry, emotional, and just plain old nasty. They do not understand why, because the changes they are proposing or making are meant to make the parent's life easier and happier.   Yet their parent is acting out, just like a teenager!
 

So to get back to my questions of who is imitating whom, I believe the answer is a little bit of both! It seems like it is a natural instinct to resist change in our lives. We all resist and try to make changes to the change; it is natural whether we are infants or senior citizen. Even Lilac, my cat, finds way to work within the changed environment to make the change acceptable to her. Lilac doesn't like a cover on the love seat so she works and works at pulling and punching a portion of the throw off until she has sufficient space for her nap!   My cat uses a passive aggressive attitude toward change, hoping that we will give in.
 

Once we can accept that changes are difficult for everyone, we can begin to understand and try to overcome the attitudes and passive aggressive behaviors while working to convince and accommodate everyone involved with the change.
 

"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me." ~Author Unknown

LET'S GET STARTED!

 

March is Pots and Pans Month!

  

How many pots and pans do you need at any one time?   The answer to this question usually is 2-3! So why do most of us have multiple kitchen cabinets, as well as other storage spaces, loaded with pots and pans? Good question!

  

We have started work organizing the kitchen and capots and pansn see the progress made so far. Now let's move forward and tackle the cabinets where we keep our pots and pans.   If we only use 2 or 3 pots and pans at a time; then we certainly don't need as many as we have, unless you are a professional chef or a gourmet cook with a professional stove and oven in your kitchen. 

 

Looking at my own kitchen cabinet my pots are an eclectic mixture. There are leftovers from my Mother's copper bottom Revere Ware (Which I always hated because as kids washing dishes we had to polish the copper bottom every time she used them!) There are also remnants from my sister's wedding presents, from a time when giving mundane presents like pots and pans was acceptable, along with an assortment of non-stick, easy clean pans in various sizes.   Then there are the pans we only use for certain things; like the brownie pan, angel food cake pan, the pan we use only to cook corn, and of course the spaghetti pan.   Let's not forget about the saut� pan, the omelet pan, and the various size frying pans!

 

So what is our obsession with pots and pans?   Some of us have nothing on Paula Dean or Emeril Lagasse, except they have help to clean, organize, and have plenty of storage room for their pots and pans.

 

How can we downsize and eliminate excess pots and pans and still have sufficient to prepare for your next large family gathering?   Just like everything else we have been doing we need to tackle this project head on because you know exactly what you need to have for your family. Whatever the number is,that is what you should keep.

  • Remove all (and I mean all) your pots and pans from every cabinet and storage area (even if it is in the basement or garage).
  • Put them all on the kitchen counters, stove top, or kitchen table. Even set up a temporary table so you have plenty of room to display items; then set up a carton for donations, and have trash bags available for throwaways.
  • Group the different pots and pans together. All the sauce pans (by size), frying, baking etc.
  • Go down the line examine everything and asking the questions;
    • When was the last time this pan was used and for what?
    • Is it still good? How often will I use it? Should I donate or throw it away?
  • If you are keeping the pan or pot, put it away in the cabinet.

If you do this for each and every pot and pan you own, it won't take long and you will have downsized a good portion of your stock.

Remember a pot or pan you only use occasionally or only used once is taking up precious space in your kitchen cabinets.  

It is time to move them out, let someone else enjoy them, or toss them if they have seen better days, and you will have consolidated everything down to one cabinet.

 

If you want more information please call 508-285-4802 or send me an email: [email protected].  Do not miss out on this wonderful opportunity!

      

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