My 7yo daughter has been asking if we could PLEASE have a garage sale. Pretty please? Her reason? Garage sales are just so much more fun than donating. She has fond memories of waking up on a Saturday morning and coming out to the garage to find all sorts of lovely people milling around and her mom and dad wheeling and dealing. My … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
So THAT’s How My New Chairs Look
I've been missing for a while. I had big plans to write ahead and have posts scheduled to go up while I took Spring Break off to be with my family. And then, the Monday before Spring Break was a completely unexpected Ice Day. With everyone home, I was determined to spend time with them instead of working ahead on this blog-thing I do. I had big … [Read more...]
Super Simple Banana (and Whatever) Smoothies
This is my newest obsession. Banana smoothies. Frozen bananas, blended, taste basically like ice cream. But they're bananas. Which means I feel like I'm eating ice cream for breakfast. Which makes me happy. This has made me go a little crazy on the banana-buying lately, hoping they'll start looking like this before we eat them … [Read more...]
Creating Space In My Home by Decluttering
I'm on a Space Creation Kick lately. I might (or might not) have a few dumping areas. Fine. I do. One is (once again) the master bedroom, and one is "hidden" behind a screen in the gameroom. These spaces get on my nerves, but at least a part of the master bedroom one is Girl Scout stuff. Honestly, the "stuff" was one of … [Read more...]
How to Reduce Paper Clutter
Oh, how I don't want to write this post. I'm only writing it because it has been specifically requested many many times. Paper is a slob's natural enemy. And I most definitely don't have paper "under control." This makes me feel unqualified to speak on the subject. But . . . I've come a long way. A VERY long way. So I decided to share how … [Read more...]
022 Reducing Paper Clutter Podcast
Podcast #22 is all about reducing paper clutter! I decided to do this podcast since the subject was already on my mind with yesterday's post. As I thought about mentioning it as part of another subject, I realized I could easily talk about paper for 30 minutes! Posts mentioned within this podcast: How to Reduce Paper Clutter (affiliate link … [Read more...]
Three Separate Bursts of Bread-Baking Energy
Monday was an Ice Day for us. On Sunday afternoon, as ice began to pour down from the sky, I had a thought. The thought? "If tomorrow is an Ice Day, I shall bake bread." I'm not sure what ice and bread have to do with one another, but it's what happened. I have had visions of being the mom who bakes fresh, homemade bread on a semi-daily … [Read more...]
Pretty Sure This Is NOT What They Mean . . .
I've heard people say you shouldn't stress so much about people coming into your home. You shouldn't feel the need to change things. You should let people see how you really live. But I'm pretty sure this is NOT what they mean: This isn't actually how we "live" if you define "live" as the prolonged state and purposeful … [Read more...]
How to Read Your Kindle in the Bathtub
You can always count on me for amazingly useful information, right? Anyway . . . I thought I'd share a lovely little trick I've been using. I didn't come up with it, though. A woman at our pool does this in the summer, but I never thought much about it until I was wishing I could read my new Kindle in the bathtub. I stuck it in a gallon-sized … [Read more...]