One recent Wednesday was a little/lot exhausting. It involved appointments in insanely-busy, far away hospitals and errand-running with my mother-in-law and such. And then there was that moment when I had to drive an electric cart through the grocery store. My mother-in-law had an electric scooter-cart-thingy, but it randomly and suddenly … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
025 Sell or Donate? Decluttering Advice Podcast
Podcast #25 is all about dealing with the classic Declutterer's Dilemma: Sell or Donate?? Posts mentioned in this podcast: Should I Sell this on EBay? My Changing View of Stuff and Value How to Have a Good Garage Sale Why I Don't Care Who Sells My Stuff Connect with me on all my social media channels. See all … [Read more...]
Play Room: Play Space or Storage Space?
I spoke to a lovely group of mothers last fall. One of the questions that came up really made me think. It was about playrooms. And storing toys in them. (I can't remember the question exactly.) PLAYROOM! was at the top of my list when we were searching for a house. We had three kids ages four and under, and I thought it was a Must … [Read more...]
Is It Really Lost If I Put It There?
Recently, I'd been missing my cast iron skillet. And my favorite medium-sized knife. Oh. And my potato peeler. All of these are things I use all the time, but I had NO idea where they were for at least several weeks. Since I do have another skillet, and a bigger knife will do, I just managed. I was pretty irritated to have to peel … [Read more...]
Driven. Stubborn.
In the quiet darkness, it sounded. The irritatingly melodic sound of my alarm. I knew what it meant. I knew the time. And yet I lay still. My only goal was to stay one with my bed for a few more minutes. If the oneness continued for too long, the sound would come again. In 9 fleeting minutes. Around minute 7, I grunted internally and … [Read more...]
024 – Spring Cleaning for the Cleaning Impaired
NOTE: If you've been missing the podcasts, I usually put them up below another post so they aren't my top post. Be sure to subscribe in iTunes so you don't miss one! Podcast #24 is all about Spring Cleaning! (For the cleaning impaired . . . ) Links mentioned in this podcast: How to Clean a Messy House (Please note that most of my … [Read more...]
Every Excuse Has a Shelf Life
A few weeks ago, it took forEVER to clean the house for our weekly church home group meeting on a Sunday night. This was because the meeting hadn't been weekly for several weeks due to weather-related-cancellation and spring break and such. Right. I'm saying that even though my house is infinitely more livable than it was pre-blog, and even … [Read more...]
Mexican Lettuce Wraps
This was one of those meals that was totally made-up and actually turned out great. I was excited. I do lots of made-up meals, but they don't always turn out great. I decided, impromptu, to make my Mexican Casserole out of my pre-cooked, frozen ingredients. I started pulling things out of the freezer and throwing them into the skillet … [Read more...]