Happy Leap Day!!! I have three pic-heavy posts almost ready to go, but today is turning out to be wacko so they're not going to happen until later. And wacko = time for a reality-check post. The short version: We're surviving. The slightly-longer version: It's Monday, so it's Laundry Day, even though I won't be home for much of it at … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
28 Days to Hope for Your Home Going Into Semi-Retirement
Please note: I was just going to send this out to my email list, but then decided to put it up as a post on the blog. If you happen to use that blue site where people love to hang out as your primary method for keeping up with the fun around here, consider signing up for my newsletter so you won't miss anything time sensitive (like this). The blue … [Read more...]
085 – Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch with Alea Milham Podcast (Perfect Cooking Style for People Like Us!)
I know those listening on iTunes won't see this excuse, but I have to state it for anyone who does read this! This is my first podcast interview, and I was nervous and forgot to plug in my mic!!!! It's ok, you can still hear the awesomeness Alea has to share, but it's a little lot tunnel-ey! And at times it sounds like someone is running a vacuum … [Read more...]
Skillet Scalloped Potatoes Recipe – Easy (But Fancier than My Usual) Meals with Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch
You'd better believe this post contains affiliate links!! I am so proud of my friend, Alea, of Premeditated Leftovers (<- best blog name ever!), whose cookbook, Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch, released last month! I was excited to get my copy, and wanted to make one of the recipes I'm allowed to share in its entirety. Skillet … [Read more...]
Replacing My Laundry Basket
I got a new laundry basket for my master bedroom. The one I'd been using had cracked, the handle was gone and clothes were getting snagged. So I replaced it. Replaced. Because I didn't need another laundry basket in there, just a different one. Actually, at the time, it was the only laundry basket in the entire house. The others had … [Read more...]
Eventually, the Guilt Will Fade
About a year-and-a-half ago, I learned something. Socks . . . are a big deal. Especially to boys. What I've never considered an important fashion statement in my own wardrobe has turned into a high dollar industry. What used to be a type of specialty socks for people with diabetes (tight and something you have to get used to) now have … [Read more...]
084 Decluttering Clothes – Getting Over the Hangups Podcast
Mentioned in this podcast: Kelly's fashion course (only open through Feb 22nd) Ways to Recycle Old T-Shirts Ways to Sell Clothing Online ThredUp.com <- that's my referral link! Use it and get a $20 10 credit! (Sorry! I said $20 in the podcast, but it's actually only $10 right now.) The Container Concept Podcast Laundry … [Read more...]
It was (truly) the (very) least I could do . . .
I was going through pictures the other day and ran across photo after photo of socks. Socks on boxes, socks on floors and socks under tables. I was confused, but not surprised. Random pictures of messy things is an occupational hazard of this slob blogging gig I have. (One of the reasons I "help" my mother-in-law when she's looking at … [Read more...]
Fashion Frustrations, My Worst Solution (Buy More and Hope for the Best) and The Course that’s Helping Me Figure it Out
This post contains affiliate links. But even if you don't buy a thing, you'll learn something from Kelly's free sample video. This is good stuff, y'all. I'm not a fashionista. Please stop laughing. But I do like to look nice. Unfortunately/fortunately, though, I've adopted the philosophy that I'm not supposed to look good at certain … [Read more...]