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...]
Half a Second or Half an Hour. My Choice.
Poor little me had a band-aid on my poor little finger last week. Crazy Weather = Dry Skin = The Side of My Thumb Splitting Open = Kind Of Hard to Type Which Is a Big Ol' Part of My Job as a Blogger So I used a band-aid. And then took a shower. And then the band-aid fell off. I felt it fall. I saw it on the floor. And I walked … [Read more...]
How to Dust Kitchen Kitsch – Easy Spring Cleaning Tasks
Kitsch. Oh how I love that word. Along with tchotchke. (Which my spell-check says isn't a word but Wikipedia says is.) I first heard and said "kitsch" in an audition monologue I used to do in college. In case you're not familiar with these lovely words, they basically mean . . . stuff. Baubles. Display items. Dustables. I don't have … [Read more...]
How to Deal with Sentimental Clutter
Sentimental Clutter is a real thing. I want to be clear that I haven't yet had to deal with it in the way so many of you have. My parents and in-laws are all still living and I haven't been called upon personally to find a place for huge amounts of stuff. But as I've gone through the large amounts of clutter in my own home, I've run across so … [Read more...]
How to Freeze Ground Beef
I've written a similar post before, but I've come up with an even better (faster!) method. You know that I pre-cook the vast majority of our ground beef to use in spaghetti, soups, tacos, casseroles, etc. Oh. You didn't know? Well, I do. But I like to have some that is not pre-cooked (especially in warmer weather) so I can make things like … [Read more...]
The Best of the Bad Ideas
When I decluttered/created-space-in that cabinet in my kitchen recently, I found that candle. So cute, right? Actually, if I said words like "presh" I would totally call that presh. (Presh is short for precious. I think.) I have a soft spot for Christmas decor, for gingerbread houses and for candles that smell like food. And that candle … [Read more...]
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