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...]
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...]
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