No. I'm not talking about getting permission from my child to throw her stuff away. I'm talking about giving myself permission. Permission to finally throw away these once-loved-but-no-longer-used items. Books are nice. They rarely feel like clutter, and are so easily donated. Toys with lots-of-teeny-tiny-parts? They're not nice. … [Read more...]
The Master Bedroom Saga: Putting Stuff Back (Part 8)
I did the whole Master Bedroom Saga over the course of two weeks. Two exhausting weeks. Two exhausting weeks when I was able to devote a ton of attention to this project because school had just started but life hadn't. Meaning, I didn't have commitments yet. And I had a deadline. Which I totally need on stuff like this. The … [Read more...]
Black Bean Lettuce Wraps (And my Weekly Menu Plan)
I intended to post this recipe during the 31 Days of Lame Excuses series. I was going to title it, "But Veggies Don't Fill Me Up . . . " But I didn't post it. I could come up with an excuse for why I didn't . . . . Anyway, this is a recipe that I created while we were on our two-weeks-of-veggies-only diet a few months ago. It's good. … [Read more...]
“It’s Never That Simple” – Kitchen Remodeling Cleanup
I titled this post: "It's Never That Simple." Which is a lie. "It" (whatever that means) often is that simple. But projects like this one are the ones that stick in my head and justify my procrastination on the ba-jillions of projects that ARE that simple. Earlier this week, a guy came by to cut out our old stove so our new Maytag stove … [Read more...]
(Lame) Excuse: “But Can’t I Just Be Done Already?”
It's the last day of October, and the last of my posts in this series. Not the last post about a lame excuse, I'm sure. I thought I'd end on a classic. Not the good kind of classic like I Love Lucy or Jane Eyre. The "Classic!" that a child of the 80s uses to describe something that's just oh-so-typical. On Sunday, after a full three days … [Read more...]
(Lame) Excuse: “But I Could Get that Cheaper . . . “
Once upon a time, I was a Coupon-aholic. I had it bad. I no longer beg for my in-laws' Sunday paper or spend every road trip organizing my coupon box, but I still suffer some lasting ill effects. Like the "But I could get that cheaper" excuse. A paralyzing excuse, since it's totally true. See, some people need a price book … [Read more...]
The Master Bedroom Saga: Part Seven – Rearranging Furniture
It's been almost two months now since I did this big, huge, scary project. And as I edit video and try to match it up with what I wrote in my journal, it doesn't always jive perfectly. In my journal at this point, I wrote mostly about the psychological transformations Hubby and I went through just enjoying the emptiness. We had never … [Read more...]
Easy Recipes: Two Weeks of Crockpot Meals
To stick with the 31 Days of (Lame) Excuses theme for October, let me just introduce this guest post from my friend Crystal by saying that I often use my crockpot specifically as an Excuse Preventer. It's pretty difficult to pretend you don't have the energy to make a meal that doesn't require any energy! I am so excited to be here guest posting … [Read more...]
(Lame) Excuse: “But I Don’t Enjoy Washing Candles . . . “
I mean really. Who does enjoy washing candles? What? You've never washed candles? Oh. Well, I guess it's just me. Remember all the talk in the past few posts about my master bedroom and the dust? Well . . . I can avoid dusting shelves for a long time, but I can avoid dusting candles on the fireplace candelabra that's rarely seen … [Read more...]
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