I used to buy ONLY used clothing for my kids. I could claim that it was because I was so green, but the truth was . . . I was cheap. I'm still cheap, but since I've (mostly) banned myself from going to garage sales, I generally end up paying a lot more than I used to for my kids clothes. I do love thrift stores, but I don't often have time for … [Read more...]
Before and After Pictures: Three Minutes Later
As I was cleaning up the kitchen this morning, I realized how much this area has been driving me crazy. We've had a lot of coughing and allergies and fever going on around here, so it just makes no sense to my brain to put this stuff away in the cabinet above this counter. Especially since I have a few who are old enough to get their own … [Read more...]
A 7 Month, 4 Minute and 36 Second Project
Why do I do these things? Or not do them. Last spring (y'know, TWO seasons ago), I had the great idea to spiff up my daughter's room for her sixth birthday. I bought some cute stuff I knew she would love. Stuff that matched her funky-colors doll house she got last Christmas. Yep. I'm a mom with fabulous ideas. But . . . her birthday … [Read more...]
Permission to Throw it Away
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...]
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