I arrived home after a weekend away to find . . . . . . a messy house. So today, I have: Exercised Loaded the dishwasher Emptied the dishwasher Washed large dishes Unpacked clothes from trip Gathered laundry Sorted laundry Washed laundry Dried laundry Folded laundry Entertained my children Sounds impressive, right? Unfortunately . … [Read more...]
How I Freeze Ground Beef (Hamburger) in Meal Sized Portions
I love pre-cooking ground beef. Many of my survival meals depend on it. Maybe I’m the only one who, even when she has a menu plan, finds herself with only 15 minutes to get a meal ready. Maybe. But sometimes, I need my ground beef to not be pre-cooked. Freshly grilled-by-hubby burgers are much tastier than defrosted-by-mommy ones. And … [Read more...]
Decluttering Five No-Brainers – and the June Decluttering Update!
It's 9:43. I said that I was going to post the June Decluttering Update, with a last minute purge of five No-Brainers . . . at 10:00. So here goes. Packaging. Of some sort. Part of a pirate play set that was rarely used. The rest of which was purged long ago. A broken souvenir shell necklace from Hawaii. I've never … [Read more...]
The Getting Out is Fun; The Putting Back . . . Not So Much
I've shared that this week has been a crazy-fun week of VBS at our church. My duties include acting in silly skits and taking pictures for each day's PowerPoint slide show of the story. Both of which involve . . . props. As a former Theatre teacher, and continual small-time-drama person, I love props. For years, they were a great … [Read more...]
Curing My Writer’s Block – By Cleaning
I started this blog as an accountability/keep-myself-focused-on-my-house thing. In general, it works. It's hard to justify writing about cleaning when your house isn't clean. Hard, but not impossible. This week is our church's Vacation Bible School. It's a crazy week, but the kids absolutely love it. They're so excited that I'm acting … [Read more...]
A New Decluttering Question
In general, my two decluttering questions are sufficient. But last week, I came up with an additional question that I could use if I ever got stuck. If this item broke, would I replace it? You can probably tell from the picture above what helped me come up with this idea. After putting some dishes away, I (shocker of all shockers) … [Read more...]
Asian Salad (Slaw) Recipe
I've posted this recipe before. But it was an afterthought within a menu plan. This recipe deserves to be the star of its own post. If you're a regular reader, you know that I lived in Thailand. Which is in Asia. I don't know that I ate much salad there. I think the idea is that the flavors are Asian, not that it's an authentically Asian … [Read more...]
How I Limit My Kids’ TV/Screen Time
It’s summer. And because it’s summer (and summer is fun), I haven’t written this post that I’ve been meaning to write . . . since summer began. A big part of success in any endeavor, especially one where I’m trying to maintain routine in the midst of a lack of routine, is preparation. A few days before summer began, I realized that I hadn’t … [Read more...]
Forging a New Path (Through the Clutter)
We've been back for less than three days, and I'm a little overwhelmed. Partly by the Vacation Recovery but also by the totally full calendar that hangs on my wall. While swimming lessons are messing with my rhythm this week, next week it will be VBS, and then Cousins' Camp, followed by the Savvy Blogging Summit, and then I'm directing the … [Read more...]
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