I've been overly cranky lately, and some of it has to do with feeling overwhelmed. In times like these, I tend to not do a lot of creative things with the kids. If the table is messy, or the supplies aren't handy, time slips by and the guilt can build up. But this little project is quick and easy. It was my daughter's idea. I'm pretty … [Read more...]
Writing from a Different Perspective
I'm excited to be guest posting today over at Homegrown Mom as part of her Homemaking for Girls series. Generally, when I have a guest post up somewhere, I also write one here. But today I'm sending you, my precious readers, over to the other site to read that post. What's it about? How to Deal with a Hopelessly Disorganized Daughter. And … [Read more...]
The April Decluttering Update – Come Join In!
It's time again to go back over my decluttering progress for the past month. The picture above isn't everything I got rid of, but it's a good example. Lots of dinky, piddly things left the house. Dinky, piddly things can really add up. April wasn't as exciting as March, which included some major, long-overdue projects. It's easy to have … [Read more...]
Menu Plan Monday – May 2, 2011
It felt weird to type "May" just now. May means baseball season. Which means multiple nights a week at the ball-fields. Which means menu planning is totally necessary if I don't want to give us the excuse to get fried chicken or pizza three times this week. Mmmmm. Fried chicken. Mmmmm. Pizza. Oh. Sorry. Better get that menu … [Read more...]
Reasons #71-73 Why Daily Pick-Ups are Important
Don't search the blog for numbers one through seventy. I've written quite a bit about how much of a difference having a Focused Daily Pick-Up Time makes, but I haven't been numbering them. I used artistic license to emphasize that there are just so many reasons. And "Reasons Ba-jillion and Ba-jillion-and-One" sounded less official. If I … [Read more...]
A Few Things – Did You Know It’s Almost May???
April's Decluttering Update Don't forget that Sunday is May 1st. I know. I can't believe it either. I'll put up the monthly decluttering update linky on Sunday night, so be sure to link up a blog post or share your progress and/or struggles in the comments. (I won't mess it up this time!) Those who get their links in within the first day … [Read more...]
My "Big" Project This Week
Here it is. My big decluttering/organizing/cleaning project of the week: I cleaned off the dining room table. Perhaps you are thinking, "Ummmm, haven't you done that before? Like . . . a hundred times? And written a hundred posts about it?" Yes. Yes, I have. Yet it continually returns to slob-blogger-post-worthy … [Read more...]
My Accomplishments for the Day – And the Giveaway Winner
Ummmmm. Let's see. Hmmmmm. Well, five real-life people had clothes to wear and food to eat. I'll think about that instead of the clutter strewn all over the living room floor. It's been a crazy day, and I've got nothing. Oh, and the winner of the Home-Ec 101 book giveaway is Merideth of: in pursuit of hermitude. I emailed you a … [Read more...]
How I Fix the A/C on My Suburban
Fix. Not fixed. I have no idea which verb tense that would be, but it's the one that means something happens more than once. Over and over. Last year, when we bought our 13 year old Suburban, the weather was nice. Although we turned on the air, it didn't have to work very hard. A month or so later, when I needed it to work hard, I … [Read more...]
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