I hate winter. But I love Christmas. I love the lights. I love the tree. I love the smell of pine needles. The feel of the fireplace. I love Gene Autry, Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Mariah Carey, and Harry Connick Jr. I love Rudolph and March of the Wooden Soldiers and It’s a Wonderful […]
Lessons I've Learned
Don’t fill your home with more crap today. Fill it with more memories instead.
I have spent the past 3 weeks clearing crap out of my house. I have uncovered things I forgot I ever had. I have found toys that haven’t been played with in months. Today is Black Friday. Hundreds, thousands, millions of people will spend today “saving” money. They will kick off the holiday season by […]
I Turned And Old Medicine Cabinet Into A Super Cute And Functional Spice Rack.
I’ve been dissatisfied with this corner of my kitchen for a long time. I love having a tv in the kitchen, but I’ve hated the fact that it takes up most of the counter. I also really hate that spice rack lazy Susan thing. I’ve wanted to mount the tv on the wall, but our […]
Operation Organization: Where did all my sh*t go?
I’m 2 weeks into Operation Organization. If you Follow the Facebook page, you may have seen the progress. If not, here’s a recap. So far, I’ve finished the dining room… Before After The mudroom… Before After The office…. Before After My bedroom… Before After Number 6 and 7’s room…. Before After The stairs… Before After And […]
I’m looking at the Mom in the mirror. I’m asking her to change her ways.
I kind of put a lot of things on hold or pushed them aside for the marathon. So now I’m on a quest to get organized and catch up. I’m also on a mission to become more organized in general. Permanently. I can’t take it anymore. The other day I was listening to Howard Stern. […]
Dear Parents.
There is a fable. Or a parable. Or an allegory. It may not even be one of those. It may just be a story of how shoes came to be invented. I don’t know the title. I can’t find the actual story anywhere either. But it goes something like this: A king ventured out of […]