There are two rooms in my house that I have a couple things to do in, and I haven’t been able to make myself do them. Thus, the reason for today’s post. We’ve done quite a bit of work downstairs. When I moved in, it looked like this: Today it looks like this: And this: […]
organization
Day 33: Transformation Complete
15 days ago I embarked on the first semi-major organizational task since school was shut down. The playroom upstairs had been overtaken by American Girl doll stuff, and now that Number 6 is using that room for his distance learning, something really had to be done. Plus the room had just gotten out of control […]
Day 18: American Girl Dolls Have Taken Over
We have a loft area upstairs that was the dumping ground for anything that didn’t have a home when we first moved into the house. One side of it looked like this: It was my “office” and it stayed that way for about 5 years. I never had the time to clean it up, and […]
Especially for the Kids
A couple weeks ago I had one of the worst mornings I’ve had with the kids in a long time. A LOOOOOOOONG time. They were at each other’s throats, pushing buttons relentlessly and doing whatever they could to piss each other off. We had multiple massive meltdowns before 7:30 a.m., and I all but dragged […]
KonMari-ing My Kitchen One Area At A Time
Last week a polar vortex made its way down to CT and for a couple days it was super cold. Like zero degrees. Literally. -17°F with the wind chill. That’s not as cold as it was in Canada or Chicago or Minnesota, but it was still pretty cold. Then today it was 61°F. There was […]
My Super Cute Blue Built In
About a week ago I did this Facebook live where I emptied out the blue built in cabinet in my dining room. I like cleaning parts of my house while I hang out with you guys. It makes it more fun. Anyway, my dining room has remained neat, but that cabinet has just had stuff […]