A couple days ago I started Kondo-ing my kitchen. I finished the cabinets above the fireplace. and my plastic container drawer. Yesterday and today I tackled the pantry. As I explained in my earlier post, I was able to design my kitchen when we moved into the house, and I knew I wanted cabinets over […]
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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 Simple (and perfect) Thanksgiving
When I was a kid we’d have these epic Thanksgivings with like thirty relatives and we had two or three tables strung together and I loved it. It was like the Thanksgivings you’d see in the movies. Over the years, our Thanksgiving celebrations have dwindled down to less and less people. Relatives moved away, great […]
When Was The Last Time You Had A Lazy Sunday (or a lazy any-day)?
Life with kids is inevitably going to be hectic and chaotic at times. Especially once your kids get involved in sports and other extra curricular activities. If you have one kid in one activity that is bad enough. When you have more than one kid over the age of five that’s when things can get […]
The Older I Get, The More Clear Things Become
Every year around this time I go through a pretty big decluttering/simplifying stage. And every year my life becomes a tiny bit more manageable. I believe simplifying and streamlining and minimizing is a gradual process for many of us. You can’t slam on the brakes. You’ve gotta slow down gradually. This overwhelming desire to cut […]
10 Lessons From Vacation To Apply To Your Everyday Life
I just got back from a two week vacation in North Carolina. And it was the first vacation since we’ve had kids where I had the opportunity to actually vacate real life. Not for long. A vacation with kids isn’t exactly a vacation. It’s more of a relocation. But there were no major catastrophes. Nobody […]