Always evolving, Never Average
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
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 …Read More
Earlier this week after doing a lot of thinking about Christmas and how it had become out of control and how the kids weren’t really all that appreciative of the gifts they were getting and how we just have way to much crap in our house, I talked to Number 3, 4 and 5 about how …Read More
Number 7 smashed my iPad screen on Saturday. Totally shattered it. I was a little bit pissed. I’m sure it’s fixable; I suppose I can have the screen replaced. But it won’t be cheap. So I’ve just left it sitting on my bedside table. And you know what? I haven’t missed it. I haven’t lost it …Read More
Our financial situation, although very stressful and completely exhausting, is turning out to be a blessing. For me, anyway. Because it has forced me to prioritize. And in prioritizing, I have had to do some purging. Purging of habits and purging of actual stuff. Because I am learning that in order to get out of …Read More
