Archive | March, 2009

Green Week :: Day 1

10 March 2009

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Green Week Salt and Chocolate blog writer, Mary Beth, has been doing a photographic essay or “noticing” project about the color GREEN called Green Week! Here I sit, a Minnesotan expecting yet another winter storm today, struggling to find spring-filled relief and inspiration. (cleaning, walking, decorating, shopping, cleaning – did I say that already?) I [...]

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Closet 1: The Journey Begins

6 March 2009

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I straightened up the entryway coat closet to get my closet-mojo a flamin’ for The Masked Mommy’s Closet Pow-Wow. Okay, I re-eeally want to post my bedroom closet but she, yes she, (I decided my bedroom closet is female), is still being tackled. Tune back in for the before and afters of la closet de [...]

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morning:: noon :: night

5 March 2009

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Molly loves to play with her “guys” and “babies” (fisher price little people) in the doll house. Sample day at the local membership mega-mart. Molly struggles to stay awake to eat her chip crumb snack from the sample lady that thought salsa would be too spicy for her to eat. Ryan chilled in the freezer [...]

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Grasping for Air…Closet Clutter

4 March 2009

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Acrostic Clutter Poem by Jess Careless Leavings Under Tons of “Tomorrows” Ensuring Regret I hate clutter. Let me be clear. I have clutter. LOTS of clutter. I am drawing a line in the sand. Oh, how a beach vacation sounds delightful right about now…cold feet…I digress. You may remember I have been dreaming about closet [...]

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My Neat Pete, My Husband, My Opposite

3 March 2009

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My Favorite… Happy Birthday Peter! You are finally as old and as wise as I. You are many things, but one thing you are not, is lame. In other words, you are super awesome. Together Till the End Though you annoy me, on certain crabby days I count you as a blessing in many fantastic [...]

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The Five Love Language for Kids

2 March 2009

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Showing Young Kids Love Kids soak up love like little sponges. Kids can tap a parent’s love faucet from dawn to dusk..and then some, still thirsty for more love. By days end, I am tired. Just the thought of putting more of myself out there to help others is daunting. So with a selfish heart [...]

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