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Christmas Wrap Up

5 January 2010

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Christmastime Decor is on the way to the Attic I packed away the tree and cleaned the house. I feels good to get a fresh start on the new year without the beautiful *clutter* of Christmas. Before I say goodbye to this season’s Christmas, I thought I’d post about a few of my favorite things… [...]

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Weekly Menu Plans for My Kids

8 December 2009

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Breakfast and Lunch I am tired. Did I mention I have two newborn baby girls? Of course, I  did. This means I am too tired to think about meals for more than two seconds…especially when Ryan asks repetitively, “What are we going to eat?” So, I really needed to make things simple around the kitchen. [...]

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Grammy’s Nesting

5 August 2009

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I’m Back Hey Y’all! I took a trip to Dallas/Ft.Worth TX last week to visit and reconnect with friends that relocated down south. Hot, yes! Worth it, of course. Upon returning home, my gracious parents, Grammy Lu and Papa Den, cleaned my whole house! Even the oven. They brought in flowers, caught a mouse and [...]

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Too much clutter? Got the urge to purge?

10 June 2009

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My Farm Window Rescue When clearing way in your home for breathing room, or twins on the way, purging stuff will have to happen. It is liberating to shed the waiting and neglected items lurking in the closets. When is keeping our junk okay? There such a thing as purge protection! Consider your item: You [...]

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BZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz

3 June 2009

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Busy as a Bee I have been sorting, tossing, labeling and basically trying to do a complete overhaul of my family’s belongings. Today I started to tackle the kids’ toys, with the ever-helpful assistance from a friend with special home-making skills, of course. Yikes! Yikes! That is the only word I can think of to [...]

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Dreaming vs. Doing

22 May 2009

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I have said it before and I’ll say it again, simplicity isn’t simple. It’s complex. Or maybe I am complex. I can whittle away time, minutes which turn into years, dreaming of this and designing that. Planing for a simple life takes energy, focus and endurance. Some things I’ve done to get shifting from dreaming [...]

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Neat Pete and Messy Jessy Tackle the Living Room

30 April 2009

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All in a Day Neat Pete has an app on his iPhone to take panoramic pics. We rescued the living room after a long day of disaster. It felt very good.

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My Closet Can Breathe Again

1 April 2009

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Masked Mommy Pow-Wow Remember this? I made some serious progress in my bedroom closet this past month. I feel like a big weight has been lifted off of me when I go into my new space. But, of course, my to-do list for the closet is super long and remains with several check marks unchecked. [...]

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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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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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