My Earthquake:: A Poem

photo credit I am tackling my bedroom closet, listening to plumb, feeling very much apart of a serious earthquake of old pay stubs, backpacks and out of dates suits. I am spending the month of February getting my closets ramped up for The Masked Mommy’s Closet Pow-Wow, March 1st. {I told you I love a [...]

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Hooked On “Building A Soft Place To Land”

Pretty Houses Need a Foundation Too photo credit When life gets stressful, some people eat too much, spend too much or sleep too much. (or all three) Me? I scan the MLS too much. Not because I am sad or malcontent, just because it is fun! I could pour over house tours online with glee [...]

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Home: Where I Can Do Something

I am so blessed to have a warm place to call home during these cold winter months. I am safe, sound, and generally welcomed in my home (Lord help us! Mama is throwing frying Pans Made with Steel again!). But, what happens when home doesn’t feel warm? What if home feels like the fangs of  [...]

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Lingering Christmas

I am not tempted to make a check-mark on my list called, “Take down Christmas”.  My bathroom’s red and green fingertip towels are in no danger of being sequestered to the attic any time soon. I love the twinkle lights, in and on my home, that brighten the dark, wintry nights that lie ahead. The [...]

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Kitchen Reorder

Mommy’s Little Helpers Okay so the good thing about not reinstalling freshly painted kitchen cupboards? Time. Time to see and study all the shovings done for shove-sake in the inner depths of my kitchen cupboardry. Also time for Molla and Ry to bring digging in tuperware to a higher art form. This week as been [...]

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Black Friday

The New HDTV So Neat Pete and I are buying an HDTV (I know…I wish I could say “bought”). I am trying to convince him that I could repurpose our old diaper table into a TV stand. Of course his common sense prevails to say…Let’s finish our current projects then we will see about other [...]

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Gratituesday

I am joining in with Heavenly Homemakers today for a round of Gratituesday. Laundry Room Lessons Upon learning that my washing machine was in fact unrepairable I felt bummed. When I found out I broke the machine from jamming it too full for too many years I was disheartened. We had a one month during [...]

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Works for me Wednesday- Storage Tip

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The Simplicity Project: Bin-A-Week

One of my goals for The Simplicity Project (TSP) was to reduce the chaos in our only family common area. Today we officially started a Bin-A-Week approach to toy storage in the living room. 3 weeks and 2 days ago Neat Pete and I sorted the living room toys with a fine tooth comb. Some [...]

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Garage Sale – Part 2

Yeah for no rain! Our sale day weather was crisp yet balmy. The extended garage sale season was so delightful. We had a decent turn out of costumers despite it almost being October! Autumn has fully arrived so I will have to wait until next year for more g-sale shopping or hostessing. I have already [...]

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