When the house is still, Morning light greets my kitchen window sill. It passes by the cupboard door, Pressing a glare onto the floor. Coffee brews with a whooshing-tink, While I posture my thoughts at the sink. When the house is alive, I work hard just to survive. Endless clean socks to fold, Four children [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 28, 2009
What is love to me? Love Is… A champion of virtue Smitten with sacrifice Ever-ready to defy hatred Bold in giving Defeated only by fear or laziness Love is good I am avoiding typing real paragraphs for my posts these days. I sorta like my photo essay/poem vibe. I hope you do too. However, I [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Just when my mind is ready to snap from being unable to paint anything outside, open the bedroom windows or get a grip on running my home, I find a moment or two like these… Winter sun rays Brighter than summer days Snow banks beam light Warm sunspot, just right Children bounce off the wall [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 6, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 17, 2009
Yeah! Yes, Yes, So Wicked Awesome! I am doing the River Dance with a raise the roof (yes, I am that big of a dork) over here. I finally did it! What, you ask? Did I finally finish my bathroom before & after? No. Did I have paint my junk dresser and install new hardware? [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 4, 2008
Apple picking. Bee swatting. Cider drinking. Doughnut hogging. Extra money spending. Fresh air breathing. Goat watching. Hay jumping. Spending time with good friends over cider and doughnuts in the windy sunshine was superb. We already miss our TX crew. I loved looking at my home state with a fresh pair of eyes. Kristin pointed out [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 12, 2008
Sanctuary Individuality Motivating Purposeful Living Imaginative Connectivity Intelligent Teamwork Yert (Yes well, yerts (hut-like structures) are simple anyway! What else was I going to type for Y?)
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