I was so excited to start blogging, but the shiny object syndrome has turned into a big blank stare. I don’t know how to format a website. My window of opportunity to write when I started was while I put my baby down to sleep, but now my baby is a toddler who is obsessed…
Sunday Scrub
There’s something about Sunday’s that yearn for a fresh start. Maybe because I don’t want the leftover tasks from last week to follow me into the coming week, but there’s something about Sunday and it being the day to set the tone for the week that makes me want to clean everything. I love a…
7 Ways to Automate Your Home
The thought of automating my household duties sounded amazing! It sounded like if I just figured out the systems, I could program them into a robot and my house would always stay clean without any effort, on my part! … right?? … Most people do not, in fact, own robots to clean and run their…
The Leaf Pile: A Gathering Place
Today, my children played with a pile of leaves for an hour and a half, and it was glorious. We have been doing a lot of leaf blowing in our neighborhood. My husband blows ours into the street every night for city pickup. But three houses down from us, they made a lead pile under…
One House Rule for More Authentic Connection
One rule that my friends and I abide by is to not clean our houses before having friends over. I know, having people over used to be my motivation to get the house cleaned. But let me tell you why we have this rule. In a Perfect World… Fantasize with me: you’ve just finished cleaning…
Garage Sale or Donation
It happened. My sweet husband got rid of things! And it wasn’t my idea and I’m so proud of him. This entire truckload of stuff was a giant pile in our garage. It was all loosely set aside for having a garage sale next summer or selling online. But now it’s gone and there are…
Thoughts of a First-Time Blogger
I did it. I bought a domain and am starting a blog. My mind is all jumbled with excitement; it’s been a long time dream of mine to blog. Like, over 9 years, long time. But, what am I doing? I am so computer illiterate! I have no idea how to even log into my…