Unlike seemingly everywhere else in the country, we just finished our March Break, and today I find myself alone in the house, looking at a mountain of laundry with one eye, while counting backwards the amount of hours I have left before the children get home from school. The fridge is practically … [Read more...]
A Tip For The Laundress
As the Laundress of this house, I make it a point to keep all monies I find during the clean-up. I mean, if I have to deal with shredded kleenex swirled around in the wash, or petrified apple cores, I'll consider this lost money as a tip. If you can't remember to empty your pockets, then you deserve … [Read more...]
Okay, I’m a Hoarder.
Um, I have this small problem. I've had it for years. I want to call it a collection, but in reality, I'm hoarding.I'm a hoarder.I'm not sure when it all started, but I have a *slight* fascination with pretty paper and all things stationary. I can't help it - it thrills me. Thrills me, I tell … [Read more...]
FotoFriday – Never ending
I cleaned my kitchen. Swept and mopped the floors. Went outside to water my flowers. Came inside to sit down for 5 minutes and found this. I am never ahead of the house cleaning. EVER. It`s infuriating. I feel like I cannot get out of the toddler … [Read more...]
Let Your Freak Flag Fly – Part II
Getting tidy was something I learned how to do. It wasn't innate. This is a continuation of a ramble from last time. If you haven't read it, do so now - we'll wait for you.So.My husband comes from a very tidy home - his parents were traditional in that his mother stayed home with the children while … [Read more...]
Let Your Freak Flag Fly – Part I
Since posting some pics of areas in my house, and reading some comments and exchanges on similar posts about taming the house-mess, I feel the need to explain a few things about myself. This might get a bit ramble-y.First of all, I wasn't always such a tidy person. (There. I said it.)I grew up in a … [Read more...]
My Life: A Photo Essay (or, why I NEED Hermione’s time-turner)
I woke up this morning (after only not quite six hours of sleep) in a cold sweat. Now, that may be peri-menopause (I have been waking in a sweat with alarming frequency lately) or it may be the sad, messy, disorganized and basically just time-crunched state of my life at present.Here is my craft … [Read more...]