House & Home
Creating a home requires more than just maintaining the physical structure. It requires developing and maintaining a certain feeling of safety, security, and freedom for the family who dwells within the walls. Just like maintaining your own personal wellness, it is necessary to maintain the wellness of a house and the family within.
And Then . . . We Self-Quarantined
The month of March – no wait – the first quarter of 2020 has been a wild ride for the ENTIRE world. Trying to sort out the real information from the panic-written hype about the Corona Virus and the crazy…
Organizing Life
Organizing STUFF is easy compared to organizing LIFE. (For example, this article should have been published last week, but life interfered.) LIFE has a way of saying, “Hey, you thought you had a plan for the day/week. I’ve got news…
Decluttering: My Next Step
Many days you can find the house renovating shows playing on my television while I am doing dishes or sorting through stuff. I love the people who say that their house just isn’t big enough for them any more, or…
Organized Chaos
My lifestyle has recently been dubbed “organized chaos.” I don’t like it. The person told me it was a compliment, but I don’t feel that way. To add insult to injury, there have been a plethora of articles in my…
Embracing 2019
2018 is racing toward the finish line MUCH TOO FAST, and I really don’t think I’m ready for 2019. How many hours now? We aren’t celebrating big. We aren’t going anywhere. In fact, I think we might be…
Snickerdoodles
When I was in elementary school, my mother enrolled me in 4-H instead of Girl Scouts. Why? I’m not sure, but I had a cousin in a 4-H troupe and her mom praised what was going on because you had…