You know how it is. You find a notepad. Select a working pen. Gather your thoughts. Put pen to paper. Take a breath. Get totally overwhelmed. Take another deeper breath. Decide what needs to go first. Make the first notation on your to do list. Make a second entry. Third entry. Fourth. Fifth. Tenth...
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I’m the worst person to buy for. I buy few clothes for myself as my tastes and specifications are very limited. I can search racks and racks at a clothing store and find only one or maybe two items that I can tolerate. I don’t play video games. I don’t listen to music on...
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Short, sweet post today with links…DSW…Kohl’s…HomeDepot.com…and OldNavy.com Free Next Day Shipping on any order for DSW Premier Rewards Members. See site for details 10% off everything at Kohl’s! Coupon code: SMS2828 Expires 10/22/11 Save up to $600 Instantly at HomeDepot.com with Buy More, Save More on Special Order Windows and Patio Doors. 25% off...
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Choices. We all have to make choices. This morning I dithered and dallied and dragged my heels on making a choice. I won’t even get in to what the choice was. It was relatively minor. I should have debated a few minutes, made a decision, and moved on with my day. Instead, I dallied...
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I’m not what you would call a super-duper housewife. I clean when I have to do. I declutter when the mood strikes. The problem is that I never know when a cleaning mood will strike. This weekend was one of those times. I saw an opportunity to not only declutter but do it with...
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Wells. Septic. Underground pipes. No waste disposal. Clogged toilet. These words/phrases sum up my plumbing woes. As we tromped around the property before we had even built our home, we discussed having a well and a septic field. My husband grew up with a well and a septic field. He mentioned something about toilets...
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In response to @1momof5‘s post over at Mom It Forward, I left this comment, which I added to. I have a large basement storage room…too big, really. I reorganized the storage room by moving items I never use but can’t bare to part with or want to keep for grandkids/my children to the back...
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The photo above shows the rare moment of complete laundry nirvana. This moment occurs on extremely rare occasions. Almost never. Struggling to think of any other time it has happened. Thinking. Thinking… Do you know I don’t think I have ever had a clean laundry room? If you don’t count the day we moved...
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I’m done. I’m over stinkbugs. I could deal with the little critters if it was a once-every-seven-years-cicada sighting. But, no. It would appear that stinkbugs are here to stay. Sightings of stinkbugs in the following places… crawling towards the fridge under the microwave on the inside and outside of the screen door…my tween screamed...
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In our house the kitchen is the hub of all family activities. It is not huge. It certainly has architectural issues. For instance I cannot open the fridge door all the way. But, it is our meeting spot for homework. Gathering place for dinner. An repository of broken items. If Coach Dad has superglue…Coach...
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