Are you or someone you know a candidate for TLC’s exciting home show, “Home Made Simple”! The show is looking for married couples who own their own house and would like for our chef, decorator, and handyman to spruce up their home. Do you own your own house and need to make it feel...
Read more »
Posted in home, home improvements, Household Repairs, housekeeping, organization | No Comments »
My house is not what you would call neat. Our piles of paper sprout piles of paper. If the surface is flat — there will be a a mound perched precariously on top. The floor is littered with sports bags, clarinet, backpack, errant stuffed animals, and the odd lunchbox. Odd is the operative word...
Read more »
Posted in Giveaways, home improvements, Household Repairs, housekeeping, Musings on Giveaways, organization, Reviews | 7 Comments »
The title of this post says it all. After almost 20 years of marriage I still refer to the master bedroom as “my bedroom.” I chose the bedding color, the furniture (with input from the husband), and the wall art. What was my husband’s input? He insists on having a small TV with FIOS box in...
Read more »
Posted in Coach Dad, home improvements, Household Repairs, housekeeping, Moms, Musings from Me, organization | 13 Comments »
As a new mom I was hyper concerned with safety. Danger lurked around every corner for my baby. I sterilized bottles and pacifiers. I kept medications out of reach. I safety-proofed the house top and bottom. I thought I was on top of everything until I saw a recall for blinds. We had installed...
Read more »
Posted in home improvements, Household Repairs | No Comments »
I started writing for TypeAMom almost a year ago. In fact here’s one of my first articles on homework. Almost a year later I am now the Preteens Editor at TypeAMom. I write from the experience of surviving one preteen and gearing up to get another one through this stage. Parenting! It’s a fight to...
Read more »
Posted in blogging/blogosphere, Giveaways, home improvements, Household Repairs, housekeeping, Musings on Giveaways | No Comments »
I recently entered typeamom.net’s That’s Ingenious Challenge. The challenge was to come up with an invention/solution to a sticky problem — this is not quite the wording, but that’s my interpretation anyway. My answer: I’m a consigner. I might even call myself a master at consigning! After 4 years, I know what to consign, I know...
Read more »
Posted in home improvements, Household Repairs, housekeeping, Moms | No Comments »
Daddy of twins is the winner of the Yoplait giveaway. His prize will go out this week. I have a couple of other giveaways. Be on the lookout… My house, my house. What am I going to do with it? We are in year 15 of this house. Had it built to our specs…well,...
Read more »
Posted in home improvements, Household Repairs | 1 Comment »