Lately, I’ve thought about this often. When was I the happiest? And how do I get back there? Every time I ask, I come up with the same answer: When I had nothing. See, after my divorce, I had precious little. I had a futon for a couch and that I borrowed from my parents. … [Read more…]
Today is Fat Tuesday. It’s the last night before the season of Lent and the time when debauchery is to be found in the middle of the street in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Even the church recognizes this night and mine “celebrates” with a pancake supper and a ceremonial burning of the ashes to … [Read more…]
Most folks in the simplifying movement and who are into minimalism have probably heard of Marie Kondo and her new book, “The life-changing magic of tidying up.” If you’re new to the movement you will soon see or are seeing many bloggers talking about Kondo-ing their homes and you may wonder what that is if … [Read more…]
I started this post last week. Sorry for the delay. See the addendum below. Happy Wednesday! Well. I spent 5 hours decluttering 2 rooms today while my housekeeping fairy cleaned the rest of the house. Did I take any pictures? No. Why? Because I am a bit forgetful. If it’s any consolation, I also missed … [Read more…]
Apparently I like black animals. My standard poodle Violet is jet black. I love Toothless, the dragon on How to Train Your Dragon, and now, meet Rhino. He’s the little black thing in the picture above. He’s a 4 week old Peruvian Guinea pig who hitched a ride home with us from the state fair … [Read more…]
I was reading this post that I found on Pinterest today. I have been following the Fly Lady for a couple of years although I haven’t followed closely, lol. I am pretty lazy and my decluttering is in fits and starts. It’s ok with me that the dust bunnies fly around for a while before anyone gets to … [Read more…]
“Your inbox is empty” This might be the most lovely sentence in the English language. Empty. As in all 2600+ email messages are GONE. So long. Buh bye. I sat down Sunday night and got serious about cleaning up my email. Mostly because it involved sitting and partly because having all that email … [Read more…]
No, I’m not joking. And I’m no expert in this area. I am, however, a mom who is frustrated with how complicated raising children has become. When I had my first child at age 20 I didn’t think twice about breastfeeding him and after he was born he latched on like a champ. A baby … [Read more…]