Posted in homekeeping, life on June 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
that I would actually enjoy getting up at 6am. Well, the getting up part I still don’t like so much. But when I’m up, I take advantage of my time. Hubby and I started going for walks first thing. The girls are in bed, and able to stay home alone for short periods of time. [...]
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Posted in homekeeping, school on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The bed is making a transformation. I will post a picture when it is finished. I found king size shams on clearance on Lands End. I found a bed skirt on sale today and I bought a bolster pillow. The pillow was not on sale but it wasn’t hugely expensive either. I really [...]
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Posted in homekeeping on April 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I need help. As I look at my made up bed, I realize it is missing something. It just doesn’t quite have that department store look. We have two king size pillows with regular pillow cases on them. We have standard pillows with pillow cases also; these are the ones we sleep on. [...]
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Posted in homekeeping, life on March 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What a busy day. We got all the sanding done on the kitchen cabinets. We need to get a bathroom sink installed in the morning before we continue in the kitchen. Then the kitchen sink comes out because we need to replace the counter tops, and then the painting can start. It doesn’t look like [...]
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Posted in homekeeping, life on September 27, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Oh My Goodness. I FINALLY got a working schedule, thanks to my hubby who knows more about those things than I do. I have a different schedule for each day of the week because we have different activities each day of the week. It starts at 7am and goes until 10:30pm. [...]
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Posted in homekeeping on September 7, 2007 | 13 Comments »
One thing I have not succeeded in is training my girls to do chores consistently. I certainly have them unload the dishwasher and fold clothes etc., but we don’t have an established routine in which they know what to expect to do. So often times when I do ask them to do something I get [...]
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Posted in homekeeping on August 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I have spent some time this summer trying to declutter my house. I have a long way to go, but I have made progress. As I gear up for school and try to clean more and organize more and put things away I am coming across many ( and I mean many) little (and [...]
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Posted in gab, homekeeping on May 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Do you ever feel overwhelmed with how much you have to do? I do. I feel like that right now. My house needs some serious attention. There is clutter everywhere. It ends up getting so cluttered because half the time I don’t know where to put things. Paper mostly. [...]
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