Two houses can be confusing. Definitely not complaining about it, but I do get mixed-up. The other day, we were looking for the baking soda. […]
day 25 – pool.
When I started to realize that I might be stuck in Georgia into the late spring/early summer, even just the thought of the heat made […]
day 21 – spring cleaning.
So what to do when stuck at home for weeks on end? Read, catch-up on tv shows, bake, and, my favorite, spring cleaning! A room […]
grading the arabia lot.
Back on December 21st, we closed on my Arabia lot. What a mess. The land was disturbed beyond imagination. First step, even if we do […]
new project: arabiascape
About two years ago, I had crossed enough items off of my forever long to do list that I could start taking Phelix out to […]
my not-so-tiny house.
Five years ago, our family of four went through a major downsize. We moved from a three-story, three-bedroom, 3.5 bath, two car garage, storage room, […]
clean and organized!
After two weeks of scrubbing, purging, shopping, and making piles, the house is once again organized! As careful as I am to try to keep […]
organizing: house manual
As part of my getting “all the things organized”, I had an idea to put together a manual for our home. While we don’t have […]
time for “spring” cleaning.
Over the years, I have written on and off about my cleaning/decluttering strategies, like in Room of the Week and Room of the month. I […]
tidying up.
As everyone’s been discussing and praising the KonMari method, I wanted to find out what the fuss was all about, so I requested The Life-Changing […]
remodeling.
Fifteen years ago we moved to a ranch house that had good bones and a great lot, but was in need of lots of love […]
home improvements: den
When we downsized from our beloved Pine Lake house into a condo on the Decatur Square back in 2011, I thought that we had come […]
home: master bath decorating
Now that I feel slightly more in control of my time on occasion, I’ve started to move forward a bit faster with working on our […]
incremental steps forward, but big steps back
Or lots of extra steps for me today. Or hours behind at work. Or “My house looks great FINALLY!” When we moved to Decatur, I […]
we’re moving – again.
As I’ve mentioned here and there, we’re moving again. It was only about 16 months ago that we moved here to our condo and now […]
end of an “era”
Today I am walking around with a heavy heart. Five and a half years after we moved into our beloved Pine Lake house, almost six […]
furniture rearranging continued
Back in October, tired of staring at the parking deck while I worked, I rearranged the layout of our dining room. And I’ve modified that […]
minor change results in great happiness
While I was stuck home this weekend recovering from the flu instead of out camping at the LEAF Arts and Music Festival with the rest […]
bathroom remodeling (finally)
When we moved to our condo almost ten months ago, the only room we (Rob) painted was the girls’ room. Since they were moving from […]
home sweet home
As I wrote previously, we were gone for almost all of April (Gulf Coast Spring Break, Bahamas Wedding and NYC for Kindiefest) and, for once, […]