We have made a few moves since we got married. My husband and I started our life together in a small apartment with continuously broken air conditioning. When I got pregnant with our first child, we moved into a cute starter home, which was somewhat far from work. After child 2 came along, we decided [...]
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Thoughts For Thursday: I Am Not a Fan of My Neighborhood
As I have mentioned in a few posts before, I enjoy watching TV while walking on my treadmill in the morning. Besides getting some exercise, I get the chance to watch some TV shows that I might not ordinarily watch. So recently, I have been watching ‘Desperate Housewives’. Of course, I recognize it is television, [...]
Streamlining My Life- Using Time More Effectively
I am on a mission… A mission to get rid of extraneous things in my life. I will be streamlining my activities. I pledge to do the following: On the computer, I will answer email and tend to my blog. Useless statistic checking (for my blog) and non-value-added surfing will be held to a minimum. [...]
Tips For Handling A Power Outage
This past weekend we surprisingly lost power. It wasn’t real warm outside to justify a ‘brown out’, and there were not any storms, so this outage was a bit unexpected. Fortunately, it was midnight, so it wasn’t like I was in the middle of cooking a roast or entertaining. What was unfortunate is we did [...]
Nature’s First Bounty – Strawberries! Also, Gardening Tips
This past Wednesday, my mom and I went on our annual trip to the nursery, which is where I buy flowers and vegetables for her in celebration of Mother’s Day. I recognize that Mother’s Day was weeks ago, but the weather in Michigan just wasn’t cooperating until now. Anyway, I was walking around my yard [...]
Why I Prefer to Cook Instead of Eating Out – And It’s Not Just About Money
When I was a kid, going out to dinner was a rare treat. As a matter of fact, I distinctly remember going to a fast food restaurant called Burger Chef, where they served the burgers in these little plastic bags, and I loved those burgers. If I had to eat one of those hamburgers as [...]
The Importance of Organization – How One Little Change Set the Tone For My Day
In January, we decided to buy a new washer and dryer. Since we were getting new appliances, we decided to clean out and paint our laundry room. This was not an easy task, as we have all the sporting equipment in the laundry room, along with countless pairs of snow pants, boots, and more. To [...]
Lawn Care – Tips For A Healthy Lawn
Well, Spring has been here awhile and the lawn has been mowed a couple of times. (Ok, just once, and it is getting pretty long right now…) So today, I am providing some guidelines to help you care for that nice lawn you will be diligently mowing, watering, weeding, etc in the coming months. Watering [...]
I Wish I Could Bottle Motivation. Figuring Out How to Get Things Done
Yesterday when I was driving in my car, I got the sudden urge to clean my basement. I don’t mean just clean the basement, I mean purge. Get rid of all the puzzles that are probably missing pieces, donate the books that will never be read again, etc. Then today when I was in the [...]
How Much House Do You Really Need?
Today I was walking through my living room and family room and realized they are two rooms we really do not use much at all. Our living room currently houses a giant Harry Potter Castle my kids have been creating on and off for what seems like forever. The Dining Room is used for ‘dining’ [...]
