I have three disaster areas in my house. 1. The unfinished upstairs bedroom that I use for attic space 2. The garage 3. The unfinished side of the basement which is used for my sewing room and has a bunch of construction debris stored in it These are rooms that are so bad that I [...]
Yesterday I cleaned out my dresser and the clothes hanging in the closet. I did this mainly because I was looking for a particular pair of shorts (which I never found) and because we were going thrift store shopping today. I had to make room. This way I knew exactly what I had so I [...]
It has been a wild week at work with all kinds of strange animals coming out to play. I saw a snake for a checkup and to see if she had eggs. When we opened the lid to her container she decided that I was about the scariest person she had ever seen. She would [...]
It is amazing how quickly things get dirty. Yesterday my dishwasher didn’t do the dishes well so I had to rewash. That meant that I didn’t get the new dirty dishes in the washer so they were sitting in the sink. That made the whole rest of the kitchen look bad so we were much [...]
I only have 2 debts – my car and my student loan. (I know it is quite un-American of me to not have credit card debt but that kind of thing gets me in trouble so I don’t do it.) One of the problems side benefits of dating an MBA is that you have conversations [...]
Number 88 on my 101 Things in 1001 Days list was a big one. Keep my car clean enough for one week that I could carry three other people in it without rearranging anything I’m a car slob. I live out of my car especially when I’m working a lot. But I get my oil [...]
Today it is time to tackle the space under the bathroom sink. This has always been a place for me to throw everything that I didn’t know what to do with. Here’s a partial list of what I found there. A purse with several pairs of nice earrings inside along with the ex’s birth certificate, [...]
In the continuing effort to declutter my house and make someone want to buy it I’ve decided to post decluttering challenges of the day. This will make me come up with something that needs to be cleaned daily and if anyone wants to play along they can. Today’s challenge – the medicine cabinet Get rid [...]
In April I found a breast mass. I wrote about it here. I’ve been poked and prodded, ultrasounded, mammogrammed, and aspirated all to find out that no one could tell what it was. Possibly infectious but antibiotics had no effect. Come back in 6 months for a recheck was the decision. Over the last two [...]
I’m trying it again. I picked up Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley aka the FlyLady yesterday. FlyLady is a house decluttering and cleaning system. It breaks down everything you need to do to keep a super clean home into baby steps. It starts with shining your sink. Now, I’ve tried to do this before. I [...]
I’m feeling fairly productive today and I haven’t even left the house yet. 1. Cleaned up the house including sweeping and mopping 2. Walked/ran for 30 minutes on the treadmill 3. Found some new blogs to read The Adventures of Angelcatin the UK High on a Hill – a quilter in Israel The Running Quilter [...]
After last year’s bout with monster zucchini all summer you’d think I’d have learned a lesson. Apparently not. I just had to plant some this year. I sort of … missed them if you know what I mean. I couldn’t face the thought of not having zucchini at all or worse, having to buy them. [...]
It is amazing to me the number of people I see who are totally unafraid to show their stupidity to the world at large. Some examples: 1. I was in line at the airport behind a guy wearing a t-shirt proclaiming “The King of Rears.” It also stated things like, “Where’s your bush?” and other [...]
I read a book recently called America’s Cheapest Family. To a competitive person like me that just seemed like a challenge. Now I know that I am cheap enough to give those people a run for their money. They are big on coupons. I’ve never had much luck with that since I don’t tend to [...]
I bought a new purse today. This was necessary because I noticed (while in the bathroom at some airport last weekend) that my current purse was about to become separated from its strap. I got to spend a few minutes today transferring my belongings from one purse to the other. I like smaller purses. I [...]
We drove up Pike’s Peak. We had been to a museum the day before that said that the car race record for the drive is 10 minutes. How hard could it be? This is on the lower slope. It is a view of the lakes used to control the flow of water down the mountain. [...]
On the first day of vacation we headed out to Waldo Canyon trail. I’m fairly good at walking but the SO kept telling me that this was a rough hike. He kept saying that it was higher altitude so if I got winded let him know so we could rest. The trail starts with a [...]
Guest post by Snowball to all dogs If your people have the nerve to go wandering off and don’t return for a week, here’s how you deal with the situation. 1. Pee. That’s most important. When they open the door to come in, run out and pee first. That will get that out of the [...]
I’m alive and well in CO. It took most of Sunday to get here due to crew delays on flights before us and the associated domino effect. I had brand new luggage because on each of my previous flights this year my luggage has been smashed to pieces. The first flight for this one left [...]