Last week included some berries from a local farm. They were delicious berries, so they deserve a shout-out. See what I mean? [Okay, you can’t see that they’re delicious, but you can see that they’re beautiful and bright and such.] Raspberries are my favorite, and add to that a day of sunshine and happy dogs…
Category: The House
Tackling the Spackle and Lone Earrings
Week two of housewifedom is looking good. I would share all of the gory details of productivity (oh yeah, and that one morning of going back to bed from 9 to 11), but we don’t need to cover all of that. Especially not the sleeping in thing. You can forget about that. Part of the productivity has included…
Closet Clean-out/Clean-up
I like to look at the small closets in my house as a good thing. At the very least, they force me to keep the extra stuff to a minimum. Right?* The problem is that even though I love to get rid of things, I still have more stuff than closet space. If things are…
Getting to Know the Local Wildlife
Peanut and I had a cozy evening yesterday. I gave him a belly rub to console him for the long day alone. He thoroughly enjoyed said belly rub, and life moved along in a standard weeknight way. Right around 11:30, I let Peanut into the back yard for his last fresh air of the evening. …
2000 Words (or 2 pictures)
It’s a rainy, cool day, and I’m wrangling all of my coherent thoughts for work, so you’re the lucky recipient of pretty pictures. If my thoughts were more thought-like and less vaporous, this is what they would say: I love Italy. Even when it’s raining and gross there, it’s not gross at all. …
Best Laid Plans
Have you ever noticed that plans very rarely work out the way you thought they would? That used to bother me when I thought I should be able to control it, but I recently decided to enjoy the spontaneity instead of letting it mess up my day. Last night, for example, I was master of…
Home Again, Home Again
Nashville was great. Between celebrating with friends, eating delicious food, and hearing some good live music, it really couldn’t have been much better. And now I’m home. I usually count myself in the group of people who love going on trips and being away from home. I love flying and living out of a suitcase…
Small, but valuable. 