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WoFW: Tuesday

For Week of Few Words.  Things were accomplished today, some of them being:

Plus a detour into obsessive-compulsive land, which I will be sure to chat about when we are back to our regularly-schedule Weeks of Many Words.

And a hat for the dog - a 15-minute collaborative effort with Eamonn.

WoFW: Monday

For Week of Few Words.  Among the many things I was able to cross off my to-do list today:

Not done with that last one, yet.  Back to the grindstone…

Week of Few Words

I’m planning on having one of those incredibly insane weeks.  And while I love my blogging time, and my picture-taking time, there are more pressing things to attend to.  If I want to blog and play with my camera this week, I will have to do so with a dual purpose. So…
This week, I will [...]

It’s that time again

It’s the time where domestic divas everywhere are mapping out their kitchen battle plans, baking their pumpkin pies, putting together their cranberry relishes, and stuffing their turkeys.  I, as usual, will not be doing any of that.  My contribution to Thanksgiving dinner will begin tomorrow in the late morning.  I will open up my freezer, [...]

Viral cleanliness

Yesterday I cleaned up the parts of the kitchen that I need on a regular basis, namely the sink and the counter tops.  Today, I tackled the table, which has served as a favorite dumping ground recently.  When it was all cleared-off & shined-up, I realized it would look so much warmer if a Fall [...]

That’s better

Turns out Wednesdays are ok for cleaning, once you get a handful of distracting detours overwith.
It took me a couple of hours to do it right.  And no sooner did I put away the vacuum, when a five-year-old wandered through munching on a Pop Tart he forgot to ask permission for, dropping crumbs like [...]

Responsibilities and mind games

I am 95-ish percent sure that tomorrow is the day that I will do something about this disaster area I call a house.   Wednesdays are well-known to be perfect all-day cleaning days.
What?  They’re not?  Ok, you got me.  I just made that up.  I have to lie to myself if I’m going to spend [...]

In reverse

You probably know that my “thing,” for the last year or so, has been to create custom color schemes in polymer clay to coordinate with existing designer fabrics.  But long before I started matching fabric, I was devising my own color schemes.  I still use both types of color families in my current polymer clay [...]

Pleasant Monday

After the stifling humidity of yesterday and last night, it was a sweet surprise to be greeted by a breezy, pleasant, 70-degree morning.  Monday is vacuum day around here.  And dusting day.  And all other manner of once-a-week cleaning day, and I promise I will make a decent effort in that direction before too long.  [...]

Kitchen greenification

I’m doing pretty well so far with my new routines & task list.  One benefit of that?  I’m actually cleaning up the supper mess before leaving the kitchen in the evening.  And my counters are actually getting cleared off on a regular basis.  Did you think I always had a nice clean kitchen?  Oh, no, [...]