Archive for domesticity

It’s time.

I’ve been staring at this mess for a few months now, periodically shoving aside enough things to make a work space, but never actually putting anything away. The only thing that stresses me out more than looking at that mess is the thought of cleaning it up. Which is why it stays there, and I [...]

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Changing of the guard

It takes me just about as long to take down Christmas as it does to put it up.  In other words, about a month.  I’m really so slow about the whole thing.  I do a room, and then I live with it a while.  Until I’m ready to do another room.  And then I enjoy [...]

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I wish I loved to clean

For some people, the process of keeping house is a joy – it makes them feel especially good to maintain a clean and comfortable nest for their families.  Oh, how I wish I were like that!  Don’t get me wrong, I do feel good when I manage to be all domestic, make a nice supper, [...]

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Strawberry thief

Remember when I planted the strawberries?  I was very excited to have a blossom on the plant already.  Well, it ended up being the only blossom I got, but it survived and produced one lovely strawberry: I took that photo Friday morning, figured I’d give it one more day to ripen, and then pick it [...]

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Down and dirty

Dirt under my fingernails, smeared onto my apron, deposited on my camera’s shutter button… I transplanted the strawberry plants today.  I got them, oh, about a month ago.  I had put them temporarily in a plastic Chinese food container while I searched for a strawberry pot. I found a pot pretty quickly, but then I [...]

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Project: Simplify, week three

I don’t know about you, but I have a tendency to concentrate my cleaning efforts on the most public places of the house – the living room, the kitchen, any of the places that I can’t really hide, if somebody drops by.  When I have the time and inclination to clean, I always start with [...]

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Project: Simplify week two

This week our mission was paper clutter.  Oh, man, do I have my fair share of that!  There’s the kitchen table, which attracts mail and school papers.  There’s my desk, which has been host to a growing pile of who-knows-what for something like three years.  There’s a corner of my kitchen that I have set [...]

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Project: Simplify week one

I’ve decided to play along with Tsh at Simple Mom, and join Project: Simplify.  I’ve had decluttering on my to-do list for some time, but there’s always some reason not to do it, and always an easy way to talk myself out of it.  Tsh provided just the push I needed – she’s made it [...]

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Thursday

So how is everybody doing with their button-making?  Anyone finish a batch yet?  Be sure to head back to the lesson and leave your link at the bottom of the page so we can all ooh and ahh properly over your accomplishment! I haven’t been playing with clay myself this week.  Know what I’ve been [...]

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Back to normal?

I hesitate to use the word “normal,” because as anyone who has shown up at my house unannounced can attest to, “company-ready” is not my normal.  I usually require a fifteen minute warning and an empty closet to stash stuff in before I would consider answering the door. But things seem to be different this [...]

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