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 […]
Read More: That’s betterCategory: domesticity
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 […]
Read More: Responsibilities and mind gamesIn 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 […]
Read More: In reversePleasant 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. […]
Read More: Pleasant MondayKitchen 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, […]
Read More: Kitchen greenificationSchool daze
You may recall my comment sometime during the summer, that when the time came for me to put my baby on the bus to Kindergarten, I would either be clinging to his ankles, begging him not to leave me, or skipping down the driveway, celebrating my freedom. I’m happy to report that I did not […]
Read More: School dazeFirsts, lasts, milestones
Today I went to the farm. I was looking for zinnias and honeycrisp apples like last year, but there were no apples to be had. It was disappointing, but I did manage to come home with something else nifty: my first ever batch of farm-fresh multi-colored eggs! Yeah, I know. Where have I been not […]
Read More: Firsts, lasts, milestonesThree sheets to the wind
No, I’m not really drunk. I just wanted to talk about three bags made out of sheets, and the phrase popped right into my head. I’m not above kicking back with a Mike’s Hard Lime later, though, if you prefer for me to represent truth in advertising… These three little piles each contain two fat […]
Read More: Three sheets to the windSurfaces
I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see all of these clear surfaces in my bedroom. Neil left Thursday morning for Readercon, and I’ve been on my own ever since. Somehow I have managed to pass the time… I have been pretty busy, in fact, and I just spent half an hour […]
Read More: SurfacesSkirt sickness and sugar scrub
Is there such a thing as Skirtmakers Anonymous? It’s not so much that I like wearing skirts (although, I definitely do). It’s more that I like wearing skirts that I made. Have you seen some of the new skirts that Target has this season? I love them! But I’ve been passing them by on the […]
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