Bigelow’s Pumpkin Spice tea, perfect to serve to chilled trick-or-treaters QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Have you tried on your costume and accessories to be sure they fit and look the way you want them to? Need to rake leaves on your lawn yet (or better yet, have a kid do it?) Dust your bedroom …
Emergency Candles, at Amazon Yesterday and today it’s been very windy, raining hard, and my lights are flickering. If the power goes out, I won’t be able to do my work on the computer, so I’ll find other things to do to occupy my time in a productive manner. (But I’ll sneak in some magazine …
What I’m burning today: Caramel Apple Daylight Saving Time ends on November 7 this year. Before you go to bed after your Saturday Halloween festivities, turn your clocks back one hour. Now’s also the time to replace your smoke detector batteries and flip your mattresses. Daylight Saving Time QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Need to …
Moonstruck Classic Hot Cocoa: What I’m drinking today while I’m reading and watching movies QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Make menu plans for the week; create grocery list; shop if needed Fridge and freezer maintenance cleaning: Thoroughly sort and clean one drawer, one shelf, or two door shelves in your fridge or freezer. Vacuum your …
What I’m writing with today: Lovely gel pens from Paper Source This weekend it’s still “Time for Us” week. No sorting, decluttering, or projects. Just the minimal amount of work you can do to keep your kids clean, rested and fed, your pets happy, and your house from falling apart until Monday when we start …
Icon Grill, my favorite restaurant in Seattle It’s still “Time for Us” week. I’m spending time on me – just doing the bare minimum housecleaning but no decluttering or sorting projects. Tonight I’m going to dinner with my sister, and doing some fun Christmas shopping – well, I guess that’s a bit of a project! …
Republic of Tea’s Hot Apple Cider Tea Today I’ll tidy up the bathrooms, do a load of laundry, empty the dishwasher, then that’s it for tonight. Plenty of time to clean in the upcoming festive holiday months. Now it’s time to spend some energy on me. QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Need to tidy bathrooms …
Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Need to run the vacuum really quickly through a couple rooms? We can pamper and treat ourselves this week, but we can also certainly spare five minutes to vacuum our homes so they don’t get out of control. Any trash cans need emptying? Dishwasher need …
“Fizzbanger,” Lush’s Candy Apple Cinnamon Bath Bomb For the last few weeks we’ve been working to clean and organize our homes for our families and to welcome guests. Now it’s time to turn inward, to pamper ourselves and enrich our own lives. Let’s be a little selfish. Make time for yourself. Demand it, you deserve …
Cranberry Joy home fragrance spray, new from The Body Shop Today I’m still enjoying spending a lot of time with family, but I will have time to do one small project when I get home tonight. My curio cabinets are extremely dusty – more so because I’m opening my doors more often than usual due …