It’s the end of the month. Look back over your March, reflecting on how you did on your personal goals. Did you accomplish things you set out to do? Did you meet a happy balance between work, family, friends, kids, pets, and yourself? Ate healthily, treated yourself on occasion, exercised, stuck to your budget? Tried …
Kyotofu Easter Shortbread Cookies, at Dean & Deluca Today I’m Spring Cleaning the nursery in my house. It won’t take too long since I don’t have an actual baby to mess it up, but I sure have a lot of toys to sort out! QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Still the rainy and snowy season …
QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Make menu plans for the week and create your grocery shopping list Choose an evening or two to stay at home, an evening to invite friends or family over, and an evening or two to go out if possible. A balanced social life is a happy social life. Go for …
Today my Spring Cleaning project is to clean and organize my garage. It’s half full of family keepsakes and kitchen/home decor storage, and half full of merchandise for my eBay business. My goal today is to touch every box, peeking in to see exactly what’s in there, then sort, organize, sweep and clean. QUICK THINGS …
Seasonal Striped Dishcloths, at Williams-Sonoma Today I’m tackling the Spring Cleaning of my kitchen. I’ll be thorough, but I won’t stress about it or agonize. I can make today fun by watching a movie on my kitchen TV, playing fun music, drinking delicious iced tea, and switching to my favorite white wine later in the …
Spring flowers grace my living room side table Tonight I’m going to Family Night, eating pizza with cousins, watching a kids’ movie, baking a cake with the kids, then watching a grownup movie if the kids fall asleep (Let’s hope!) So my Spring Cleaning tonight will be nonexistent. There’s always the weekend – Family Night …
This week I threw an easy, casual, stress-free weeknight dinner party on Wednesday night. I’m so glad I did it – it gave me a chance to see friends who are just as busy as I am doing other things on weekends. I do have a bit of an advantage in that I work for …
I’m not a big fan of “buying containers in order to get organized.” It’s probably better to sort, organize, recycle, throw out, and prioritize, rather than buy more items to hold your existing items. However, I’m not sure how much longer I can hold out before I buy these colorful Semikolon paper document storage boxes. …
Spring Umbrella, from Kate Spade Last night was the vernal equinox, and today is the first day of Spring. I’m hoping it’s another sunny day here in Seattle – it will encourage me to do my work faster in hopes of taking my dogs to their sunny dog park for a run! Do something to …
What I currently display in my guest bathroom: Cucumber & Casaba Soap from Mor Yesterday we worked on spring cleaning the family room. Today we’ll work upstairs, on the lovely light-filled living room we like to spend time in during early mornings and Sunday afternoons. QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Fridge and freezer maintenance – …