QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Maintenance clean one shelf, one drawer or two door pockets in your refrigerator and in your freezer. This will help keep our fridges and freezers ready for Thanksgiving foods! I have an inexpensive refrigerator and freezer outside in my garage too, so I’m actually doing TWO fridge shelves and TWO …
Thanksgiving Napkin Ring Kit, from Paper Source I’m putting some thought into how I want to spend my holiday season this year. How wonderful to have so many options to choose from! QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Celebrity Chefs Stamps, at USPS.com Have you dropped off cans of food at your local food bank or …
I’m working on my attitude about autumn – bundling up and taking the dogs for walks to see the fall colors in our neighborhood; enjoying my fireplaces; drinking copious amounts of hot tea; and lighting candles against the darkness. The fresh autumn air does smell really good, and I notice I have time to read …
My new bar! Now that I don’t have kids living at home, I splurged on this. It’s set up now for holiday festivities, cocktail parties, dinner parties, and snowy evenings requiring whiskey. QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Check over your budget (financial and time wise) for the rest of the month. Look at your calendar, …
Today isn’t supposed to be just a day off from work. We should call (not just text) our friends and family members who have been members of the military (even if they haven’t been on active duty in war time) and thank them for their service. They’ll appreciate it so much. I’m reading up on …
Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Bread Mix, on Amazon Today my project is going to be cooking and baking the foods I’ll enjoy and share with others in the upcoming week. I still have a few household chores to do today (I wash my sheets and towels on Sundays, and I clean out a shelf in my …
More beautiful trees I drive past on my way home from errands Today I’m dropping off a car load of gently used, serviceable donations at the Goodwill van in my town. I’m also planning to clean off all sorts of surfaces in my house: Dressers, counters, coffee tables, the mail table, TV stands, bookcases, wall …
A vivid tree I enjoy seeing on my drive home every day I must confess, I’m having a little trouble being excited about it being autumn. I was perfectly happy to enter into the fall season back in October. I was excited for fires in the fireplace, autumn comfort foods, and the smell of pumpkin …
Woman Reading, by Carl Larsson, 1885 Announcing… Lovely Living University! My new project I’ve been so excited to share with you. Lovely Living University offers free online 30-day classes on homemaking, cooking, vintage lifestyle, literature, art, history, music, and gardening. It’s also sort of a social network where you can chat with other Lovely Living …
I went to Las Vegas with a girl friend last week as part of “Time for Us Week!” Daylight Saving Time ended this weekend. Were you able to get all your clocks set properly? Including the one in your vehicle? Now’s also the time to replace your smoke detector batteries, check flashlight batteries, vacuum and …