Recovering From Thanksgiving Fun

If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t traveling today. Are you back home? Are your guests gone, or staying for the whole weekend? Tonight I will have a little bit of time for myself. Time to relax by the fire, catch up with my catalogs and magazines, and get just a few little projects out …

Windstorm Preparedness

A sight like this makes even a mundane daily trip to the post office joyful QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Kitchen floor need sweeping or mopping? Counters clean? Need to wipe dust and hair off the felt pads on the legs of your barstools and dining chairs? Tidy bathrooms – refresh toilet paper rolls, empty …

Winter Emergency Preparedness

Almost every other winter, Seattle (as well as many other American cities) gets hit by some sort of really bad storm. Whether it is ice, rain, floods, snow or wind, something happens that shuts down power for a day or more; floods streets so you can’t get around well; or causes traffic disruptions. I just …

Recovering From Thanksgiving Fun

Candied Cherry Candle, new at L’Occitane If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t traveling today. Are you back home? Are your guests gone, or staying for the whole weekend? Tonight I will have a little bit of time for myself. Time to relax by the fire, catch up with my catalogs and magazines, and get …

Ready for a Windstorm

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 …