Pear Blossom Agave All Purpose Cleaner, from Caldrea It’s Saturday, a perfect day to take on a larger Spring Cleaning task than I would on a weekday. Today I’m tackling the Spring Cleaning of my kitchen and its breakfast nook. I can make today fun by watching a movie on my kitchen TV, playing fun…
Some flowers I picked up to bring some Spring into my living room It’s the first day of Spring, officially finally. It’s sure seemed like spring around here lately with our warmer-than-normal weather. Today here in Seattle it’s a bit cloudy with some raindrops. Cherry blossoms are falling off my tree at random moments. I…
Spring Cleaning Sponges, from Ocelo, on Amazon QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Look over your list of upcoming birthdays this month. Write cards some evening this week, and mail them ahead of time to anybody with a birthday in the upcoming week. For further-out birthdays, order flowers, and prepare to send gifts if you’re planning…
A colorful pot of flowers I bought to bring cheer to my back deck This week Seattle has been surprised with beautiful sunny weather in the 80s. I’m making the most of it – I threw a backyard hot dog barbecue (tofu dogs for me!) for family on Monday; working on my laptop outside in…
A hydrangea now graces my dining room table thanks to an impulse buy at the grocery store Today I’m tackling the Spring Cleaning of my kitchen. I should have started this project on Sunday, but instead I took the kids to see Disney Nature: Bears. I should have started this project on Monday, but I…
We’ve been getting my yard ready for summer – here’s my outdoor office and my dogs’ swimming pool. I need to mow my lawn! This week we’ve been experiencing unusually warm weather – in the 80s – for Seattle in April. My eight year old eagerly helped me get out and set up my outdoor…
Mrs. Meyers’ Bluebell Counter Spray With my last foster child moved out, I live alone again and find myself finally with a bit of spare quiet time again. I’m hoping to bring back Lovely Living – I want to document my efforts to redecorate and maintain my home in a lovely manner, plus share with…
Mondays are a busy workday and errand day for me. By the time we get home from my teenager’s tutoring session, we’re starving and eat dinner right away. We’re not left with a whole bunch of time in the evening for projects, so I’m keeping tonight’s Spring Cleaning project very simple. Mostly I’ll just be…
Mrs. Meyers “Radish” Scented Cleaning Products I normally begin my Spring Cleaning on March 1st or as close to that as I can get. But this year, I had a houseguest visiting to attend Emerald City Comic Con with me. I did have to (choose to) do a lot of cleaning before she arrived. I…
The hideously unattractive picture above is actually of my car crammed full of things for Drop Off Day. I spent just two hours today pulling unwanted things from my garage, piling them into the car, and driving around town to drop them off. Today I dropped off: Two bags of clean, barely worn clothing at…