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Getting Back To The Chore Chart

Man have I been a lazy bones recently! It’s the worst! People tell me to rest while I still can, and I think I am taking that advice way to literally. My house is a disaster, and I wish I could say that I was doing something so productive that I just don’t [...]

Last Minute Hostess

My husband has 2 work Christmas parties every year. One is the management party in which I am invited to, and the second is for the entire office which I am not invited to. Last year the party occurred on a very snowy December day. My husband called me to tell me that people cancelled [...]

Great Neighbors Help To Make A Happy Home

Growing up I lived in the most wonderful neighborhood. There were kids to play with in all age ranges, and the adults all seemed to be friends. When the weather was good my family would go outside and gather on our driveway. Within a short period of time a bunch of our neighbors would come and [...]

The Art Of The Hostess Gift

I watch a lot of TV shows and on those shows people are always bringing some nice gift when they go to a party. The Oprah Winfrey show has many shows in which you are told about things she loves, and items she likes to give as a gift to others. Some of her shows [...]

Works For Me Wednesday: Seasonal Bins

Growing up my house always had decorations up for the seasons. My mom always made a point of it. She has wreaths and flower arrangements and all sorts of decorations for each holiday/season. My favorite season of course is Christmas. Growing up we had bins and bins of holiday decorations. Each year the family would [...]

Things I Love Thursday: Netflix!

It’s Things I Love Thursday Over at The Diaper Diaries today, and today I want to talk about my love ofNetflix! I am not trying to brag, but I jumped on the Netflix* train back before Netflix was popular. I was working at my first job that I hated, and I spent a lot of [...]

Works For Me Wednesday: Chore Chart

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I unfortunatly do not have the “Clean Gene”. That’s not to say that I don’t like my home clean, or that I don’t wish for my home to be clean…it just means that it takes a lot more effort for me to actually WANT to get off the couch [...]

Mr. Fix it!

I grew up in a household where if there was ever anything that needed to be fixed, or put together either my mom would do it, or for more complicated jobs, it would wait till my Grandpa came down for a visit. My parents were very lucky that he was so handy, and willing to [...]

Duvet Cover Rant

I have always loved down comforters. I am not sure where this love began, but I can remember being young and asking my parents to buy me the most expensive down comforter out there. I loved wrapping myself in the soft down. I even got a less expensive version when I went to college. But [...]