I guess I shouldn’t have expressed such enjoyment over David’s *show* the other day because on Saturday morning I got a little taste of mortification myself. Our *other son*, Daniel has recently moved back in to our guest house. I knew that he and Chris had been out really late the night before so I…
A Perfect Meal
I just finished the most delicious meal. I had baked bread this evening and that formed the basis of my dinner. Along with a slice of homemade whole wheat bread still hot from the oven and dripping with real butter, I also had: -three small pieces of cheese (Tillamook sharp cheddar, Monterey Jack, smoked gouda)…
Life in the Country: A Cautionary Tale
Living in the country for an extended period of time can cause one to become complacent about certain things — like wearing clothes, for instance. When your nearest neighbor is nearly a quarter of a mile away and the space between is heavily wooded, clothing is optional. Now, don’t get me wrong. We are in…
Life on Apple Tree Farm
Apple Tree Farm –that’s what we call our place here in rural Oklahoma. It’s really kind of a joke since it isn’t truly a farm and we only have one apple tree. But it is 40 acres of lovely property in the country with the potential to be a small farm. I no doubt watched…
This is the way we mop our floors
This is the way we mop our floors, mop our floors, mop our floors… I’ve spent quite a bit of time decluttering lately, at the expensive of other household chores. Like mopping the kitchen, for instance. Since we don’t have toddlers spilling things, it wasn’t horrible, but it still needed a good scrubbing. It also…
Decluttering
Since this blog is at least ostensibly about decluttering, I thought I should update you on a few more decluttering tasks I have completed. —Yesterday I sorted through the two organizers we have in the kitchen for paper items. Isn’t it amazing how if you ignore something for awhile, you find you no longer need…
Spicing things up
My husband is out of town on a business trip so I picked up a couple of movies to watch yesterday. I was watching “A Streetcar Named Desire” last night while eating my dinner (broiled salmon — yum). After I ate, I paused the movie so I could put my dishes in the dishwasher and…
Monday, Monday…
I’ll probably be humming songs by “The Mamas and the Papas” all day now. So, it’s the start of a new week and I already have quite a list of things I want to accomplish. I need to figure out what to do with the rest of the books that didn’t sell Friday night. I…
My life as a criminal
I received a request to explain one of my *random things you might not know about me* so here goes: I was about 20 years old at the time. Envision me at my still current height of 5’4″ and my no longer current weight of about 120 pounds, wearing a pink satin robe. Yes, these…