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 Envision me at my still current height of 5’4″ and my no longer current weight of about 120 pounds, wearing a pink satin robe.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…
Some things you might not know about me
Ten random things you might not know about me: 1. I frequently carry on conversations in my head. 2. I drove a ’66 Mustang in highschool. 3. I was the only girl in our Mustang club. 4. I was once the only white girl in an otherwise all black cheerleading squad. 5. I’ve never smoked…
My legacy
While cleaning the litter box I had one of those moments. You know, an epiphany of sorts. What? You don’t get those? Anyway, this is one of those things I do every Monday. Wash the sheets, water all the indoor plants, refill the parakeet’s food and water, clean the litterbox. I usually do these things…
Losing weight, insomnia, and “The Project”
Weight has a way of sneaking up on a person, just like clutter. FlyLady calls it “body clutter” and I think that is a brilliant description. I started having weight *issues* during nursing school. I was in my late 20s/early 30s, with two small children and a boatload of stress. Most of us gained weight…