Because if they do, I am ROCKING this year’s resolution! And see that shiny new laptop? I’m finally (after a MONTH) back to blogging on my own computer and not one I pilfered from BC. Woo!
[Continue reading...]Get Organized #4: Stuff Storage
January 11, 2010 By 24 Comments
You know those things that you need to have access to regularly but you don’t need misplaced or handled by certain toddlers living in your house? At my house that’s things like library books, homework folders that come home Monday and don’t go back ’til Friday, recorders (every 4th grader in the state has to […]
[Continue reading...]Technical difficulties….
January 9, 2010 By 2 Comments
If you read this site in Google Reader or something similar, you may have missed Get Organized #3: The Calendars. Click on over to read it here. Also, I just discovered that I’ve missed A LOT of emails. I have my blog email set to forward to my personal email but it doesn’t email anything […]
[Continue reading...]Get Organized #3: The Calendars
January 9, 2010 By 7 Comments
Yes, that’s calendarS. You’ll need 2 for this to work well. Mine are the Daily System from Pottery Barn. (We have too many kids to take fabulous vacations…gotta use our AmEx points for something, right?) I’ve seen similar ones at Target in the $15 range. They came in both black and white. You could also […]
[Continue reading...]Get Organized #2: Family Binder
January 8, 2010 By 21 Comments
Here it is: Fancy, ey? Just keeping it real! Go ahead and make yours cuter (anything’s cuter). We keep this in a cabinet above the computer desk in our kitchen, so it’s easily accessible. Inside the front cover I keep Boxtops For Education and the sheets our school wants them turned in on. Before the […]
[Continue reading...]Get Organized #1: Bill Box
January 7, 2010 By 19 Comments
I get a lot of emails asking how I find time to sew or craft with 4 kids running around and still run a household. Answer? Ignore them. Kidding! I thought over the next few days, I’d share with you all some of my favorite ways I keep organized. Today, I’m showing you my bill […]
[Continue reading...]Rosemary
January 6, 2010 By 14 Comments
I bought PW’s cookbook a month or so ago. And I wanted to make the Creamy Rosemary Potatoes (slightly different version of the recipe here). Only the grocery store was out of rosemary. What?!?!? Luckily, my mom was with. She suggested we check the floral department for those little rosemary Christmas trees they sell. Jackpot! […]
[Continue reading...]Finally somewhere to sit!
January 5, 2010 By 22 Comments
We bought our piano about 6 years ago. It’s 90 years old. The bench was long gone. I’d searched half-heartedly for something off and on, but made do with a kitchen chair. Plus, I’m not the one that does most of the playing so it wasn’t really a priority. I decided to get serious about […]
[Continue reading...]Resolving, 2010 edition
January 3, 2010 By 12 Comments
A few of you may remember this post from last year. I’m happy to report that I failed at 2 out of 3. The one that I succeeded with? TOTALLY worth it. What am I resolving this year? “Buy more lamps!” Yes, really. You see, lamps are something way out of my comfort zone. They’re […]
[Continue reading...]A Crazy Ride
January 2, 2010 By 7 Comments
2009 201 posts Readers I don’t actually know in real life! Followers? A strange journey, for sure. Some of the highlights, in case you missed any of it the first time: Ballard Designs detergent tin knock off Tie onesie Octopus and rocket applique patterns Boutique style burp cloths Fabric covered party hat Ruffle butt onesie […]
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