Getting my back yard ready for this summer’s outdoor living and entertaining! I had fully intended to begin my Spring Cleaning on April 1st and be done two weeks later. However, my April 2nd birthday found me at a lovely hotel in downtown Seattle, enjoying a sunny balcony, dinners and wine with friends, walks around…
I’m working on my attitude about autumn – bundling up and taking the dogs for walks to see the fall colors in our neighborhood; enjoying my fireplaces; drinking copious amounts of hot tea; and lighting candles against the darkness. The fresh autumn air does smell really good, and I notice I have time to read…
Egg-Shaped Easter Candles, from Williams-Sonoma Today we’re moving furniture to do a thorough cleaning on the family room. Since this is the room that features our biggest TV and our surround sound system, a gas fireplace and our comfiest couches, you can imagine how often this room gets used. Therefore it’s more worn out, dirty,…
Pink Milk Chocolate Tulip, at Godiva Today we’re moving furniture to do a thorough cleaning on the family room. Since this is the room that features our biggest TV and our surround sound system, you can imagine how often this room gets used. Therefore it’s more worn out, dirty, and tired looking than our other…
My thermometer says it’s 67 degrees out, so I took each dog for a 2 mile walk (4 miles total exercise for me!). I love my neighborhood’s fall colors. QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Do you need to light a fire under someone in your family to rake leaves? I’ll be raking leaves today after…
QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: – Stay informed. Have you watched your local evening news lately? Read a newspaper (whether the paper version or online) and watched a national news program lately? – Take a quick peek in your cupboard (unless you remember everything from last month when we took inventory). Are you doing ok…