Felt Santa Claus, from Cost Plus World Market QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Need to de-clutter and clean out your car? I do this every time I find myself sitting in it for a few minutes while waiting for someone. Otherwise my car gets really out of hand! Do you need to restock things you…
Confession time – this is the current state of my dining table! Luckily I’m not hosting Thanksgiving tomorrow! Besides Thanksgiving, there’s a busy season ahead with upcoming parties, gatherings, holidays, visitors, and perhaps (dare I hope?) some impromptu game nights. Let’s get our dining rooms ready for the meals and festivities ahead! QUICK THINGS TO…
QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Maintenance clean one shelf, one drawer or two door pockets in your refrigerator and in your freezer. This will help keep our fridges and freezers ready for Thanksgiving foods! I have an inexpensive refrigerator and freezer outside in my garage too, so I’m actually doing TWO fridge shelves and TWO…
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…
My new bar! Now that I don’t have kids living at home, I splurged on this. It’s set up now for holiday festivities, cocktail parties, dinner parties, and snowy evenings requiring whiskey. QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Check over your budget (financial and time wise) for the rest of the month. Look at your calendar,…
Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Bread Mix, on Amazon Today my project is going to be cooking and baking the foods I’ll enjoy and share with others in the upcoming week. I still have a few household chores to do today (I wash my sheets and towels on Sundays, and I clean out a shelf in my…
A vivid tree I enjoy seeing on my drive home every day I must confess, I’m having a little trouble being excited about it being autumn. I was perfectly happy to enter into the fall season back in October. I was excited for fires in the fireplace, autumn comfort foods, and the smell of pumpkin…
What I’m reading this week in my extra leisure time Today I’ll tidy up the bathrooms, do a load of laundry, empty the dishwasher, and then that’s it for chores for tonight. Plenty of time to clean in the upcoming festive holiday months. Now it’s time to spend some time and energy on me! QUICK…
I really splurged on autumn mums, didn’t I? I am doing another kitchen organization project today, to get my home ready for the upcoming holidays. This is something I can fit in tonight after I get back from my sister’s dinner party. I’ll have time to work on the kitchen, and still have a bit…
My front doorway, after I tossed out the dead plants from summer and replaced them with fresh baskets of colorful mums Happy first day of October! I’m so looking forward to autumn. I admit, however, I’m dreading the days getting shorter and the long, cold, dark nights ahead. I’ll just have to light more fires,…