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Oct 31, 20193 min read
Inspired? Curious? Just ask!
...lucky for me, appreciating something beautiful doesn't need words, money, or someone else's approval :-)
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Oct 21, 20192 min read
Same blog, different spot...
As most of you know, my blog has been a bit absent (I say that kindly :-) over the last couple of years, but now I'm happy to say that...
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Oct 17, 20192 min read
Kiss the Cat & Empty the Dishwasher
Once, the door bell rang, and I hastily gathered up my mess (you know, those odds and ends that seem to multiply on your dining room...
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Sep 28, 20192 min read
The (unexpected) Joy of Polyester!
Like so many of you, the thought of crawling into bed with a pair of freshly-laundered, soft, white cotton sheets at the end of the day...
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Sep 12, 20191 min read
Quick Fixes For Every Day Life
Someone asked me recently if I could repost this Quick Decorating Idea List for them again (so that they could print it out and add it to...
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Sep 10, 20192 min read
Drawers, Debates and Decluttering
Just in case you didn’t know, this week (Thursday, September 12th, 2019) brings us yet another round of scintillating Democratic...
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Aug 27, 20191 min read
Life at the Kitchen Sink
For more by Wendy and the Blue Giraffe, go to: http://www.thebluegiraffe.com/
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May 16, 20192 min read
Holding on to Mother’s Day…
Fourteen years ago, my daughter and I started celebrating Mother’s Day by ourselves. With an emotionally chaotic home life, and a daily...
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Oct 7, 20183 min read
A Winter Closet Makeover
Hi! I hope you’re all doing well and have had a wonderful summer! Not quite sure how it went so quickly, but it was a good one, filled...
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Jun 8, 20183 min read
One plus One equals Three
When I got divorced, it was rare. I remember writing letters to my daughter’s teacher’s to tell them about it; making sure that she was...
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May 13, 20183 min read
A Day in the Life of a Mom
I wrote this poem six years ago. More of a journal than a poem, it was remembering a time when my daughter was quite young, and someone...
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Apr 25, 20183 min read
Best Laid Plans
Some days don’t always go as planned. I admit, I have been a bit neglectful (okay, a lot neglectful) with some parts of my life lately,...
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Dec 27, 20171 min read
Things to Do!
So, after last month’s blog, I got a few requests for some decorating ideas – quick things that people can do to cheer up their home...
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Nov 26, 20173 min read
A Girl and her Car
Some days, I can’t write about decorating ideas, but my head is still filled with observations of life, and the most infinitesimal, yet...
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Nov 11, 20173 min read
Claim Your Space
There are a lot of times in our life when we’re told to “fake it until you make it”. I always thought that sounded silly and insincere,...
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Oct 14, 20172 min read
Use It or Lose It
I never quite understood the use it or lose it expression until I went to do a cartwheel last year in the garden. Overcome by a memory of...
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Sep 17, 20173 min read
No to Art. Yes to Purple
She opened the door, threw her arms in the air, and said, “Here it is, don’t make me put anything on the walls. I hate art!”. It was a...
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Sep 6, 20173 min read
A Little Overdue
Joyful and overwhelmed. I never quite knew it was possible to be both at the same time, but here I am. Behind with my blog, missing...
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Aug 6, 20172 min read
Sharing the Bedroom
Toby shares the bedroom with me. A kind and lovable, vertically-challenged German shepherd, who doesn’t mind how I decorate, as long as...
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Jul 18, 20173 min read
5 Dorm Room Essentials
‘Tis the season, and if you have a college-bound teenager then you just might be in the middle of your very own personal hell –...
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