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- Aug 27, 2019
- 1 min
Life at the Kitchen Sink
For more by Wendy and the Blue Giraffe, go to: http://www.thebluegiraffe.com/
- May 16, 2019
- 2 min
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...
- Oct 7, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- Jun 8, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- May 13, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- Apr 25, 2018
- 3 min
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,...
- Dec 27, 2017
- 1 min
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...
- Nov 26, 2017
- 3 min
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...
- Nov 11, 2017
- 3 min
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,...
- Oct 14, 2017
- 2 min
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...
- Sep 17, 2017
- 3 min
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...
- Sep 6, 2017
- 3 min
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...
- Aug 6, 2017
- 2 min
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...
- Jul 18, 2017
- 3 min
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 –...
- Jul 1, 2017
- 3 min
Shoo Fly! Shoo!
As a rogue fly whizzes around our house, I quickly run downstairs to find my old-fashioned, umbrella food tent to protect the cake that I...
- Jun 24, 2017
- 4 min
Can You Really Do It Yourself?
We had the plumber over the other day to fix several leaky faucets, and when I called him on the telephone he barely remembered who I...
- Jun 3, 2017
- 3 min
DIY with Dandelions
When my daughter was young I used to pay her ten cents for every dandelion that she picked from the lawn. My complete laziness combined...
- May 26, 2017
- 2 min
Beautiful Moments
I knew I needed to weed the garden and mow the lawn (as well as the twenty-seven other things on my to-do list) but I baked a cake...
- May 16, 2017
- 2 min
A Floor Update and More DIY
I have been getting lots of questions about the Living Room floor that I finished with Safflower Oil the other week, so I thought I would...
- May 6, 2017
- 2 min
Finding Design Inspiration
Some people wake up noticing shapes and colors. The form of a pillowcase resting against the bed, the taunting remnant of a forgotten...