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Office Renovations
Two Sundays ago I got up, moved all the furniture and boxes from my office into the dining room, and proceeded to tear apart my room. Baseboards, carpet, carpet pad were all removed, then the dreaded carpet tack and work with a scraper to get up the glue. Tonight I get to start moving things back in, thanks to my wonderful husband, who is spending ( Read more... ) -
Confessions of a Clutter Queen - pt. 3 Apartment Therapy
Once again, I wrote something, and neglicted to post it. I wrote this entry 6 weeks ago.
While on vacation in Chicago at the beginning of this month, I finished reading Apartment Therapy. I will probably not do the entire eight week remedy, but I will be picking-and-choosing some of the recommendations for my home. I was
surprised by how much jived ( Read more... ) -
Confessions of a Clutter Queen - Part 2
Okay, so a few weeks ago I wrote an update for Confessions of a Clutter Queen, and in grand Clutter Queen fashion, I misplaced the notebook in which I had written the entry before I had a chance to type it in.
I am swimming in papers and notebooks, and the current state of my office does not lend itself to finding things easily, but more on ( Read more... ) -
Confessions of a Clutter Queen - Part 1
I'm the kind of person who is loath to get rid of anything that is useful.
I'm also the kind of person for whom "useful" is a broad definition that can be applied to just about anything.
And then I'm the girl who wants to find the most responsible way to dispose of things when I finally do convince myself to let go. Recycling, selling or ( Read more... ) -
My January Melancholy; or Me at 33
I think a lot of people look at the new year as a chance to start over, to look at perceived failures or self let-downs from the previous year. And then, as the month marches on, and good intentions fall to the side and old habits creep back in, people either feel down for failing yet again, or resigned to their fate.
I don't really set ( Read more... ) -
Spring Cleaning
I have started the big Spring Cleaning, but found myself stalled. My idea was to tackle one room a weekend, clean it from top to bottom and remove anything that didn't "live" in the room. One of the goals in splitting up the rooms was to prevent myself from becoming overwhelmed, another was that if I could get things that didn't belong out of the ( Read more... ) -
A Good Sunday
Sunday was a pretty good day. There was a bit of a struggle with the alarm clock, but that mostly came about due to being so comfortable in bed, with such a cute cat insisting we stay abed. We fought of temptation, and headed (admittedly a bit later than we intended) to meet Anne and Nicki for breakfast at the 43rd Street Deli. Anne and I both had ( Read more... ) -
Villain Redemption
This past November I once again participated in NaNo WriMo. I got 51,075 words towards my novel, Foxglove and Queen Anne's Lace. The challenges I set for myself with this story were to write a story from the first person point of view, and, more casually, to write a young adult story. I am doing okay with the first, and as for YA writing, I know I' ( Read more... ) -
How I Spent my Winter Vacation
Okay, I know the winter vacation is only half done, but I felt an update was due. We had a friend Christmas on Tuesday the 22nd, and I got this really awesome hat from Allyson and Rusty, hand knitted, which I have used to keep me warm on the surprisingly windy, chilly days down here in Jupiter.
Wednesday I worked a half day, and was home the other ( Read more... ) -
On Christmas
When we were kids, Christmas was always a time for excitement. Decorating the tree together, taking turns selecting ornaments from the box and decking the bottom layer with the little plastic apple ornaments and bells - the former out of tradition, the later to dissuade people from checking gifts before the big day. There was the slow trickle of ( Read more... )