My husband looked puzzled as he peered at me from the dining room doorway. He had heard my laughing from two rooms over the noise of the TV and came to investigate. Why was I laughing? What was so funny…he…
Category: Musings on the Home
Who Wouldn’t Want to Shop Your Way? #PersonalShopper
Sponsored: This is a sponsored post. I am a Sears blogger, though all opinions are my own. Have I mentioned before that I don’t like to shop? I’m sure I have. I’m not a shopper at all. If given the…
Why Yes, I STILL Play With Lego.
Let’s call it the Great Lego Debacle shall we? A few years ago my son began his obsession with Lego. He pored over the Lego Magazine. Looked in the Toys R Us catalog looking at Lego kit after Lego kit.…
Organizing the Toy Box, the Playroom, the Storage Room
Disclosure: I was sent a Bliss in a Box kit from Extra Space Storage to facilitate my review. My husband has not said a word about the piles, the stacks, or the mounds of stuff. These mounds are EVERYWHERE. Upstairs.…
Color. Fit. Style. Bra Shopping Made Easy with @BarelyThere
Disclosure: I am a Barely There Blogger. I have been sent selections of Barely There merchandise and a Scout bag during my term as a Barely There Blogger. I have a question for you.…
Sponsored: Organizing Photos of a Special Birthday Party for a Special Guy @Tapsbook
Sponsored: I was compensated to write this post. Something happened this spring that has never happened before. I’m still kind of reeling about it. I did something I have never done before. I didn’t host a birthday party for one…
Sponsored: Back-to-School Mishaps #BacktoSchoolwithBSK
Sponsored: This is a sponsored post. La…la…la..la. I’m not listening to back-to-school talk. La…la…la…la. I can’t hear the TV and radio ads for backpacks, composition books, and crayons. La…la…la…la. I’m not even thinking about when the teacher assignment letters will…
Reclaiming a Deck from Neglect in Time for a Birthday Celebration
We recently purchased deck furniture to replace a table and chair set that was completely rusted. Like more rust than metal. The table and chair set was new to us 12 years ago when we built our deck, but had…
Pondering the College Search Process with My 11th Grader #MOOCadvisor and #spon
There’s no avoiding the fact that my 11th grader is looking at colleges. I cannot be in denial any longer. For the last 18 months, our mailbox has been stuffed to overflowing with postcards, flyers, and letters of interest from…
Sponsored: Planning Activities for Summer @Kelloggs Frosted Mini Wheats
This is a sponsored post, though all opinions are my own. I only need one word to describe the school year. Busy. BUSY. Very busy. Three children in three schools. Two with school bus service. One without. By necessity I…
