Do I Need a New House Already?

My husband received an odd letter in the mail today. A slim little envelope showed up, bearing a (local) return address that we’d never seen before. In it was a very polite, handwritten request to buy our house. Photo by dulcie and used under Creative Commons The reason this is odd is that our house is not [...]

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Writer’s Block is Good for Decluttering

I sat down to write this post yesterday and got stuck. I’m not yet used to the new Mondays-and-Thursdays posting schedule, though so far so good. I couldn’t think of what to write about. I poked around on the Internet for a bit, looking for any new research studies or related breaking news, but [...]

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DIY Charging Stations

As I’m in the process of cleaning up my front entry way (slowly but surely!), I’ve been thinking about placing a charging station there. It would keep chargers in a central location so they would always be easily found, not to mention the devices themselves! Many of the ones I’ve found in stores don’t really [...]

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Clutter-Free Christmas Gifts

I hope you all had a nice, relaxing Christmahanaquanzika! Now comes the hard part: finding space in your home for the gifts you received! I am lucky this year in that two of my three family gatherings (we have a lot of family!) were gift exchanges. Each person only had to purchase one gift, and [...]

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Making Progress!

You may have noticed lately that the little progress bars in the sidebar are actually moving! *gasp*! Yep, that’s right, I’m actually making progress once again! progress2 It’s easy to make progress when you have a bit of help! Right now, I have two (unrelated) friends living in my spare bedrooms. It’s pretty cool [...]

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