Nowadays I like to buy my garbage bags in a pretty pink color, with a drawstring and a nice smell. They make me feel like a good little housewife. Sómeone forgot to replace the garbage bag! Whenever I take out the trash, I make sure I immediately put in a new garbage bag. Unfortunately my...
You know those MacGyver kind of moms, who can take a tree and make it into a cake? I'm not one of them. I'm neither very crafty, nor very handy. But I ám incentive! Easy appetizer: Chick on a a tree So I made these Chicks on a Tree! All it took was a carrot,...
Neighborhood kids often look around around our happy home, and declare: 'It's só messy in here! Our house looks much better.' This observation baffles me, because I think our house looks quite well, thank you! But, seven people live in it, and perhaps that explains their cruel judgment. Besides, I suspect their parents of Minimalism!...
In anticipation of a visit from a posh, elderly lady, I'd gone through the house like a human whirlwind, removing all the evidence of a household suffering from neglect. As a final touch I sprayed floral scents all around me, making the house smell like a meadow. Or a very cheap bathroom. I even remembered...
Today the complaints kept pouring in. My eldest daughter couldn't find her favorite skinny jeans, and my husband was out of matching socks. My youngest son had to send out an APB for his lost shoe, and my youngest daughter slipped in a pool of lemonade. I hadn't had time to mop it up yet....
At the start of a new year, after getting rid of the Christmas tree, I always get the urge to do some serious cleaning. You know, to start the new year fresh and with a clean slate. Literally. So I decided to tackle the top of my kitchen cupboards. Top of the kitchen cupboards The...
Whenever I read Marie Kondo's bookThe Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up I get this itch to uhm, do some tidying up. This has cost me a lot of stuff. Stuff which I sometimes regret throwing away later on. But it has also helped me get my house a lot more organized and less cluttered....
Being outdoors is good for your health. Both your body ánd your mind! Your body gets vitamins, and your mind calms down. So why not combine all the stuff you gotta do, and do it outside? I've compiled a list of 11 chores you can do in the great outdoors! 11 outdoorsy chores Raking leaves...
Have you ever noticed that housekeeping can be a lot like surfing the internet. One thing leads to another, and before you know it 4 hours have passed. Here's what happened to me. On New Year's Day I decided I might as well take down the Christmas tree. It was really starting to drop its...
Summer vacation is upon us, and with it, lots of chaos. With everybody at home, the house can get quite messy. And I don't like it. One small chore a day, to keep the chaos at bay So to protect myself from all the chaos and mayhem, I decided to do one small chore a...
