*Here’s what I brought you for show and tell today: my absolute favorite outfit! (Too bad I don’t have stirrup leggings and oversized plaid shirts anymore, because you’d better BELIEVE those would be my favorite outfits otherwise). I think I’ve worn this particular combo about five times in the last month (to different locations, of …
Beating Back the Daily Grind
Well folks, here we are–back at work and school on a Monday morning. I keep searching my brain, trying to figure out a way to NOT make that such a depressing fact every Monday. It’s a difficult task. But, like I was telling my students in my classes today–ANYTHING can be made better or more interesting if …
Thoughts on Being Wrong
(Here’s a picture of me not-so-metaphorically experiencing hand-to-the-forehead exasperation) The older I get, the more convinced I am that it’s more likely that I’m going to be wrong than right. As a kid, the world seems so black and white, and going through grade school doesn’t really help things–your teacher gives you a gold star …
January Reading
Since it was getting to be tedious work doing a book review for every single book I read (like I’ve done for the past two years), I’ve decided to just post once a month on all the books I finished for that month. And what do you know? This two-chapters-a-day goal thing apparently makes me …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 5
So this last week’s challenge was all about organizing my recipes, and although I knew I needed to go through all mine, I didn’t realize how out of control it had gotten. I mean, by the end of it, I had gotten rid of over TWENTY-FIVE cookbooks and cooking magazines. That’s just crazy. And as …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Maybe it’s the gloomy weather, but I seriously have been wearing all-black or all-grey outfits almost every other day for the past few weeks. Sometimes I don’t think it’s so bad (like the number above), but on the day when I wore grey skinnies, a grey shirt, and grey boots, I’m sure I looked like some …
The Lazy (Wo)man’s DIY Table
You might remember this little table that I first “revealed” in the first Before/After post of my 50 Weeks to Organized challenge. As promised, I’ve decided to tell you all our glorious secrets in building it. And by secrets, I plan to reveal to you how very little acquainted we are with DIY projects and how we …
Snowy Pics for a Snowy Day
Here’s the last of our (good) photos from Cutler Marsh. Because sometimes we just need reminding that this kind of snowy, frigid weather CAN be perfectly lovely. When followed by a steaming cup of hot cocoa and a read-a-thon under mounds of blankets, that is. Here’s to hoping you have a perfectly lovely weekend! (snow …