One of my all time favorite organizing rules is, “Touch it once.”
I guarantee that abiding by this rule will save you time … and your sanity. After all, every time you put off putting something away until later, you are touching it at least twice when it could have been touched only once.
Even though you [...]
Sometimes I wish I could escape into the woods, especially when it is late in the afternoon and time to fix dinner and the youngins are incessantly whining. But alas, my life is not a fairy tale.
However, Seattle’s premiere Fifth Avenue Theater is currently producing Stephen Sondheim’s most popular musical, “Into The Woods.” This show [...]
Jacket weather has arrived. Pull out the rain boots and bring on the simmering cups of hot cocoa laced with caramel and hazelnut and topped with a dollop of whipped cream. Give me a good book, some quiet time and a quilt to cover up with and I will be in heaven … sort of.
With [...]
Whenever my sister and her husband are in town there is always an adventure waiting to happen. This time around they outdid themselves. They recently treated us poor college students to a night we will most likely always remember.The evening started with a dinner at the exquisite Palomino restaurant - thanks Lucy for the recommendation. [...]
When I was a little girl I used to love to go to the library. Staring at all the myriad of books and seeing the complexity of the card catalog always left me in awe. Eventually I learned to use the old fashioned cards and soon I was checking out twenty books at a time [...]
After dinner while the kids are whining playing, Rudy and I will often sneakily eat a treat. Usually we will sit down on the kitchen floor with our backs against the cupboards and indulge. We don’t mind sharing our sweets with the kids, but we are trying to teach them healthy eating habits . [...]
Here are a few tips and suggestions I have to hopefully prevent boredom from even becoming a factor. Part of the reason kids get so bored in the summer is because there is no apparent structure to their day. They are used to being in school where they were accustomed to plans and routines. Half [...]