Dear friends, Iâm going to break it to you. Swimming suit season is almost upon us. If youâve been putting off those toning exercises, now is the time to ramp it up. As for me, those days are way behind me and I accept who I am when I wear a swimming suit. And. I […]
New Yearâs Resolutions are not my thing. But a reset? Every once in a while a reset is a good idea. And to be honest, I still have a way to go, but here is my January 2024 reset so far. Undecorating Christmas It takes me a very short time to get Christmas taken down […]
Checking in on a cozy late November Saturday morning and wondering what youâre doing this weekend. Shopping? Christmas decorating? Eating leftovers? Things are low-key in our home this long weekend. I have undecorated autumn and am not ready to put up any Christmas dĂ©cor yet. So itâs a little bare. But I know myself. If […]
Awesome productivity can be found in the tightest of timelines. If you want some motivation, Iâll share the fast and easy organization projects to tackle today and youâll be a few steps closer to nirvana. Nirvana? Yes! Thatâs how I feel when I open a door or a drawer and see a space newly organized […]
Titling this post âDownsizingâ orâ Declutteringâ doesnât really describe how Iâve been spending my time lately. But âLiving with Lessâ does. Moving to a smaller house and downsizing would be great, but itâs just not in the cards right now. Or in the foreseeable future. And my house doesnât really need decluttering because I tidy […]
Here are a few tips I use in the kitchen for wrangling waste baskets. Making a dirty job a little better. Our kitchen waste baskets â one for trash and one for recycle â live in a dedicated cabinet next to the sink. Itâs nice to have them out of the way. Especially since our […]
January is traditionally the month of the overhaul.  For a fresh start. Diet, fitness, self-improvement â you name it. Any of those can be a lot to chew. How about just a tiny bite? How about just some motivation for small organization projects? Organizing projects are high on the list of January resolutions. In fact, […]
We are so excited to entertain our first guests of the season. By which I mean fall/winter, of course. Here are a few of the things we did prepping for houseguests. Dear sister and brother in law are arriving for a few days on their road trip stop. We havenât seen them in three years, […]
Have you started spring cleaning yet? Are you going to? Um, me neither. More like spring tidying. Hereâs a peek at what my FANTASTIC week looked like. Including a little spring tidying. Back Patio Hub got out the power washer and sprayed off the chair cushions around the fire pit, the grill and dining table. […]
The pet feeding and watering station recently moved from the laundry room to the kitchen. Which Iâll explain shortly. But the pet food storage situation was quite unattractive and needed some attention if it was going to remain in such a prominent space in the house. Weâve had some litter box issues the past few […]