Motivation for Small Organization Projects

January is traditionally the month of the overhaul. Ā For a fresh start.Ā  Diet, fitness, self-improvement ā€“ you name it.Ā  Any of those can be a lot to chew. How about just a tiny bite?Ā  How about just some motivation for small organization projects? Organizing projects are high on the list of January resolutions. In fact, […]

Prepping for Houseguests

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 havenā€™t seen them in three years, […]

Spring Tidying

Have you started spring cleaning yet?  Are you going to?  Um, me neither.  More like spring tidying.  Hereā€™s 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.  […]

Pet Food Storage

The pet feeding and watering station recently moved from the laundry room to the kitchen.  Which Iā€™ll 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. Weā€™ve had some litter box issues the past few […]

Costco Haul and RecommendationsĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Today Iā€™m sharing a portion of our Costco haul and recommendations on what we like. My allergies have been insane this month and I needed some more generic Allegra.  Costco has the best price on that (cough, cough) so we took the plunge and headed there on a Sunday morning.  Everyone who doesnā€™t go to […]

Week Wrap Up

My first week of retirement was busy and didnā€™t go a thing like I had planned.  There were no lazy days sitting by the pool (or by the fire) reading.  There was only one long walk.  But there was fun to be had and friends to share it. Here’s my week wrap up. And a […]

Weekend Wrap Up

Where do the weekends go?  As we enter our super busy season in the desert, Iā€™m sharing a few things going on around here ā€“ some exciting, some not.  The weekend wrap up is an honest look at how we spent some time though. Mortimer Farms We snuck in a little Thursday morning getaway and […]

The Perfect Running Shoe and a New Shoe Rack

Always on the hunt for the perfect running shoe and now I have a new shoe rack to home them after my morning exercise. New Balance Running Shoe Fresh Foam More 2 is my latest purchase in the search for running shoes.Ā  As each year goes by, the miles spent running decreases, but I still […]

My Stab at Swedish Death Cleaning

Donā€™t worry, I am not planning to croak anytime soon.Ā Ā  Swedish Death cleaning sounds so morbid, but Iā€™ve been sort of curious, if not downright captivated, by what Iā€™ve seen about the decluttering method lately. The term was coined by Margareta Magnussen in The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and […]

Laundry Room Refresh

For the past, ummmm, few WEEKS, Iā€™ve been hinting I have a little remodel project to share with you.  But.  Week after week. Nothing.  Probably like many of you, weā€™ve been suffering from the shortages and shipping problems plaguing the world.  So what started out as a quick little refresh turned into our laundry room […]