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 […]
Today Iâm 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 doesnât go to […]
My first week of retirement was busy and didnât 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 […]
Where do the weekends go? As we enter our super busy season in the desert, Iâm sharing a few things going on around here â 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 […]
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. As each year goes by, the miles spent running decreases, but I still […]