This week I am taking a break from telling you about me in order to tell you about how to get out of organizational ruts. Why? Because people pay me to organize their houses and I love to do it but I love my readers even more. I want to give you guys some free advice on how to get organized. This, of course, necessitates that I talk about some awkward household habits many ... Read More
Three Fall Wreaths That Actually Represent My Life
I don't know if you realized this but I have dual citizenship. I am, first and foremost, a citizen of the United States of America. However, I am totally cheating on America with my second homeland...Target. I spend more time at that store than a sane person should. Please remember, however, that they have bacon, books, cute pillows and inexpensive shoes ready for purchase ... Read More
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Burned With The Flatiron of Doom…Or Something Like That
I am a Christian. I make this profession knowing how many things that label means to other people which may or may not be true about me. I do not think all secular music and literature comes from the devil himself, fear gay and lesbian people, or insist on telling everyone that I do everything "because God told me to." Those people annoy me too, ok? In fact, they annoy me ... Read More
Birds, Bees and Sex Ed Please
It has been my practice over the years to tell my kids how babies are made right before their fourth grade year. I know this seems early...I know, I know. Listen. I don't want to be a crusher of parental hopes and dreams but according to the moms in the know at my local elementary school, fourth grade is the grade when kids start discussing this stuff on the playground. ... Read More
Who Told Me I Could Pull Off a Beanie? Justin Bieber Did.
Let me tell you how I ended up at Forever 21 on a Wednesday afternoon hiding out from a skeptical, mohawked dressing room attendant named "Da Zest" and dressed in a "Justin Forever" t-shirt, black skater beanie, skinny jeans and high heel motorcycle boots. It all started a couple of days earlier when my husband Fred suddenly announced that he had decided fanny packs were ... Read More