It's been another successful week when it comes to making our home more beautiful and filled with useful things. In fact, Stefan was actually super productive during his short vacation last week and worked on a project that we've been talking about doing for the last...
Lately we've been taking a lot of strides to get our list of projects pulled together in a complete list that includes not only all the areas in our house that are part of the Decluttering Mission of 2012, but also all those "honey do" home renovation projects (both...
Yesterday I was talking a bit about how to find the times of the day when your kids are occupied that will allow you concentrated working time. But if you don't actually separate yourself from the family or step away from the other chaos in your home, you may still...
In keeping with my attack on the kitchen, I recently realized that also our silverware drawers in the kitchen are fairly organized, there is still a bit of chaos in there. So when we purchased the plastic tubs for the spice storage, I also grabbed a few random small...
The last couple of weekends, we have been able to make a few really good pushes forward with decluttering and organizing our home. They were all somewhat small projects, but in the grand scheme of things, they make a huge difference. One of the things I've been...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about Tracht and how much I love the tradition of wearing these fashionable and unique outfits. So I thought I would share some more inspiration with the rest of the world about cool Tracht for women... You know, in case you ever...
Another Valentine's Day has come and gone. For the last few years, Stefan has been traveling somewhere in Europe or the US. He actually thinks that he might have been gone for the last 8 Valentine's Days straight. I honestly don't have a clue, nor does it matter much...
How many emails do you receive per day on average? 20? 40? 100? 200?? For me, it's not always that simple to count them up because I have so many different email accounts for my various blogs and businesses. I guess that on a usual day I get somewhere between 100 and...
Have you been having trouble putting your thoughts together and getting projects going for your business? Are you just feeling drained and dead in the water? Let me ask you something -- when is the last time you took a vacation? I don't mean some big ordeal like a...
Last Thursday, I started coming down with a cold...and as of today I am still dealing with. But thankfully most of the sore throat, runny nose, achy head fun has subsided. Unfortunately, I managed to give it to my 3-year-old, and although she is a real trooper in...
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