72 Hour Kits 72 Hour Kit: While There is Still Plenty I have been feeling like I should have 72 hour kits ready for my family for many, many months now. I do not think that anything is going to happen anytime soon, but I know it is the right thing to do. It is […]

Organize Your Home Today Ideas for a House of Order: Tidy and Functional This morning it took me a full hour to do my dishes. Just to give you idea, I had to do the dishes in stages: fill dishwasher, wash Tupperware from the fridge, pots and pans and then everything else. I am really […]

Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing; The glassy peartree leaves and blooms, […]

My beautiful mother, Maureen. My Home What is Your Definition of Home I think I was eleven years old. I was out in my family’s garage one day, and I saw a beautiful framed photo of a white baby seal. It may sound weird, but it really was a gorgeous white photo and it had […]

Mood Board for the Basement The Basement Makeover Plan When we bought our home two years ago, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to re-do everything right away. Of course, the kitchen and bathrooms will eventually get a complete makeover, but for now they work for our family and are aesthetically pleasing. Meanwhile, […]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Our gracious hostess and talented instructor, Rachelle, demonstrated for us. A Ray of Color on a Gloomy Day: Flower Arranging Yesterday was a really cloudy and overcast day. It certainly did not feel like spring. Thankfully I was able to play with flowers and hang with lovely ladies. I am […]