The story of my life is written in my calendar and to-do list. Some days the only item I cross off my list is “shower.” Organizational experts suggest breaking down tasks into smaller ones. The idea being that if you {meaning myself} can break it down, an individual {me} will obviously not feel so overwhelmed. Okay, [Read more…]
I seriously think I could paint every stained piece of furniture in my house a bright shade of white. With hardwood floors and dark furniture I need to brighten the house up a bit! So I am super excited to share this easy transformation of a sofa table that went from stain to paint!. I moved the sofa table [Read more…]
Our front porch has a southern exposure and in Colorado that means sun, sun and more sun. So wicker furniture gets weathered very quickly. Kinda like our skin without sunscreen! I have seen other blog projects on spray painting wicker. I was a little skeptical because there are so many details in anything with the word [Read more…]
Dyslexia & Clues We Missed Reposting for the new school year. Some of my most heartfelt posts are the ones written about my son’s diagnosis of dyslexia when he was in kindergarten. There are so many misconceptions and fears about a suspected dyslexia diagnosis. I was asked by one reader what signs or clues our [Read more…]
Hi everyone- How was your weekend? My son is in the middle of varsity tennis tryouts so my nerves are on edge! I swear it’s harder for parents, which my son is like, “Um, mom I am the one on the court!” Oh yeah, right. Anyway, we had several rainy days this week, which lead to cancelled practices [Read more…]
Hi everyone- Our family loves strawberries! And, it’s a rarity when the entire family likes the same thing! And, what do we all love as much as strawberries? The fun kitchen stuff at Crate & Barrel. Yep, even my boys love checking out the gadgets. Some of you may have seen on my FB page [Read more…]
Creamy Peanut Butter Dip and Fruit Slices Hi everyone, Do you like your fruit plain or with a little something? I usually go for the “organic” version {no dip}, but when I saw this recipe on popsugar.com I thought I would try it. Then, while preparing it I thought I was going to gag- …… [Read more…]
I did it! I painted my stained from interior door white! A few months Six months ago I posted my front door dilemma HERE. But here is the abbreviated version and the before photos if you don’t want to get side tracked! Stained door adjacent to white interior door. All of our interior doors are painted [Read more…]
Hi everyone- How is your weekend? I wanted to kickoff the first Sunday in August with my new Back to School Sunday Series for the month of August: Suggestions related to reluctant readers, delayed readers or children diagnosed with dyslexia. Or, just for kids who would rather do anything BUT READ. It’s not about the label, [Read more…]
We are in puppy heaven right now with a 16 week old Bernese Mountain puppy, Chloe! Of course, during the crate and potty training we nicknamed her Cujo (1990’s movie reference.. or was it the 1980’s) and Crazy Eyes (from Orange is the New Black). But, look at this precious face during the day! We are [Read more…]
