My Sweet Home (Prequel #1)
I’ve wanted to do something here at my blog for the longest time, but until now, I didn’t really feel free to do so… mostly because of the state of my heart. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have...
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Our family loves the song “Ho Hey” by the Lumineers. We sing it at the top of our lungs in our old gold minivan, and even Baby Betsie shouts out the “ho!” and “hey!” parts like a champ. But watching...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home: Junk Be Gone! (Part 1)
It is incontestable. The #1 problem facing housekeepers today has to be (drumroll, please!)…clutter. Overconsumption. Excess. In an unprecedented age of convenience and innovation, the American...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home: Junk Be Gone! (Part 2)
Last week, I made the case that the #1 problem housekeepers face today is the excessive amounts of “stuff” we have in our houses. Today, I want to share with you some things that are helping me tackle...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home: Junk Be Gone! (Part 3)
After an entire week of procrastination, I’m finally posting the next installment in this “decluttering” series, and I’m going to hop right to it! In my last post, I shared some principles that are...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home: A Wee Little Rocker
We had a little rocking chair when I was a little girl that I loved to sit in. It was wooden, and, true to the time, had an impossibly loud, orange, floral upholstered seat and back cushion. The 80′s...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home: Plain Ol’ Pumpkins
Every year, I get excited about all the Fall décor I see on Pinterest, at Country Living, at Pottery Barn, via Martha Stewart… every year, I determine that I’m going to make something cool with a...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home: The Christmas Edition (2013)
Less than a week ago, on the way to the grocery store with my mom to stock up for a coming winter snowstorm, I was bemoaning the fact that my head seemed to be stuck in Fall; I could not for the life...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home – Tulsa Vintage Market Days 2014
Preface: I was not compensated in any way by VMD or any of its vendors for this blog post. I am just a supremely happy customer and supporter. ~ I’ll never forget the first time I attended the Round...
View ArticleMy Sweet Home – Christmas 2014
Before 2015 arrives and the Christmas decorations go back to the attic for another year, I tidied up my house and took some photos of what our home has looked and felt like for the past month. This...
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