Sorry folks. I’m still on the purge. Rooms are beginning to look barren, my husband is asking what’s going on (i.e. he noticed!), and the housekeeper is happier (less to pick up/clean!). My motto? Less is more or, when speaking to Angela, “Menos es mas!” which always brings a smile to her face. Part of […]
Cleaning out my closet was only the first step. After donating my baskets of clothing, I came home and admired my now-manageable closet, eyeballing a few more things that probably should have made the “purge”. It’s hard to let go of things that, at one point in time, we desperately thought that we simply must […]
When I visit my Amish friends, I’m usually struck by how pristine their houses look. Of course, there are a few exceptions. But nearly all are usually spic and span clean. Everything in the kitchen has a purpose: a hook by the refrigerator with rubber bands, a strike pad on the wall to light matches […]
Last Thursday, I celebrated an important anniversary: the one year anniversary of my first breast cancer surgery. It’s been a long year with an awful lot of surgeries…and, unfortunately, I still have another year or so with more of the same ahead of me. Still, I approached my anniversary with a lot of introspection and […]