I know that a lot of people set resolutions for the New Year and that by mid-January, they’ve already been abandoned. I set goals instead. I suppose there isn’t much difference between the two. I tend to think of resolutions as something that you fully intend to do at the moment but end up not following through on at all….
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As the famous line from “Game of Thrones” goes, “Winter is coming.”. And there’s no more important reason to do fall cleaning now. Winter means the doors and windows are tightly shut, keeping the heat (and possibly germs) from escaping. Sometimes, if we’ve had a round of sickness in our home – even in the dead of winter – I’ll…
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Oh! I said that word. I said “need to be decluttered”. Well, I guess that’s more than a word, but there’s only one word in there I know you hate: declutter. Why is that? I actually had someone get so angry at me once for saying that to really clean your house, you need to declutter it first, that she…
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Yes. I write a blog called A Simply Clean Home and I think housework is boring. Don’t tell me you disagree. I know you hate it too. What, did you think because I write this blog that my home is spotless and I’m a happy little homemaker? Ummm…..nope! Today before my husband left for work, he asked me what my…
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Apparently I like to save money, and some people consider that a bad thing. My husband has been promising our eight-year-old grandson that he would buy a golf cart to ride around on while he is here visiting. My husband is good at promising such things, with no eye towards budget. Our kids know better than to take him seriously….
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