Life Is Messy, Keep Cleaning It Up
I did not initially plan on taking a hiatus from blogging these past few weeks. Life, however, has a way of bringing to the surface the issues that need to be worked through. The house always seems a mess, no matter how often it gets cleaned. Relationships constantly need...
It Takes More Time
See a problem, dream a project. In my mind, the path from Mess A to New Study Order B was a straight-forward weekend chore. Up roll the sleeves, out come planning paper and pens. And then? Well, then the weekend burned away as the dream met reality. Ever started...
Making Room for Growth
Between Christmas and New Year’s, I had most of the week off from work. In that time, I had grand hopes of completely decluttering our study. Due to my husband working in the IT field, the study has become overrun with an abundance of spare computer parts, 3D printer...
Clearing the Clutter
This weekend, I finally took the time to deal with the source of something that was a constant frustration to me and my husband: the “catch-all.” You know, the spot that tends to “catch” everything you put down. For us, it was the dining room table and the floor...
The Anchor of Our Hope
I’m watching a train wreck. I’m watching, not with the macabre fascination that we generally have toward calamities, but in near panic and bewilderment. It’s not a YouTube of some random wreck that I can gasp at in surprise while being secretly entertained. No, this train wreck is close...