Snippets
I’ve been sharing my words in other ways this month. Here are some sneaky snippets.
Life around home
List of gratefuls
Each fall to date, my schedule and stress level have turned a gentle corner together into greater peace. Here are things I’m grateful for…
Shari’s Amazing Household Hacks!
I love shortcuts around the house, little tricks for making housekeeping work. My ideas today are simple and efficient.
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On the evolution of species
And next will be – a walrus! a blue whale! an entire menagerie!
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Folding socks
Folding laundry was often children’s work, and the tedious minutes we spent poring over socks appear in retrospect to have stretched out over several decades.
Last week on Thursday
(This post contains gross elements involving body fluids. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.)
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Summer boredom?
“Work is the best way to turn around from being grouchy and bored to cheerful and motivated. Physical work especially is good. However, almost no one likes starting to work. So, you have two choices: either make your kids do it anyway, or make it fun.” -AZ
A nifty little gadget
You know how little girls’ tights come through their very first wash covered with fuzz dots? You know how head covering veils get nubbly after a while from tiny snags? And sweaters don’t look new anymore because the surface texture gets roughed up? This takes care of it all.
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When I am stressed, I bake
Here, baby, watch me blend the ingredients
When I am done, lick the cookie dough spoon
For when I am stressed I bake, I bake
And when I am stressed, I bake.
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Four-week cleaning schedule
I do not enjoy housecleaning. I enjoy only the afterglow. In fact, I have almost resolved to spend as little time housecleaning as possible for the rest of my life. But I do not enjoy a messy house either. In light of these facts, I tried an experiment that I just completed: my first month on a four-week cleaning schedule rotation, where I scrub for a few minutes each morning and that’s it…
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