Mrs. Meyers Clean Home:  No-Nonsense Advice that Will Inspire Your to CLEAN like the DICKENS Life is hectic and messy. Keeping your house clean and nice is the only sensible thing to do. Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home is two parts common sense and one part inspiration. Read it and you will learn how to ...

Today is the optional memorial of St. Frances of Rome. St. Frances of Rome is one of the great mystics of the 15th century. She was born in Rome to a noble family in 1384 and died in Rome on March 9, 1440. She desired to enter the convent, but in obedience to her parents was instead married at age t...

For the past 10 years, I have owned a dishwasher.  And now, I can’t imagine my life without one.  At first, I was clueless on how to load my dishwasher.  lol  I guess I wasn’t truly clueless.  I was just hesitant because I thought I wouldn’t do it right and the dishes wouldn&#...

Outside my Window ... it's dark. And chilly. And quiet. The evening is winding down. I am thinking ... on some decisions that we need to make re: school for next year. New stuff for these parents and am pondering pros and cons and cons and pros. I am thankful for ... food in my cabinets that comes t...

I have developed a habit. It hasn’t been an easy one, but I try to stay at it. I try to put things away when I’m done with the them. When I take off my clothes, I try to put them in the hamper.  When I take off my shoes, I try to put them in the closet.  When I’m cooking, I put t...

Did you celebrate the holiday yesterday? It was National Pie Day. (Thanks to Bex for letting me know.) When I told my sweet husband (who is a math teacher) that it was National Pie Day, he said, “No, that’s not until March 14th. 3.14 Pi day.” Math nerds have their [...]...

My friends and readers would be surprised to learn that I own THIS BOOK . Or that I've even read it. I am a lousy housekeeper. I find most household tasks repetitive, tedious, kind of a bore -- and futile. Because a clean house doesn't stay that way for long. Is it any wonder I'd rather write in my ...

This just in from Momsrising.org: Remember last month when we asked you to demand that Congress and the states stop treating part-time workers like chopped liver and provide them with unemployment insurance? Well, after nearly 10,000 of your letters to Congress, the New York Times reported that Pres...

I haven't had a crafty post in quite a while so, here is the latest news. It's 80 degrees F and gorgeous in L.A. with no reports of a cool down. Must be time to start planting!!! Despite my backyard being a total disaster (my fault entirely), I am, as part of this weekend's MLK National Weekend of S...

I'm not a big fan of resolutions. I believe that if I want to change something, I should do it NOW. Now, now, now. On the other hand, I think the end of a year, the passing of a milestone is a good time to look back and look forward. Today, we look back. Back: I rented a sod cutter and utterly faile...