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Look closely at this picture and you’ll see that the flower is growing between the cracks of the sidewalk. What struck me, and prompted me to take the picture, was this flower’s will to survive, regardless of its circumstances. I thought, wow, if this flower can grow without soil, without being fed and watered, heck,…
In my last post, we talked about organizing a toy room. Now that you have put the time and energy into creating order in the playroom, you’ll want to make sure it stays that way. Here are my tried and true tricks to maintaining order in what could become the messiest room in the house if ignored. Have a…
I didn’t have a lot of toys as a child, but I did get a lot of play value from the ones I had. My favorites included Newborn Thumbelina (pull the string and her head and body wiggles) and a couple of Barbie dolls (probably not the real Barbie but one of the many knock…
How many times have you tripped over that mess by the front door? Is the drip, drip, drip of the bathroom faucet keeping you up night after night? What about that kitchen cupboard that never seems to stay closed? I don’t know about you, but I never seem to be completely free of those minor…
Have you ever bought something and then felt it was a mistake? Do you have items in your home that are just more trouble than they are worth? I know I do. The thing that first comes to mind is the chimnea we bought at the beginning of the summer. We had romantic visions of…