by  Jen   

It’s hard to admit how bad things have become in my living room. It was so beautiful when I remodeled it a few years ago and now it’s buried again. Buried under mounds of stuff. The “stuff” mostly isn’t stuff I love or need. A lot of it is stuff to sell and it’s been

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by  Jen   

Those two things make me cringe every time I hear them! I don’t want to live with it like a roommate and it’s not a new normal. There’s nothing normal about it. Well, there is. Nature does this to us every so many years. I’m not sure how many but I know we’ve been getting

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by  Jen   

Over the years, I’ve had growing concerns over what our parks are intended for. I’ve always thought that parks are open areas for residents to enjoy nature. Pretty basic. I loved parks while I was growing up. My mom was a single parent and it was probably one of the cheapest things she could do

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by  Jen   

The clutter in this house is causing clutter wars, especially between the twins. One wants to throw everything away and the other one wants to keep everything! There hasn’t been this much friction in the house since the other kids were all still living at home. Yesterday my son said that we were all going

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by  Jen   

I keep saying that I’m not going to say anything about covid-19 and I’m going to get back to what I’m doing in this house but I can’t help it! Just one more here. The strangest thing to me during this pandemic situation is the confusing information we’re being given on a daily basis. It’s

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by  Jen   

I was feeling really good last week. The work at home order was becoming a nice, very welcome routine. My house was straightening back up nicely. The upstairs bathroom was finished and plans were put in motion for the downstairs bathroom. The morning routine was a mess but getting better. And then the weekend happened.

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by  Jen   

This morning, I woke up and felt like being a little lazy. It is Sunday after all. No time for that though so I took a shower, got dressed all the way to the shoes, brushed my teeth, and made some breakfast. It’s like everyone else’s whining and sitting around moping is energizing me to

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