Last week we had a professional window cleaner come to wash all of the windows in our home. He did the inside, outside, screens, storms, etc. EVERYTHING in 1/2 the amount of time it would have taken me *IF* I would have even taken the time to do them. *NOT* …

I won’t take the time to repeat the entire story of how/whey we ended up with new leather living room furniture in this blog entry. If you didn’t read the Extreme Home Makeover entry from awhile ago, you can find it by clicking here. to find out how/why (LOL). Here …

My friend, DeEtta, is hosting a Freezer Challenge on her blog. We have three freezers, so I’ll categorize this into three parts. 1. Upright freezer in garage: BEFORE: You can see that the freezer isn’t really very dirty, but it is slightly disorganized – notice the frozen salad containers (cool …

One rainy day we got this hair brained idea to remodel the bathroom. This was back in March (LOL). It’s now the end of July and I’d say we’re not even quite 1/2 way done with this project. I was going to wait and post about it when it is …

By the time I came home from town the wallpaper was almost completely taken down. Thankfully, Emily was home to document each step of the destruction (LOL)! After the wallpaper was all stripped off, Tim & the boys started taking apart the sink/cupboard. Here they are hauling the top out …

Well… in as in into the house, not into the bathroom… not yet….. TODAY the new sink has taken up residence in a corner of our library. I was SO CONFUSED by this picture. I KNEW I hadn’t put anything on top of it.. then I realized Emily had taken …

Nathan didn’t want to venture down under the house! He stayed a good distance away from the hole and pointed to where Josh and Tim had disappeared. His job was to holler at me and tell me anything the guys under the house needed! It’s a very important job! Here’s …

We still had a pile of papers that needed to be gone through after we cleaned out a room for Tim’s office last month. This week is the week to get it done and out from under foot. This picture could be repeated several times over this week… different boxes …

I KNOW that the organizing/cleaning “experts” all say you should have 4 boxes when you declutter. That has never worked for me because… well it just hasn’t. I need 6 boxes and here’s what they are: 1. Things to take to the Rescue Mission2. Things to try to resell at …

Here is the stand that our alarm clock sits on. Hmmm… wondering how many creative ways I can think of to show you our wake up routine. No matter how I look at it 4:00 a.m. is EARLY when you have to do it 3-4 times a week. The sad …