Moving to a new home can be both stressful and exciting. On one hand, you are starting a new adventure, be it across town or across the country. But, on the other hand, you have to pack up all your belongings and relocate them from Point A to Point B. So, how do you keep … Read More
Prepping a house for sale can be a huge undertaking. There are little issues you live with everyday that become very obvious and there are the obvious projects you’ve been putting off until a later date. Suddenly, “later” is now and you are faced with a To-Do list 8 pages long. Or maybe that is … Read More
I have been absent from my blog…and from normal life activities, recently, because Hubba and I have been purging, purging, purging our home in preparation for a 1000 mile move. I knew we had a lot of “stuff”, but, I was in denial as to just how much stuff we had!! I have been living … Read More
Prepping a house for sale can bring many stresses. Unless you constantly work on repairing, updating, and decluttering your house, you may find yourself with a long list of projects. Some of the biggies, like updating paint, reducing clutter and depersonalizing your decor, are no-brainers. But, as you move through your house, cleaning out cabinets … Read More
It is nearing the end of June, and we have a tentative plan to market our house in August. We have quite an extensive list of updates that need to be completed prior to listing. One of the largest projects we need to tackle is freshening up our tired wood deck. After Hubba and I … Read More
When faced with the massive job of packing to move, you may be tempted to wrap and pack your items as quickly as possible, just to get it over with…or am I the only one who was tempted to start wrapping my dusty little Boyd’s Bears and deal with them 1,000 miles down the road? … Read More
I am not, nor have I ever been, a “sorority girl”, but I was in a sorority. HUH? Yes, I joined a sorority in the very early 90s. Prior to my rush week experience, I had never shown the slightest interest in joining a sorority. I had never been a “joiner”, preferring to do my … Read More
I know it isn’t a sexy title, but I wanted it to convey just what is being written about here, which is how I am tackling the painting of the roughed-in, knotty pine, builder-grade stairs in our home. This is just Part One – the backstory, prep and first layers of paint. It has been … Read More
I know that I should be eating more vegetables and high-fiber foods but I haven’t been stellar at actually putting that into practice. Not only am I currently studying Nutrition and Fitness, but I’ve also started the 2B Mindset program that was recently launched by Beachbody. 2B was created by Ilana Muhlstein, a dietitian nutritionist, and she … Read More
Beachbody has introduced a completely new program called 2B Mindset, which focuses on nutrition, without going crazy counting calories or measuring portions, and…get this…workouts are optional. What?!?! That’s right, workouts are optional, they are B-O-N-U-S Points! You may be wondering what kind of crazy program has optional workouts? The answer is one developed by a … Read More
