I have a general philosophy about remodeling that has developed over 37 years of remodeling four homes. My tried and true principal is: do not remodel and try to change the way your family lives. Always look at how your family lives and moves throughout their day and remodel accordingly. If the kids drop their . . . → Read More: Remodeling
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Christian Grey, in 50 Shades of Grey, is such an enigma, I don’t know where to begin. I should start with the author, EL James, that created this character. I am in awe at the portrayal of Grey through the eyes of Anastasia Steele. In the first book, you become Ana and feel the fight . . . → Read More: Christian Grey – Today’s the Day Yesterday was shop Ikea day, so today was put it all together day. If my daughter and her roommates were impressed with my ability to read Ikea directions a month ago, they should’ve seen me today. I put together not only a bed, but a dresser, a nightstand and…are you ready for this one….an armoire. . . . → Read More: The Mindful Ikea Champ Today was Ikea shopping day. Off to buy furniture for the redone bedroom. I sat in the truck in our driveway waiting for my husband to rummage through the shed to find his bungee cords and such to tie the furniture onto the truck. It was a long wait. I was cold, and starring up . . . → Read More: Waiting…Such A Game Today I started out strong being mindful and “in the moment”. Yoga class was great. I paid attention to every pose, didn’t get lost in brain flight, and even checked in to discover new things happening in my body at the end of a second five day week. The room was extra hot when I . . . → Read More: “Practicing” Mindfulness – Day 3 This morning I made up my mind to begin my practice of mindfulness. I walked my mind downstairs and promptly attended to my morning pages. Kept my mind dutifully on what I was writing until the three pages were finished. After that I turned on the news. Not such good luck here. Within three minutes . . . → Read More: “Practicing” Mindfulness – Day 1 Being mindful. Practicing “mindfulness”. These are the the phrases that have have been hitting me from all sides this past week. From celebrities on the talk shows, to books on the morning news, mindfulness has been the topic of late. Then yesterday, and again today, two different blogs that I follow were about being mindful. . . . → Read More: This Business of Mindfulness Today has been a peaceful day. The day started with a yoga class that corrected my body from my weekend meanderings through wine, pizza, and spinach artichoke dip. After lunch and a brief rest, my husband and I finished painting the bedroom. Quiet day. This morning I learned something about quietness from something shared . . . → Read More: About Quietness Yes, TWO posts in ONE day! I do make myself proud! 🙂 Riding back home on the red line to Braintree my daughter texts us “thank you for coming. It was so much fun!” I answer her, then I get to thinking how we came together for a brief few hours, and now we are . . . → Read More: And Off We Go… Today we had tickets to the Yankees/Red Sox game in Boston. We were going to meet our daughter for dinner and the game. The weather didn’t look promising – a certain rainout. At noon we talked to her and discussed meeting places. I was ensconced in my recliner engrossed in the second book of . . . → Read More: The Late-Great Rainout |
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