Yesterday afternoon as Daniel slept and wheezed and snored away in his own bed again  , I got energetic and decided to get a start on some spring cleaning. This a BIG house (5 bedrooms, 3 baths) so it will take some time. I started with our master bath. Despite the fact it is bigger than 3 of the kids bedrooms…something they point out all the time…it is rather cluttered. It seems the more space one gets the more stuff is accumulated. It is as if we say, “Look, now I have room for more stuff!” …I do believe George Carlin once did a monologue on this. Well I was determined to organize all of our stuff.
After throughly cleaning every square inch including washing the curtains and the artificial plants (I am the ultimate plant killer), I headed over to Walmart to get some little baskets to organize the drawers and under the sinks. I even dug out the old lazy susan rack I used to use for baby food jars. It is too wide for any of the kitchen shelves so it was garaged until last night. So now everything is categorized and tucked neatly into baskets which did allow room for more stuff….actually my candles I had packed away in our closet. I imagine Bill will be happy that his clothes will no langer have a hint of citursy, cucumbery,melony, jasminey scent to them.
Once done I had to show off my handiwork…I need validation when I do something like this. So I called Bill and Holly in to admire. I also showed Bill the light fixtures I have in mind along with the mirrors I want to replace our standard mirrors with. he seemed to like them as I pointed out it will go very well with the stained glass window I created when we first moved in and the whole Tuscany theme I have in mind. I then added it would be complete once it is painted as I showed him the color I selected for that….a olive color called Tate Olive which plays off very well with the deep purples and blues in the stained glass and the 5′ x 7′ rug in there. He was good until I got to that point.
“This is so dark, I don’t know…”
“But it’s a big room with lots of light and with these vaulted ceilings….it will work!”
He seems pacified for now….we’ll see later but that will be awhile I assure you before this happens.
Holly also admired the organization and the future plans. “You’re so like Martha Stewart, Mom. You should have a show or something!”
Or something….I had to remind her I am the anti-Martha and had no aspirations to be like her. I doubt my family could live with a Martha-like personality. They think I get picky about the way things should be around here!
Among my peers I interact with face to face, I am the only one who seems to dislike her. I am also the only one who did not sympathize with her when she went to trial and was sentenced to Camp Cupcake….that “poor” woman!! I imagine Barbara Walters or Katie Couric will soon have an exclusive interview as Martha recounts the horrors of prison life. Puhleeeeezzze!!!!
Unlike my peers, I don’t split hairs over her being treated so much more harshly because she was a woman….if she was a man she would have gotten off…yada, yada, yada. They may be right. But the fact of the matter is she played dishonsetly. Honesty is huge in my book and I have little patience for dishonesty or sympathy for someone caught. Yes, someone gave her insider information but shechoseto act on that info I doubt she would have lost her shirt if she made a different choice.
So call me the anti-Martha. I can not thrive on only 2 hours of sleep. I hate rising early. I don’t obsess over every detail, bow, ribbon, ingredients that must be imported from some far away mountain frm and then hand ground in my stone mortar and pestle. My idea of entertaining is a pizza, or homemade three bean chili, a good movie to watch, nice bottle of wine and lots of laughter and you won’t see me bringing hot chocolate out to the reporters camped out on the edge of my property.
Yesterday afternoon as Daniel slept and wheezed and snored away in his own bed again , I got energetic and decided to get a start on some spring cleaning. This a BIG house (5 bedrooms, 3 baths) so it will take some time. I started with our master bath. Despite the fact it is bigger than 3 of the kids bedrooms…something they point out all the time…it is rather cluttered. It seems the more space one gets the more stuff is accumulated. It is as if we say, “Look, now I have room for more stuff!” …I do believe George Carlin once did a monologue on this. Well I was determined to organize all of our stuff.
After throughly cleaning every square inch including washing the curtains and the artificial plants (I am the ultimate plant killer), I headed over to Walmart to get some little baskets to organize the drawers and under the sinks. I even dug out the old lazy susan rack I used to use for baby food jars. It is too wide for any of the kitchen shelves so it was garaged until last night. So now everything is categorized and tucked neatly into baskets which did allow room for more stuff….actually my candles I had packed away in our closet. I imagine Bill will be happy that his clothes will no langer have a hint of citursy, cucumbery,melony, jasminey scent to them.
Once done I had to show off my handiwork…I need validation when I do something like this. So I called Bill and Holly in to admire. I also showed Bill the light fixtures I have in mind along with the mirrors I want to replace our standard mirrors with. he seemed to like them as I pointed out it will go very well with the stained glass window I created when we first moved in and the whole Tuscany theme I have in mind. I then added it would be complete once it is painted as I showed him the color I selected for that….a olive color called Tate Olive which plays off very well with the deep purples and blues in the stained glass and the 5′ x 7′ rug in there. He was good until I got to that point.
“This is so dark, I don’t know…”
“But it’s a big room with lots of light and with these vaulted ceilings….it will work!”
He seems pacified for now….we’ll see later but that will be awhile I assure you before this happens.
Holly also admired the organization and the future plans. “You’re so like Martha Stewart, Mom. You should have a show or something!”
Or something….I had to remind her I am the anti-Martha and had no aspirations to be like her. I doubt my family could live with a Martha-like personality. They think I get picky about the way things should be around here!
Among my peers I interact with face to face, I am the only one who seems to dislike her. I am also the only one who did not sympathize with her when she went to trial and was sentenced to Camp Cupcake….that “poor” woman!! I imagine Barbara Walters or Katie Couric will soon have an exclusive interview as Martha recounts the horrors of prison life. Puhleeeeezzze!!!!
Unlike my peers, I don’t split hairs over her being treated so much more harshly because she was a woman….if she was a man she would have gotten off…yada, yada, yada. They may be right. But the fact of the matter is she played dishonsetly. Honesty is huge in my book and I have little patience for dishonesty or sympathy for someone caught. Yes, someone gave her insider information but shechoseto act on that info I doubt she would have lost her shirt if she made a different choice.
So call me the anti-Martha. I can not thrive on only 2 hours of sleep. I hate rising early. I don’t obsess over every detail, bow, ribbon, ingredients that must be imported from some far away mountain frm and then hand ground in my stone mortar and pestle. My idea of entertaining is a pizza, or homemade three bean chili, a good movie to watch, nice bottle of wine and lots of laughter and you won’t see me bringing hot chocolate out to the reporters camped out on the edge of my property.
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Yesterday afternoon as Daniel slept and wheezed and snored away in his own bed again
, I got energetic and decided to get a start on some spring cleaning. This a BIG house (5 bedrooms, 3 baths) so it will take some time. I started with our master bath. Despite the fact it is bigger than 3 of the kids bedrooms…something they point out all the time…it is rather cluttered. It seems the more space one gets the more stuff is accumulated. It is as if we say, “Look, now I have room for more stuff!” …I do believe George Carlin once did a monologue on this. Well I was determined to organize all of our stuff.
After throughly cleaning every square inch including washing the curtains and the artificial plants (I am the ultimate plant killer), I headed over to Walmart to get some little baskets to organize the drawers and under the sinks. I even dug out the old lazy susan rack I used to use for baby food jars. It is too wide for any of the kitchen shelves so it was garaged until last night. So now everything is categorized and tucked neatly into baskets which did allow room for more stuff….actually my candles I had packed away in our closet. I imagine Bill will be happy that his clothes will no langer have a hint of citursy, cucumbery,melony, jasminey scent to them.
Once done I had to show off my handiwork…I need validation when I do something like this. So I called Bill and Holly in to admire. I also showed Bill the light fixtures I have in mind along with the mirrors I want to replace our standard mirrors with. he seemed to like them as I pointed out it will go very well with the stained glass window I created when we first moved in and the whole Tuscany theme I have in mind. I then added it would be complete once it is painted as I showed him the color I selected for that….a olive color called Tate Olive which plays off very well with the deep purples and blues in the stained glass and the 5′ x 7′ rug in there. He was good until I got to that point.
“This is so dark, I don’t know…”
“But it’s a big room with lots of light and with these vaulted ceilings….it will work!”
He seems pacified for now….we’ll see later but that will be awhile I assure you before this happens.
Holly also admired the organization and the future plans. “You’re so like Martha Stewart, Mom. You should have a show or something!”
Or something….I had to remind her I am the anti-Martha and had no aspirations to be like her. I doubt my family could live with a Martha-like personality. They think I get picky about the way things should be around here!
Among my peers I interact with face to face, I am the only one who seems to dislike her. I am also the only one who did not sympathize with her when she went to trial and was sentenced to Camp Cupcake….that “poor” woman!! I imagine Barbara Walters or Katie Couric will soon have an exclusive interview as Martha recounts the horrors of prison life. Puhleeeeezzze!!!!
Unlike my peers, I don’t split hairs over her being treated so much more harshly because she was a woman….if she was a man she would have gotten off…yada, yada, yada. They may be right. But the fact of the matter is she played dishonsetly. Honesty is huge in my book and I have little patience for dishonesty or sympathy for someone caught. Yes, someone gave her insider information but shechoseto act on that info I doubt she would have lost her shirt if she made a different choice.
So call me the anti-Martha. I can not thrive on only 2 hours of sleep. I hate rising early. I don’t obsess over every detail, bow, ribbon, ingredients that must be imported from some far away mountain frm and then hand ground in my stone mortar and pestle. My idea of entertaining is a pizza, or homemade three bean chili, a good movie to watch, nice bottle of wine and lots of laughter and you won’t see me bringing hot chocolate out to the reporters camped out on the edge of my property.
Yesterday afternoon as Daniel slept and wheezed and snored away in his own bed again
, I got energetic and decided to get a start on some spring cleaning. This a BIG house (5 bedrooms, 3 baths) so it will take some time. I started with our master bath. Despite the fact it is bigger than 3 of the kids bedrooms…something they point out all the time…it is rather cluttered. It seems the more space one gets the more stuff is accumulated. It is as if we say, “Look, now I have room for more stuff!” …I do believe George Carlin once did a monologue on this. Well I was determined to organize all of our stuff.
After throughly cleaning every square inch including washing the curtains and the artificial plants (I am the ultimate plant killer), I headed over to Walmart to get some little baskets to organize the drawers and under the sinks. I even dug out the old lazy susan rack I used to use for baby food jars. It is too wide for any of the kitchen shelves so it was garaged until last night. So now everything is categorized and tucked neatly into baskets which did allow room for more stuff….actually my candles I had packed away in our closet. I imagine Bill will be happy that his clothes will no langer have a hint of citursy, cucumbery,melony, jasminey scent to them.
Once done I had to show off my handiwork…I need validation when I do something like this. So I called Bill and Holly in to admire. I also showed Bill the light fixtures I have in mind along with the mirrors I want to replace our standard mirrors with. he seemed to like them as I pointed out it will go very well with the stained glass window I created when we first moved in and the whole Tuscany theme I have in mind. I then added it would be complete once it is painted as I showed him the color I selected for that….a olive color called Tate Olive which plays off very well with the deep purples and blues in the stained glass and the 5′ x 7′ rug in there. He was good until I got to that point.
“This is so dark, I don’t know…”
“But it’s a big room with lots of light and with these vaulted ceilings….it will work!”
He seems pacified for now….we’ll see later but that will be awhile I assure you before this happens.
Holly also admired the organization and the future plans. “You’re so like Martha Stewart, Mom. You should have a show or something!”
Or something….I had to remind her I am the anti-Martha and had no aspirations to be like her. I doubt my family could live with a Martha-like personality. They think I get picky about the way things should be around here!
Among my peers I interact with face to face, I am the only one who seems to dislike her. I am also the only one who did not sympathize with her when she went to trial and was sentenced to Camp Cupcake….that “poor” woman!! I imagine Barbara Walters or Katie Couric will soon have an exclusive interview as Martha recounts the horrors of prison life. Puhleeeeezzze!!!!
Unlike my peers, I don’t split hairs over her being treated so much more harshly because she was a woman….if she was a man she would have gotten off…yada, yada, yada. They may be right. But the fact of the matter is she played dishonsetly. Honesty is huge in my book and I have little patience for dishonesty or sympathy for someone caught. Yes, someone gave her insider information but shechoseto act on that info I doubt she would have lost her shirt if she made a different choice.
So call me the anti-Martha. I can not thrive on only 2 hours of sleep. I hate rising early. I don’t obsess over every detail, bow, ribbon, ingredients that must be imported from some far away mountain frm and then hand ground in my stone mortar and pestle. My idea of entertaining is a pizza, or homemade three bean chili, a good movie to watch, nice bottle of wine and lots of laughter and you won’t see me bringing hot chocolate out to the reporters camped out on the edge of my property.