Posts Tagged ‘cleaning house’

I would like to line our roof deck with tall prairie grass and am on the hunt for planters. Holy hell. Why is a box so freakin’ expensive!?


the junk area.

26Jun09

My German-descended grandmother had an awesome junk drawer. It had things like batteries and red-handled scissors, and also container a plethora of candy and candy bars. It was quite an organized junk drawer. I like to attribute her organization skills to that German heritage.
Since she is my blood relation, I also happen to have that [...]


Watch me clean-up my house! The exilhiration! The conflict! The never-ending pile of crap to do! Make yourself feel better by watching me fight my battles! One more exclamation point!
My house is a mess neatly concealed behind cabinets, cupboards, drawers and lots of brown paper bags.
Of greatest priorty to straighten up was the looming stack [...]


…it would be nice to have the house organized, fixed-up, clean.
One of my more superficial life fantasies is that my house is worthy of being in one of those home magazines. I don’t care which one. A good one.
Our place in its current condition is nowhere near magazine-worthy. First off, we have this:
Which I would [...]