Archive for January, 2008

Theme for 2008…

I have decided that the theme for us this year is “Use What You Have“.
Even before the year changed I was thinking about trying an experiment: only buying when we really need to. Why? So many reasons!

It’s a creative challenge to use what we already have to create what we need. The challenge of not [...]


Winter favorites.

 Some favorites from my Flickr stream to help brighten a snowy winter day!


Indoor Gardening

It’s still so cold and snowy… not gardening season yet! Time for some indoor gardening.
When I saw this post on Anythin Indie, it made me really want a terrarium. I have always been curious and fascinated with them. In fact, when I was little, my favorite things to look at when we went to flower [...]


I’m for everyone!

I saw this cute blog rating thing on my friend Jenn’s blog. Turns out my blog is friendly for everyone:

Glad to know that my blog is friendly to all audiences.


Laundry room, part one.

I have started work on the organization challenge (see the post below), and am rethinking what I was planning to do with the room. Why? Because I have a rule about our house: everything needs to be designed for the way we actually live. I really hate wasted spaces, or things that are just there [...]