Clutter Inspiration

Turns out I was indeed getting sick yesterday. Still feeling low: sore, scratchy throat and chest feels full. However, compared to most illnesses this is nothing so I’m not complaining. Being sick when you have a baby is a whole new experience. Good-bye long lie-ins in bed with tea and a good book! Hello walking …

Mix it up

Slow, lazy day today. I think I might be a tiny teeny bit sick. Baby slept for a 4 hour stretch last night plus some other bits. I think maybe more sleep is making me sleepy. Anyhow, I feel not great, it’s cold, and though the house is messy I don’t want to clean. Husband …

Home again

Baby and I spent the last week up at my parents’ home. Husband was out of town for work and it seemed like a good idea. He wouldn’t worry about me alone in the house, and I would have more help and eliminate my morning and evening drives with baby, one of my biggest sources …

Designing Spaces

Last night husband and I started to put our future-home ideas down on paper. FUN! And surprisingly challenging! I can describe in words how I want my ideal home to look, but when I sit down with paper and try to sketch it things get weird quickly. The one plan I started had a long …

Space Needs

Husband and I watched a short PBS video today about tiny homes (under 400 sq. ft.). We are inspired! Probably the most exciting thing for me is imagining how we could properly downsize and avoid accumulating more and more clutter if we had less and better organized space. Weekday mornings are a bit crazy around …

Good Day

I’m still o:2 on naps for this 4-day weekend, but that’s not slowing down my enjoyment of a good day. Baby slept in until 8. We shared a smoothie and then the whole family went up to the blueberry patch to pick. Baby & I picked together for a while, then husband took her while …

Peace is

No alarm clock. Happy morning, midday and afternoon baby. Ripe tomato in the garden. Two long walks in one day with my family. Getting started on house clean-up. Tea. Hearing from two old friends. Filing my final EI report. Fava beans. Baby asleep by 8 on my chest. Ignoring the rest of the chores until …

Getting Organized

Enough melancholy. It’s time for me to get active  and create some physical peace around me. Renos are at a pause. I’m back at work. It’s time. Things have been changing over at my parents’ – more and more people visiting and moving in! To make space we’ve been moving over the last of my …