The farewell party: Nothing like a little booze to help when it’s hard to say goodbye

Parties. Everybody likes a party, right? Well, maybe not a Miley Cyrus party featuring her tongue, twerking and teddy bears, but generally, we all like to sit back and have a good time with friends.

Our family is no exception. When it was BC (before children) we would have a big party every year in October. Instead of OctoberFest, we called it Fest in October. And we invited everyone in our little world. Co-workers, new friends, old friends, and we even invited our geriatric neighbors … Read more ...

Being a Work-From-Home Mom Isn’t Easy: Are You up for It?

Mother using telephone in living room with baby frowningWorking from home sounds like a dream. There’s no commute, you don’t have to throw your kids into daycare and you can work with your own equipment. If you run your own work-from-home business, you control the schedule and just about every other aspect of the business. If you work with a company that allows work-from-home employees, you’ll probably have a somewhat-set schedule, but it’s a more flexible way to fit work into your day-to-day life. Working from home has plenty of advantages, but it … Read more ...

Facebook Faux Pas: The accidental friend request

Have you ever made a mistake and then when you tried to dig yourself out of the hole you just made it worse? Me too.

It happens a lot actually, so let me tell you the latest faux pas. Basically, I was trying to find a picture of my red wall for a blog post. I couldn’t, so went to Hubby’s Facebook page because I thought he had a shot or two that I could download.

I’m on his page and instead of clicking … Read more ...

Yes, Color Does Matter

I didn’t know that color mattered so much to me. But it turns out, it does.

I realized it when the painter had finished covering my beautiful, deep plum wall with the institutional grey that the property manager had recommended.

As I’ve said before, we decided to move to Portland, Ore. Because the housing market is only starting to defrost, we chose to rent out our home. That meant we needed to get the place ready for tenants, shampooing carpets, deep cleaning and fixing up … Read more ...