My grandmother once told me she couldn't focus on a project unless her house was spotless. At the time, I was baffled by this statement--absolutely dumbfounded. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I am a disaster. You know that person who is so disorganized, it's painful? That's me. That's my husband.… Continue reading Creativity Amongst the Chaos
Today's post has nothing to do with books. As the title suggests, it's truly about curtains. I know, weird. Anyway...let's begin, shall we? You know those vertical blinds that new subdivision builders love to put over sliding glass doors? I hate them. Passionately. Since the last two houses we lived in were rentals, I wasn't… Continue reading We Have Curtains
Our house hunting fiasco is about to come to an end. We close on our new home tomorrow at four o'clock. Can I tell you how excited I am? (And terrified something will go wrong--though everyone has assured me that at this point we're good.) We've been crashing with our very generous in-laws for the… Continue reading We Close Tomorrow -or- We Finally Got a House
Shari L. Tapscott 