When my husband left for his regular out-of-town work week this morning, he told me “I’m sorry for the mess I left on the stove.” See, last night as he was fixing us ham and potato soup for dinner, the... Continue reading →

Other families have them, right? A “ground zero” of junk – a shelf, corner, drawer, whathaveyou – where random odds and ends accumulate? We have several of these “pockets of chaos” in our house, and they are beginning to drive... Continue reading →

The title of this post may have you reciting all sorts of emotional adjectives:  exhausted, bitter, disgruntled.  And while there are certainly times when doing housework makes me feel a bit…well…like a servant (sorry, it’s true!), there are other times... Continue reading →

I’ll keep the details brief.  I mean, it’s not like anything really HAPPENED.  But it sure was enough to change the trajectory of my evening! It’s late, it’s time for dinner.  I turn on the gas oven to cook some... Continue reading →