My husband and I spent 3 hours shopping IKEA this afternoon. We went to purchase a king size bed we saw on their website. Imagine our surprise when we got to the IKEA bedding department to find out that the bed we had spent hours deciding on (and guessing at the measurements since they left out some crucial [...]
Read More Bed frame, Business and Economy, Customer service, Furniture, Ikea, Seattle, Shopping
I don’t write a lot about my life because quite frankly it’s boring. But Chrissy from Dear Chrissy asked a question on Facebook that made me rethink my position and I decided to share a little bit about my journey as a mother. The first it about regrets. Thankfully I don’t have a huge list [...]
Read More Empty Nest Mom, Mother, Motherhood, Mothering, Older Mom, Parenting
‘Good fences make good neighbors‘. - Frost from “Mending Wall“ We are not good neighbors by most people’s standards. We’ve lived in our home 24 years and barely know the people around us. Most of them have lived here slightly longer than us and it’s not to say we’re not neighborly, we are. But my [...]
Read More A Day In The Life, Fences, life, Neighborhood, Neighbors, Trees
Did you know that there’s a Random Acts of Kindness website? There is! RandomActsofKindness.org (aka RAK) is a site full of resources to help you make the most of this week. There’s a free printable poster, a portion of which is below, with ideas and suggestions for an act of kindness. There are also links [...]
Read More Master Lock, quotations, quotes, Random act of kindness
I posted some photos earlier this week (Seattle Ice Storm Photos Plus 24 Hours of Peace and Quiet), but I promised more so here they are. There isn’t any music on this slideshow because 50% of you love them with music, the other half doesn’t, so I left it out this time. I wish [...]
Read More Freezing rain, Mother Nature, National Guard, National Weather Service, Photograph, photos, Pictorial, Seattle, Slideshow, Snow, Storms, Washington, Western Washington, Winter storm
No doubt you’ve heard that Western Washington is in the midst of a winter storm. Of course, if you live anywhere else in the country I’m certain your newscasters are having a chuckle at our expense with our “Snowmageddon 2012,” as some have dubbed it. Still, laugh all you want at us, but snow is [...]
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