The tree is decorated and all of our holiday obligations are met. It is finally time to settle down in our home and enjoy the holidays. Here is a review of last week’s blog posts.
December 8th
Home Blog Week in Review: December 1st Through December 7th
Today we finally made some real progress with decorating our home for Christmas. The holidays are here! You can expect many more posts about the holidays at home. Meanwhile, check out last week’s blog posts.
December 9th
If you don’t know what to do with that statue of a little boy that decants wine through the private parts or that 50 pound bag of organic dog food when you don’t own a dog, than listen to me. You can unload these things as well as acquire more bizarre items by participating in a hilarious Yankee Swap.
December 10th
How to Garden in a Bad Economy 2
If you are gardening the same old way you always have, you might want to think about this a bit. New strategies, techniques and planning may work better in our current economic reality.
December 11th
As you might have guessed by reading today’s Frugal Living post, I have snow and the snow in New Orleans on my mind. We’ve already had our first good snow this year, although it melted away a couple of days later. Still I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about snow and your home.
December 12th
The Case of the Missing Earring
What happened to that little diamond earring? Was it gremlins or a thief who stole it away in the middle of the night?
December 13th
The Case of the Missing Earring 2
This is a three-part series. Although it concerns the events of mostly one day, the story is divided into three. You can only get so much of a good thing at one time. Plus, I like threes. I hope you will come back each day to read it all.
December 14th
The Case of the Missing Earring 3
I moved the bed and examined the floor again in daylight. Nothing. Finally I did the old pantyhose vacuum trick. I sacrificed a stocking in my efforts. The gremlins, having the stocking draw called to attention decided to explore that as well, turning stocking and pantyhose into rope for tug-of-war. Yes, it really was that kind of day.