Pantry Honesty
I’ve continued to tweak my pantry, reworking the small appliances and culling the old items. Each tiny change makes a tiny improvement. Bu the truth is, my pantry is out of whack because I have too much junk food. I […]
The Anti Pantry
My pantry is…imperfect. When did I shift from wanting my pantry to be functional and attractive to wanting it to be perfect? I’m not sure. But I now want it to be a thing of beauty and a joy forever, […]
Pantry Week 2020
It’s Pantry Week on the HGP. I think I’ve improved my pantry a bit. Here’s the After. Here’s the before: It’s not perfect, but it is better. And there’s the rest of the week left. I finished up Kitchen Week […]
Worship and Kitchen Week
Yesterday I went up to the church to help with the streaming worship for the Presbytery meeting. I’ve been attending livestream worship throughout the pandemic, but this is the first time I spoke and sang. I rarely leave my house […]
Finishing Office Week
The office has required actual physical work. The closet was full of books, the kids’ old stuff, from a PS2 to yearbooks, T shirts, all kinds of stuff. I got rid of lots of stuff and tidied things up, but […]
Office Week Struggle
It’s Thursday of HGP Office Week, and I haven’t made much progress. I have a lot of Christmas gifts sitting around, lots of papers and electronic stuff to sort through, and no clear surfaces to work on. The closet […]
Foyer Week 2020
I don’t have much of a foyer, so Foyer Week for me is largely just an extension of Living Room Week. We do have a list of tasks, though, for the Holiday Grand Plan: Make one batch of Holiday Goodies. […]
Porch Week 2020
I scrubbed the porch furniture and surfaces. My husband saw me sweeping and came out to take over. He doesn’t like to see someone else doing tasks imperfectly. He gave me some advice and went on to bed. While we […]
Holiday Grand Plan 2020
I went and sang at church this morning — the first time I’ve sung with other people in five months. First physical church service I’ve attended, too. We were in masks, observing social distance, and got our temperatures checked. It […]