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Closet Makeover: The Plan
Matt and I desperately need a closet makeover. I talked him into setting aside some time to tackle it next weekend.Fortunately, we have a large closet. However, we aren’t maximizing all the space it provides. We try to keep things folded on the top shelf, but we end up throwing things up there and they get completely disheveled.
Here’s the plan:
- Get the dimensions of the space we’re working with.
- Make a model of the space on a piece of graph paper.
- Brainstorm different arrangements.
- Start looking for organizers from IKEA, The Container Store, and local resale shops.
I’m excited! We gave our bathroom cabinets a makeover a few … Read More
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A Friend’s Book Recommendation
I talked to a friend that I haven’t talked to in a while. I asked her how tracking her menstrual cycle was going because we had talked about the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility a long time ago. She highly recommended a new book: Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility.Per the book’s recommendation, she went to a fertility acupuncturist, which “totally changed [her] cycle, cleared up [her] headaches, etc., etc.” Although I’ve always been a little skeptical of acupuncture, I do have a particularly long cycle (ever since I went off birth control years ago), and I would be interested in getting it back … Read More
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Mini-Retreat
Matt is going away for the weekend, and I’m seizing the opportunity to plan a little retreat for myself. By “little” I mean that I’m not actually going anywhere. But I am planning some retreat-like activities for myself.And boy could I use a retreat. January was an insanely busy month at school, and February is turning out to be very similar. I’ve also been sick this past week. It doesn’t help that I have major events scheduled six out of seven days next week. Oy vey.
But rather than look at the events as obligations, I’m going to look at them as opportunities. Even though it will be physically … Read More
