I enjoyed the Mexico-themed clothing that Tea Collection put out last fall, and was eager to see what their next collection would entail. As you may remember, Tea plans each clothing collection around a specific destination that the designers have researched and immersed themselves in. The theme for Spring 2012 is Bali, and I was [...]

I did it! I successfully completed the Buttoned Up Challenge that saw me tackling a different organizational task for every single day in January. Some of the tasks were easy, some of them were tough. There were more than a few days when I almost forgot and then was tempted to let it slide when [...]

When I first started to hear about J.C. Penney’s new advertising strategy that ditches frequent sales in favor of lower regular prices, my knee-jerk reaction was “oh, brother”. I guess it’s the way that people were describing the new approach that inspired my cynicism; shoppers saw it as a kind of “perpetual sale”, where everything [...]

I know a few people who like to rearrange their furniture regularly just to change things up. I’m more set in my ways, and usually like to layout my rooms only once, unless circumstances change or something about the layout is annoying me. As I was working through week three of the organization challenge I’ve [...]

It’s hard to believe that I’m most of the way through the Buttoned Up organizing challenge! I have discovered some shortcuts to make my life easier, and I’m also learning a lot about myself in the process. Thank you again for all of the supportive comments. These posts have been more popular than I imagined, [...]

I received a great response to last week’s post about the Buttoned Up Challenge I am participating in. I really appreciate your support and the realization that many of us struggle with the same problem areas in our homes–thanks everybody! This past week has been all about the kitchen, and I was so pleased to [...]

Yorkshire Puddings (more commonly known as Popovers here in the States) are among my favorite food from my husband’s native England. Being from South Yorkshire himself, my husband misses eating them regularly, and likes to reminisce about his grandmother’s dinner plate-sized puddings that she served with gravy as an appetizer. Yorkshire Pudding is not a [...]