Are you a creative person? ~~ Are you a creative person? I was raised in a family of seamstresses. My great grandmother, my great aunts, and my mom. They didn’t need to have a pattern to make a dress. Grandma would walk down canal street and see a dress in the window of a store. She would sketch it and go home, create the pattern, and sew the dress.Growing up the connotation of “being creative” was an arts and crafts type person. I tried … [Read more...]
I can’t do it all
I can't do it all ~~ Have you ever heard yourself say, “I can’t do it all”? As a professional home organizer, I hear this often and not just from women, but men as well. The problem is that people say this as though it is a bad thing. It’s not a bad thing, it’s an honest thing. We only have so many hours in a day and so many days in a week. So how do we get past these stressful feelings?The first thing we need to do is ask ourselves, “What … [Read more...]
Are you ready for a hurricane
Are you ready for a hurricane ~~ It is August and you need to get ready for a hurricane. I grew up in New Orleans and have been living in Houston for the past 15 years. The worst hurricanes have made landfall the end of August and September. The names were: Hurricane Betsy, Camille, Katrina, Harvey, Ike, and Rita to name a few.Every year storms and hurricanes develop, and some will come into the Gulf of Mexico. I am amazed that many people … [Read more...]
Back to School Back to Life
Back To School Back To Life ~~ It is time for back to school. Back to school for me, as a child, it meant new classes, new crayons, and new school supplies. I loved the opportunity of seeing friends who didn’t live nearby. As a mom, back to school meant spending money on new school clothes and new school supplies. The best part was that the kids were at school instead of under my feet bickering with one another.Now that my kids are grown and … [Read more...]
Nursery Rhymes and Life
Nursery Rhymes and Life ~~ Ah the memories of nursery rhymes from elementary school. It was so exciting when you were finally able to quote them by heart. A couple of the ones that stick out to me are: “There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she did not know what to do” and “Rock-a-bye baby on the treetop, When the wind blows, The cradle will rock”. Adults would also sing these lullaby nursery rhymes to their … [Read more...]
