I have been combing through the clutter in my home, looking for items to sell, and this is what Ive come up with! We have participated in the annual street sale three years in a row*, so the obvious ...
My little one is now 6.5 months old (and over 20 lbs of chunk)...and he is not sleeping through the night. He has been waking every 1-2 hours, most nights, for the last few weeks. I am no...
My grandparents on my dads side were from Holland (my dad moved to Canada when he was very young). We have a few things of my grandmothers tucked away in the bins in the storage room. I h...
Pyrex bowls* collected from thrift stores over the last three years. I found two of them at Value Village today**! I also bought a brass tray ($6.99) ; *#401 - 5 bo...
I get really REALLY excited when I hang a hook - it has something to do with using power tools to get organized...the feeling of "life is better when things are off the floor"....you have no ...
On Saturday, I met up with Janice and we went to the styleNorth Garage Sale... The original plan was: I take the baby to the sale, and my husband takes my older son to an estate sale near our house.....
Last Friday, we took our two sons to Florida...heres how that went down... We took a 6:30am flight from Toronto to Orlando, Florida. It was a nine hour trip door-to-door, with only 2hrs 10 mins...
Mission complete! I was going to hang the Sky Planters with some wire and clamps, but the wire was too thick to cut with our pliers...so we gave up and I used heavy duty jute twine instead. parsley, ...
Part of the fun of reading blogs is discovering beautiful, attainable things....then jumping on the bandwagon!! Like this very trendy fiddle leaf fig tree! I love it!!! It...
Certain corners of my home spiral out of control. Junk moves in and stays forever! I have no idea how this happens!!!*...I tackled the bedside table today and sorted it out! Much better! ...
Today I installed the first plant in the mini Sky Planter...Curly Parsley... It definitely needs to be lowered so that I can water it...all in good time! (in the glare, the windows look...
This morning*, I bought rosemary to marinate some chicken, instead of putting it in the crisper, I put it on my windowsill...just like cup of jo! *Ordered this weeks groceries from grocery gat...
I am getting ready to hang the sky planters in the kitchen. As soon as the baby passed out in bed beside me, I wiggled away and got to work. I gave my older son the iphone to occupy him (...
Here are some hasty photos from before and after the party. What a blast!! I left my kitchen looking like a horror show last night...now Im procrastinating! ps. my husband reminded me its mothers day...
For the past nine days (since Florida), I have been looking for a cottage to rent for one week this summer. Success!!! We found this place in the Kawarthas. I know NOTHING about the Kawar...
My son turns three today! We are making a fire truck cake and cupcakes, fetching helium balloons, and prepping for his party tomorrow (like these little fire trucks). We also want to make some ...
I am in the process of cleaning the entire house - top to bottom (or bottom to top) to donate, sell, gift, or toss anything that we arent using....and organize what is left. We are pretty organized a...
It has that after-a-spring-rain smell...fresh & green...I think we need to go back out and enjoy it!Copyright eightfootsix 2012 at 8foot6.blogspot.com
On Saturday, I plopped the second-hand basket onto the pony-hair stool in the living room, and all of a sudden I couldnt handle the amount of stuff in there. So I took some out...It probably looks un...
a VERY big mess! a VERY happy little boy! Copyright eightfootsix 2012 at 8foot6.blogspot.com
Two adults, Two kids, one week, one suitcase...the boys are packed (still have to do the diaper bag)...We are also bringing two car seats, snap n go stroller, and the umbrella stroller... My trick? L...
Yesterday, we went to Salvation Army on Eglinton, way east somewhere (near the Walmart Supercentre), and spent $65!!!!! Crazy talk! I know! The pyrex bowls were approaching...
I took everything off the wall mounted shelves in the basement and started over! Eight Months was a LONG time for things to stay exactly the same. Heres the Before...much cleaner now!! Le...
The countertop is done! The junk in this room used to be piled in a jumbled mess. We cleared it out and hired Kerrys dad to install a maple plywood countertop (cost: $700 for materials and labo...
A lot has changed since our previous plant tour. Today, we bought a Pothos and Peace Lily from Home Depot. I knew we had a hanging basket and a large IKEA pot kicking around and I wanted...
Friday Fever at Goodwill today (50% off everything)...We bought books, an unopened package of mega blocks, a recycling truck and a couple of vases. I am still waiting to hit the second-hand-ja...
The pea gravel patio in our backyard has become a busy work site. My son lies down in it, scoops the rocks with his hands...runs his hands through it like a dozer to make roads...this mor...
Martha did it first, using metal hooks and grommets* I used 3M Command Micro Hooks from Canadian Tire. * The Best of Martha Stewart Living Organizing 2012, page 42Copyright e...
Pitcher is a funny word to say. Say it out loud three times fast, dare you! Pitcher...pitcher...pitcher... . oh wait...its a carafe from Goodwill. I love it! I also have an orange an...
I am! I went a little crazy collecting Happyland sets from Winners*! My sister-in-law started the madness by giving us the post office set for Christmas! We now have: Tommys Toy Shop Mrs ...
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