I have this odd appreciation for dollar stores. There is something about finding an item that I know I would pay several dollars more for at a local Walmart of Meijer, and paying only a dollar for it! Yes, those are the Dutch genes in me, but I still get geeked every time it happens!…
With the 4th of July coming up, it has made me think often about the gift it is to live in America. This place is filled with opportunities and freedoms. I have been to other countries where the people just DREAM of moving to America. For freedom. For the opportunities. For the opportunity for more….
AWHILE back, I started a blogging series that was a tour of our home (click link to check out the rest of the tour). Well, one room I did not do was a closet that Dan had redesigned. So today, I’m continuing a tour of our home, by taking a look at our front closet!…
After moving a year and a half ago, and having {most} of our boxes unpacked, I wondered if we could find a place for everything. Being in a new home, with different storage spaces and places, I was not sure how this would go. Believe it or not, there are not many closets, outside of…
I have this odd love for organization and planning. When the new year rolls around, I get this sense of giddiness because that means I can open up and write in a new planner. A sort of “starting over,” if you will. Last year, I only used a calendar and though it was nice to…
I have been looking so incredibly forward to decorating for the holidays because this is the first year I feel we are truly HOME for the holidays in a number of years. When we lived in Minnesota, even though that was home for us, we still came “home” to Michigan for the holidays, to visit…
