Posts by oldcrunchymom

Coming in late here--just found this.  We did MAVA the first year and found them to be completely incompetent.  The K-12 program is great, but the administration of MAVA was terrible and chaotic.  They changed teachers...

That looks great!  Love the wall color. :)  I need to do something like that to my "office" room as well--we moved in 10 months ago and it's the only room I haven't done any work on yet.  

I think I would be more concerned about the processed/fast food diet than anything else, as that's an actual health issue.  I would work on that first.   Second, I'm sure your kids have things they could purge.  We...

Quote: Originally Posted by here we are  Martha also says to turn off the fridge, especially when cleaning the inside part of fridge., after shelves are removed. I am doubting i will get to that as soon as i would like....

Beet root powder works well for pink, and turmeric is good for yellow.

I don't know, I can totally see Martha Stewart scrubbing her fridge shelves with a baking soda concoction, smirking the whole time.

I recently got rid of about 80% of my books.  Here were my criteria:   * Is the book personally inscribed to ME (as opposed to just the author's name signed)?  If so, keep. * Is the book available in ebook form?...

Quote: Originally Posted by journeymom      That's absolutely beautiful!!!  Love it!!  Hope I can make this happen, too.   Thank you!  It was a ton of work, but we were...

We lived in a two bedroom (VERY small bedrooms) 513 sq ft house for 11 years.  The house lacked closets or a bathtub--it had a shower stall instead.  In December we moved to a 2100+ sq ft house with a usable cellar, so...

Normally I'm for getting rid of unused furniture, but in this case I'd keep it.  Or, consider selling the whole set now and get yourself something different? I hate to break up a set.