http://www.theartofwife.com the personal Wife Improvement Project Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:47:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 82 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Superior Take the test!  oh, but seriously. Has it really been since March that I updated? Good heavens. I've thought about updating quite a bit since then, but I ended up taking most of April off to kind of recouperate after the surgery, and most of May catching up ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/06/07/i-rule-the-1930s/ Two and a half weeks ago, I went in for emergency surgery. Two weeks ago, after getting out of surgery okay, I came down with the mutant flu, followed closely by the rest of my family.  We are all drippy, hacking, feverish messes. The house is, also, a mess. On the plus side, ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/03/22/state-of-the-union/ Oh, man, y'all. I knew we had houseguests coming this weekend, so I had to pause in the Great Declutter (briefly) to get the guest room partially ready for inhabitants.  What I didn't know was that our houseguest was going to arrive a day early. Now, this was not as big of ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/23/finally-doing-something-and-some-love-for-l/ For some reason, I'm not getting comment notifications on the entries.  So if you've left me a comment, I'm really not being rude and ignoring you; I just found it now. :/ http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/19/a-brief-comment-on-comments/ Actually, it's a big'un. I started going through the studio, finally digging into the scrapbooking, sewing, fabric, and trims sections.  My friend was here, so I asked her if she wanted anything, and she said she'd donate whatever she didn't want to a local school she supports. So we started filling a ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/18/small-tiny-declutter-update/ This is my seriously scary (though less so now, thank you chorewars...) kitchen of doom. It's open to both the living and dining room, and as such, the clutter from the living room (also known as "the husband's work crap") spills over into it via the channel under the cupboards.  Not ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/18/k-is-for-kitchen-and-an-update-on-the-tub-of-tinmandoom/ So the past three days, there has been A Fire In Me (tm). I'm still blaming ChoreWars.  I'm locked in a vicious battle with GreenApples for the top spot in our group -- we go back and forth being number one.  And I have to admit -- the competition has been ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/16/out-of-alphabetical-but-definitely-in-order/ And, apparently, "jar". This is my windowsill in the kitchen.  It used to be covered with a lot of clutter and crap, and this past week, I threw everything away that was on it (or moved it to where it belonged, at least), wiped it off despite the peeling and rotting ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/13/j-is-for-junk-drawerand-wishing-it-was-june/ My life up and got purdy on me the past two days. I've been blaming it on that post-sickness energy that you get.  Y'know the kind -- where you wake up after being a giant pile of mucous for a week or so, and realize that HEY...I really AM human under ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/12/i-is-for-ironingand-introspection/ I'd say the "C" is silent, but then it becomes Horewars, and that isn't quite the connotation I'm looking for. :) But this: has become my new best housekeeper's friend. Seriously. I'm on the Reclaiming the Home team, from the blog and ravelry group (in the sidebar), and MAN...it is TOTALLY helping. ... http://www.theartofwife.com/2008/02/11/h-is-for-handbooks-and-chorewars/