Pleasant View Schoolhouse

I typically find myself feeling quite domestic in July. The summer heat starts to keep us more indoors, the rush of school and early...

Today I borrowed the neighbor's power-washer and started in on the front deck. To my knowledge, it's never been washed in thirt...

Clara and I attacked the upstairs Saturday morning (company's coming). Stacks and stacks of books on the floor meant we had to winn...

Tuesdays have long been my days for giving the kitchen its weekly once-over. I've just had a couple of problems with this task: 1. ...

This mostly bare tabletop is a huge victory. If you've ever painted your kitchen cabinets, you know what I'm talking about. All ...

I've only had this book for four days and there is an actual mountain of discards on my kitchen floor. Good stuff, too, not trash. B...

•Daily• -Morning- Tea and morning pages Feed the animals Check email Run, garden, or swim Breakfast Bath and dressi...

•Monday: General Housekeeping and Laundry• Change all the sheets and towels Do all the laundry Make bread Clean the birdcage ...

In the last week I've developed a fresh wind of enthusiasm for housekeeping. It's been a couple of years since I looked at my ...

I like my Monday chores. Most of them take just a few minutes, but make a big difference to the health and happiness of the household. ...

Today I started a week of good hard spring cleaning. I've divided the house into five parts and here I go: sitting room, dining r...

This morning I tackled some dirty chores, outside and in. The biggest was to wrassle Frederick's entire birdcage out into the bac...

I need to do quite a bit of deep cleaning this week. It's my first chance in ages, a quiet week, just two girls at home, and only one tr...

I got lucky this morning: the house needed quite a bit of work and all four of my children were free. No one was rehearsing, or painting a d...

It's good to have a more at-home week. I had been ignoring the cleaning needs in my kitchen but this week I'm working my way down a ...

Friday has always been my rest day from running. Monday through Thursday I run or work out at the gym, Saturday is the long run. Friday is t...

"In housekeeping, more is not always better. Order and cleanliness should not cost more than the value they bring in health, efficiency...

I can't help leaving something of a trail behind me in my bedroom where I am changing clothes and rushing out, or bringing clean things ...

"There was something rather satisfying, she found, in scrubbing the tiles of the kitchen floor. The clean, sweet-smelling wetness, whic...

The mental list of things in my house that needed to be actually *scrubbed* had gotten serious. I left my workout clothes on this morning be...