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A womans work is never done – more cleaning in the basement for me!

by The Diva

It looks like I’m going to be spending yet another weekend cleaning up and organizing the house. Oh and when I say house I mainly mean basement because that is where the MESS is.

Honestly … I don’t know how or why the basement became the mess that it is, but it needs major work. I know when we first moved into the house 10.5 years ago we stored several boxes downstairs – boxes that contained items that we meant to pull out once all of the renovations were finished. Trouble is, those renovations were never completely finished and those boxes are still down there along with multiple other things. It also doesn’t help that this is an old 1927 house with only four small closets – all on the uppermost floor. Storage space is at a premium.

On top of all this … my soon to be ex – oh yes, I said that – ex – is going away this weekend and he won’t be helping me clean up the basement. He hasn’t really done much in the way of cleaning or sorting out stuff down there anyway so far so I guess I didn’t expect much help, but there’s a lot of heavy stuff to lift so I guess if you guys don’t hear from me call for a search party because I might be buried under a mountain of stuff in the basement. Yes it’s that bad down there. Semi hoarders delight.

There’s even a half decent sectional couch with a pull out bed buried under all those boxes, coats, Christmas decorations and renovation supplies. I hope that by the end of the weekend I might be able to see it!

Speaking of sectionals … I might be moving in a few months because of the situation I alluded to above – although I really don’t want to move. This is MY house. If I do have to move that old sectional is staying in the basement and it can be the new owners problem because it’s huge. However, I’ve been looking at this site – sectional sofa los angeles and they have a nice selection. Perhaps if I do end up in an apartment or condo I’ll get a small sectional – with a pull out bed if possible, as those are always handy for guests!

Ok .. I’m going to relax because tomorrow I have a lot of work to do. If anyone wants to come and lend me a hand you are more than welcome. I could use the help and the company.

Filed Under: A clean home, Home and family, Home Improvement, House and Home, Items to Try, Womens World Tagged With: apartment, basement, boxes, cleaning, coats, condo, ex, hoarding, house, husband, moving, my house, relax, reno, renovation, sectional couch, situatiion, sorting, stuff, tired, work

Everything is on sale at this time of year isn’t it?

by The Diva

I don’t know about you, but half the emails I’m getting are for post holiday sales. Always at this time of year the stores have huge sales – everything is 50% or more off or stores are having liquidation sales and everything must go. Am I right?

Are you getting all those emails too? Or flyers in your door?

Now I don’t have much money these days to take advantage of the sales, but I’m keep an eye on them anyway. I figure that I might see something that someone else might be interested in and I was right. I saw an ad for kelty tents at RockyMountainTrail.com for really good prices and I sent the ad to my nephew because I know he’s been looking into getting some camping gear. I don’t know if he’ll take advantage of the sale or not, but at least he knows about a great sale now.

Do you take advantage of some of the great sales at this time of year too?

Filed Under: Finance, Home and family, Items to Try, Managing the bills, Shopping Tagged With: advantage, bargains, emails, flyers, huge sales, keep an eye, liquidation sales, low prices, sales

I think I’m finished shopping

by The Diva

I think I finished my Christmas shopping. Yup. Yesterday my husband and I did a final round of shopping – scrambling around to several stores trying to find a few last minute or hard to find gifts. I think we’re finish or at least I hope we are!

It seems like we bought more gifts for my family this year than his, but I guess in years past it’s often been the other way around so fairs fair. Now I have a dinning room table loaded with presents waiting to be wrapped – books, a nice blanket, tillman gloves, lovely skin care items, clothing, gourmet treats and many other special gifts. I’m pretty sure everyone will like what we bought.

Are you finished shopping yet?

Filed Under: Home and family, House and Home, Items to Try, Shopping Tagged With: Christmas shopping, finished, gifts, presents

Keeping my home or not?

by The Diva

I’m not sure that I’ll be able to call myself the Home and Garden Diva for all that much longer. I have a lot of things happening in my life lately and because of these things it seems that in a few months I might not have a garden or a home any longer. It will certainly be hard to go with the name if I don’t have those two things anymore now won’t it?

Oh don’t worry I won’t be homeless … I’m thinking the house will end up sold. Maybe I’ll buy a motor home and just travel? Of course then I’ll need motorhome insurance and I’ll have to buy gas … but that still might be cheaper than keeping a house? Maybe .. I’ll be the Nomadic Diva?

Anyway I’m hoping things don’t change because I love my home, garden and life the way it was but who knows …

Filed Under: Home and family, House and Home, Items to Try, Married Life, Womens World Tagged With: ;changes, big changes, garden, hard, home, life, losing garden, losing home, not homeless, sell home, spring, stress

Time to finish my Christmas shopping

by The Diva

I have to go out Christmas shopping this weekend. I’ve got a little bit of my shopping done, but not all of it – not even close!

I should have actually done some Christmas shopping last weekend. I met with several of my family members on Sunday at a restaurant in a large mall here in Toronto – Yorkdale mall and then a few of us did walk around a few stores. I didn’t buy anything, but considering we were in such a huge mall it would have been a great opportunity.

Hmmm Now that I think about it, I saw some justin boots that might make a great gift for my brother. Perhaps I should go back to that mall this weekend? Anyway wherever I go I must shop shop shop and shop some more.

It would be great to get everything on my list. I hate shopping in the week or two just before Christmas when the stores are really crowded. It’s just crazy in the stores. Actually I suppose tomorrow will be crazy in all the stores in the United States considering it’s Black Friday.

How are you doing with your holiday shopping? Are you done? Have you started? Are you dreading shopping?

Filed Under: Home and family, Items to Try, Shopping Tagged With: black friday, brother, buy, Christmas shopping, family, gifts, ideas, list, mall, sale, shop, stores, weekend, Yorkdale mall

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