Category: Simple Spaces

  • Windowsill Herb Favorites

    Windowsill Herb Favorites

    Isn’t the month of July a pretty one! It seems EVERYTHING is in bloom. From colorful ornamental trees to azalea’s and geraniums, to tiny impatiens and salvia, to tomato and green vegetables,  ready to plant all around your home, there isn’t anything that doesn’t want to burst forth this month. Where I live, it might…

  • And for $895.00 We Will Fix It

    And for $895.00 We Will Fix It

    Okay. So you know the expenses of owning your own home. Or if you don’t or you rent, here’s something to learn. We have an underground sprinkler system, the first one we’ve ever encountered in all the homes we’ve lived in. And I must say, it’s the biggest money-sucker going! The system wouldn’t turn on…

  • How Do YOU Clean Your House?

    How Do YOU Clean Your House?

    Okay, so let me see if I can get this right. Since my husband and I were married in 1972, we’ve lived in: Staten Island, NY Elizabeth, NJ Lakewood, NJ Manchester, NJ Jaffrey, NH Shohola, PA Cranford, NJ Shohola, PA Manchester, NJ There’s a story behind each one of these homes, and one of these…

  • Just For a Day, Do Nothing!

    Just For a Day, Do Nothing!

    Have you ever been to Exit 0? I have. You know, one of those exits that lets you know you’re at the end of the road. Not virtually or figuratively, but REALLY. No more road. That’s it. You’re done. A few month ago, we took a trip to the Cape May Zoo in New Jersey.…

  • Most Luscious Cupcake Icing

    Most Luscious Cupcake Icing

    How many products over the years I’ve tried! How about you? Sugar-free, gluten-free, low calorie, no calorie, free, GMO, organic, non-processed, natural, simple, you name it, it’s been in my house. I’ve used all of them, some just to try on a trial basis, and some I’ve stuck with over the years. I still have…

  • What IS The Simple Life?

    What IS The Simple Life?

    Shhh. Can you hear that? The lull of the crickets now that it’s evening. Their call is often relegated to background noise, but when all other noise ceases, it’s the call of the cricket that sounds most enticing. Quiet. One sound. Solitary. Just. I’ve never been a crowd-follower. Don’t like the mentality that goes along…