This is how we do it....

At the PT house.  Tidying is not our favorite chore.  We are not messy people but tidying is something everyone must do, am I right?

So we've created "Rules" about tidying.  A tiding "how to."

How to tidy your abode, PT style:

First you must plug in your ipod to the largest speakers you have and blast the most motivating music you own.
For tidying I always go to my favorite band from my teen years: Flogging Molly.  Maybe it's the constant bass drum, or the fiddle, or maybe it makes me feel youthful and energized.  What ever it is, I always get more done and faster when listening to Flogging Molly.  Find your grooove. 

Then focus on one room at a time.  Have your kitchen timer handy and set it for 15 or 20 minutes and try to get as much done as possible in that one room for the amount you set on the timer.  When the timer dings, move on to another room.

When you have completed all your rooms, then do the chores that take you all over the house... dusting or vacuuming for example.  

That is how you tidy, the PT house way!

Peonies

When Hubs and I moved into the PT house last year one of the things I loved about the property was that there were peonies! Gorgeous, fragrant, romantic, peonies!  They quickly became my favorite flower.  Since we saw our new house in the fall and moved in during the winter, I didn't really know what would be popping up this spring.  I was hoping for peonies.

Thankfully there are many peonies everywhere!  They are mostly light pink/white, but I spotted some magenta ones buried by some bushes in the back yard.
I waited forever for them to bloom and once they did I cut them and arranged them all over the house.  They smell so wonderful.

PT in a Garden

I am writing today to bring your attention to my new blog! While I may not be posting a whole lot here, I have lately been posting a bit over there.  It is called Pear Tree in a Garden, and is all about Hubs and my adventure into Organic Gardening.  Whats worked, what didn't, what grew, what died, products we like, etc.  SO go check it out!

Kona says: Its time to get up!

One of the things I was looking forward to most this Saturday was to sleep in.  To maybe around 8:00.  Gosh I remember when that was early.  I'm not sure if you've noticed this silly thing that happens with spring, the sun, it rises earlier every day.  This rising of the sun is my dog's signal that it is time to GET UP!

So at 6:20 today (which is earlier than I get up for work on some days) I was woken by the blessedly cute, but painfully annoying (before the hour of 8:00 am) Kona. 

So my lesson today is... blinds, must get blinds!!