Amateur Hour

I was not much of a nester during my last pregnancy, but this week I’ve been on a roll….
The silverware drawer, before and after.  Not the most dramatic transformation, but trust me, its better:
     
My spice cabinet was a total mess and not user-friendly at all.  Here it is, before and after:
    
The little stair-step thing [...]

I broke my stove last month.  It was completely stupid.  I dropped a bottle of soy sauce, and the glass top shattered.  The bottle survived.  I had no idea that glass top stoves were so delicate!  When I called GE to find out how much the replacement part would be, they quoted me an absolutely [...]

Best $8.00 I’ve spent in a long time.  My house looks better, and I feel more accomplished.  Amateur housekeepers like me need all the help we can get. 

Do they make carpet that is the color of crushed Cheerios?  The next time we buy carpet, I’m going to bring a handful of Cheerio crumbs with me to the store and say, “This is what we want.” 
Charlie has developed a fear of the vacuum cleaner.  He doesn’t like the noise, and whenever I turn [...]

but something tells me that its time to mop the kitchen floor…

Somewhere, my mother is wondering where she went wrong.