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the newest U.S. citizens

Today, along with around 4900 other excited foreign-born green card holders, I became an American citizen at an enormous ceremony watched by another 5000 people inside L.A.'s Convention Center. I made some new friends along the way, Elva from Mexico…

hang out and chill out

Each time I go back to Australia and spend the holidays with my family, I find myself outside hanging washing on the line. They still do that there. It's not unpleasant. In fact, it's lovely. It's a quiet, almost meditative…

paint store

In my ongoing war against clutter, I recently saw this idea on pinterest and was excited to give it a try. Recycling my old glass jars as touch-up paint containers. This is a good one for me, I have a…

spring clean-out

            (photo: http://nylonpinksy.tumblr.com/) When my husband, Alan is away filming, he can get a lot of down time. He's an avid reader of the news and Zite and likes to send me articles to read while I hold the fort…

closet organizing gadgets & ideas – links

Glasses storage After living out of suitcases for the past week while my old closet is being demolished and refitted, I'm started to get excited about the possibilities of my new custom-fitted, truly organized place to store my clothes. (more…)