My Bedroom Makeover: The Inspiration Phase

Welcome back to another installment of a series I like to call Arlyn Finally Does Something About Her Boring Bedroom. This week, I’m dipping my toe into the never-ending realm of inspiration a.k.a. Pinterest and Instagram rabbit holes. If you were here for the before post, you may remember that the two biggest issues in my bedroom (that I share with my husband, so when I say “my,” I really mean “our”) are storage and a complete lack of personality. In fact, I compared the room to a bag of Malt-O-Meal generic cereal…good enough for the investment, but not quite the same punch as name brand. Let’s jump right in, shall we? To address the former issue first, a handful of readers in the comments threw out the idea of an armoire jumping to the aid of my “where to put the suitcases” dilemma with additional room for shoe storage which I desperately need. Some asked if the luggage fits under the bed—sadly, no. But I’m now currently on a watermelon sugar-fueled hunt for a burl wood armoire. I’m not 100% sure where I’d put such a thing, but there are ideas swirling in this brain of mine that I’ll,...

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How I Plan My Week of Meals

Nope, this is not a “meal planning” post in terms of meal prep. I do not cook a week full of meals on Sunday, leaving myself sad by Wednesday that I’m eating the same chicken from four days ago. I’m by no means knocking meal prep because frankly, it would likely make life so much easier, but I also know myself. My truth is that I do not like eating food that is more than two days old. It’s just not my thing. I also do not have room in the freezer for pre-made meals. That tiny thing is jam-packed as it is with rogue pieces of chicken thighs and too-far-gone bananas I can’t bear to throw away yet. No my friends. This post is on the system that works really well for Charles and me to make sure we have one grocery run a week, do not over purchase food that goes to waste (though I’m sure when he reads this, he’ll beg to differ…) and rarely have to ask the dreaded question “what are we going to eat tonight?” knowing full well we have no answer. Should you have your own meal planning system, I invite you to,...

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