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Organize Your Calendar

Posted on July 6, 2023 by msw blog

Organize your calendar—weeks, months, and, if applicable, years in advance. Routinely carving out time to organize your online calendar helps you see important happenings, like upcoming bills, birthdays, and events, weeks and months in advance, signaling you to prepare. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged advice, bills, birthdays, calendar, color coded, communication, daily calendar, dates, Events, journal, life skills, list, planner, radar, Reminders, schedule, task, Technology, thoughts, to do list | 3 Comments

Getting What We Want

Posted on July 6, 2023 by msw blog

Posted in Reflections | Tagged clarity, decision making, desires, encouragement, faith, goals, God, guidance, healing, hopeful, How did I get here, letting go, prayer, purpose, trust | 2 Comments

Ways to Boost Your Home Value: Clean Up

Posted on July 5, 2023 by msw blog

Appraisers use six levels to describe the condition of a home, explains Jonathan Montgomery, president of the Real Estate Appraisal Group in Washington. The first level (known as C1) is reserved for houses that are brand new and haven’t been … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged appraiser, architecture, asbestos, curb appeal, DIY, history, home, home design, Home inspection, home ownership, home value, inspector, Makeover, new construction, opportunity, problems, Real estate, repairs, square footage, uninhabitable, upgrades | 3 Comments

A Delayed Gift

Posted on July 5, 2023 by msw blog

In my 20s, I was glad to meet my biological mother who had given me up for adoption. But I was unable to overcome feelings of abandonment. We fought. After 10 years without contact, I called her. She told me … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged abandonment, adoption, children, communication, emotional connection, forgiveness, gift, healing, no contact, parenting, Pregnant | 4 Comments

Revive Wilted Hydrangeas

Posted on July 4, 2023 by msw blog

Sometimes, cut hydrangea flowers seem to wilt quickly. But don’t toss them out just yet! Instead, try snipping the stem ends and submerging any sad-looking hydrangeas in room-temperature water for half an hour (or longer if needed to rehydrate the blooms completely). … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged acidity level, aluminum, beauty, Botany, Chemistry, colorful, cut flowers, flowers, freshness, garden hack, Gardening, hydrangea, plants, revive, science, water, wilt | 2 Comments

Author Archives: msw blog

Getting What We Want

Ways to Boost Your Home Value: Clean Up

A Delayed Gift

Revive Wilted Hydrangeas

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