{"id":34955,"date":"2017-04-17T17:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T22:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34955"},"modified":"2017-04-18T05:52:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T10:52:29","slug":"tuesday-thoughts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34955","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are back with another edition of Tuesday thoughts.\u00a0 You all seemed to enjoy the one that Jordan wrote a few weeks ago, so we decided to post a little about what’s on our minds now and then.\u00a0 Today I (Janette) get to be the author.\u00a0 And let me start out by saying I love this time of year when the windows are open, and the heat and AC are both off.\u00a0 Our neighbor and we both have small fountains in our courtyards, and it’s so nice to fall asleep to the sound of water.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"Smoothie<\/p>\n

You might remember that I mentioned a while back that I was going to give clean eating a try.\u00a0 I went into it with the goal of eliminating sugars, gluten, and milk products from my diet for six weeks.\u00a0 Well, here it is almost nine weeks later, and I am still at it except for one thing.\u00a0 I am now occasionally eating pretzels.\u00a0 Pretzels and bagels were the two things that I missed the most.\u00a0 I thought it would be candy, cookies, and pies, but once I stopped eating sugars, the cravings for them stopped after just two days.\u00a0 I could write a whole post on this because there is so much to say, but I don’t want to bore you with the minutiae.<\/p>\n

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\"DIY<\/p>\n

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The latest book on organizing is Unstuffed<\/a>.\u00a0 Have you read it?\u00a0 I am in the process of reading it now, and I just heard it’s on sale and going fast.\u00a0 Although we have many empty drawers and shelves, I still love a good book on decluttering.\u00a0 The author’s approach isn’t as drastic as The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up<\/a>, which we were all reading last year.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"Great<\/p>\n

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That leads me to another trend that is going strong right now.\u00a0 Have you discovered hygge (pronounce hoo-gah?)\u00a0 It’s the Danish word for creating a cozy environment in your home. Apparently, it became popular here in the USA during the presidential campaign.\u00a0 I just read this book<\/a> and learned all about it.\u00a0 I have been doing many of the practices the whole time and didn’t know it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Laos<\/p>\n

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Mr. Right and I have a busy travel year.\u00a0 We are leaving for Thailand and Laos soon.\u00a0 We have been to both countries before and have even done a big bicycle trip there.\u00a0 This time we are joining up with some friends from Singapore and building a school.\u00a0 Mr. Right and I are in charge of the playground.\u00a0 We helped build a school in Laos a few years ago and installed one of the first playgrounds in the country.\u00a0 Shortly after we get home, we will leave for a bicycling trip in Germany.\u00a0 Then in August we are cycling from Moscow to St. Petersburg.\u00a0 These are some of the trips on the schedule.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"Oxford<\/p>\n

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Jordan has ordered her sofa from Ethan Allen<\/a>, and it is ahead of schedule.\u00a0 You all helped her with her fabric selection, and she went with the navy leather.\u00a0 That was my choice, too.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"Great<\/p>\n

(reveal of new fabric coming soon)<\/p>\n

And by the way, get ready for a reveal of the chair I recently had reupholstered.\u00a0 It is sitting in our great room right now and looks wonderful – so clean and fresh.\u00a0 It turns out that the fabric that was your overall favorite by a landslide was not my favorite.\u00a0 However, I ended up going with one that wasn’t even a consideration at first.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"Meal<\/p>\n

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Jordan gave me a set of the Rubbermaid Brillance<\/a> storage containers that she blogged about here<\/a>, and I LOVE them.\u00a0 I am getting rid of most of my small and medium size Tupperware and going with just the Rubbermaid Brillance<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s that good.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I melted one of the lids when I had it too close to a burner on my stove.<\/p>\n

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\"Microfiber<\/p>\n

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I love to clean and have been doing it a long time.\u00a0 Why did it take me so long to discover how wonderful microfiber cleaning cloths<\/a> are?<\/p>\n

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\"Vintage<\/p>\n

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After seeing her vintage prints<\/a> on the blog last week, Jordan and I are thinking maybe white frames would be better than black.\u00a0 She painted one of them white just two see if it looks better than black.\u00a0 Here’s a poor lighting\/quick iphone shot that she took.\u00a0 We would love<\/span> your opinion.\u00a0 Which frame do you think looks better?<\/p>\n

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That seems to be enough rambling for one day.\u00a0 We love being able to share our thoughts, homes, recipes, projects, and ideas with you.\u00a0 Thank\u00a0 you so much for spending some of your valuable time with us.<\/p>\n

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Take care.<\/p>\n

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