Over the past couple of weeks, I have been very productive in many ways, but I haven’t been able to work on some of the things I really want to work on like house projects and painting!  I try to plan my weeks, though, so they are “front-loaded.”  I have all of the meetings and heavy computer days at the beginning of the week, so I have the last half of the week for more creative pursuits.  It’s a strategy I’ve used for several months, but I am admittedly still finetuning it.  I’m still trying to figure out how to get all of my work done and have a life and quality family time and paint and workout and cook…  I know many of you get it.  Aren’t we all trying to figure out how to fit it all in? So, after hitting the gym this morning, I carved out

Disclosure: furnished the pillows and throw featured in this post along with the prize for the giveaway.  I received no additional compensation for this post. While I was eagerly awaiting the delivery of the new sectional, asked if I would like to select a few and a throw to go with it.  I could imagine Jeff’s eye-roll at the idea of me ordering more pillows!  He just doesn’t get pillows!  I, however, love pillows and that the featured colors for the new Arhaus catalog were blue and white.  That sounds right up my alley! I do already have an ample supply of pillows, though, so I just picked three that I thought would look nice with the new sectional (the ) and one throw.  I also selected pillows that I can use in other rooms if I want to change things around. The first pillow I selected was the I