I was going to start putting together my warm-weather playlist, but I guess I jumped the gun. Today’s colder and dreary weather has me feeling glum. It’s certainly not the kind of weather that calls for open car windows and rocking tunes.

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller

De-cluttering your home isn't really as hard as you might think. Before you take the plunge to get started, you first need to create an action plan. Take the time to get a realistic view of your clutter. Try to create a written plan and zoom in on the most cluttered space and start there.

Editor Mathias Baden, freshly returned from a vacation to Florida, came into the office of the Jordan Independent this morning and commented that he hoped this weather stuck around for a while.

Amen to that!

It’s almost March, and you know what that means, don’t you? Of course! We’re almost into one of my favorite parts of the year – the unabbreviated months.

From a newspaper standpoint, there are a few months out of the year that are never abbreviated, no matter what the context. Those months start in March and run through July, and thus make up some of the best months out of any year.

I love spring and summer for a number of reasons, not the least of which is my car.

My softball team starts practice today after weeks of bad weather rescheduling, and I still have no idea what position I should play – or even what position I’m qualified to play.

This just in: it is raining outside.

I was at church the other day, and this mixer question was posed to my young adult group: what do you do to prepare for spring, or what do you most look forward to during spring?