I recently received big news.  Life changing news.  I’m going to be a grandmother.  When my son called me to tell me, I was silent for about 30 seconds.  But my head was spinning, so it could have been more like 30 minutes because I came to with him saying in a concerned voice, "Mom?  MOM?  MOOOOM?!? Are you okay?"  I regained my composure, responded in soothing tones and told him that babies are never bad news.  Of course they’re not.  Unless his/her grandmother lives in a house with almost 250 pounds worth of dogs and two very spoiled cats.  ...

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Back-to-school is in full-swing at the Eller household, which puts Mom a little on edge. Some may make a comparison to a former dictator, but I wouldn’t go that far. In fact, I’ve been making a concerted effort this year to keep all the anxieties that correlate with working full time and having two kids in school at bay.

I even left work with a new attitude one random day. No driving home in my typical clenched-fisted manner; mentally assigning a task to each and every one of those precious minutes between 5:30 (mom gets home) and 8:30 (kids’ ...

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Now that there is nip in the air, it's starting to feel "winterish". And, with that feeling, I can hear the sounds of ladders being dragged out all across the neighborhood.  I know what happens next. The hypnotic hum of fans from the giant inflatables and surreal glow of colored lights are just around the corner.

So begins the neighborhood "decoratingfest" for the holidays.

I'm all about the season, celebrations and all of the festivities. Granted our decorations are not traditional: Our Elvis bust gets a festive collar, our refrigerator zombie gets a Santa hat and the ...

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In my 14 plus years at Lowe's, I've been a part of some exciting changes behind our "Blue Door", you might say - from almost tripling the size of our stores and working on the first e-commerce version of Lowes.com to becoming a Fortune 50 company and moving our entire corporate office. But, LowesCreativeIdeas.com and this blog are probably the most exciting projects I've worked on yet!

So, what are we going to actually write about every couple of weeks? Well, our Lowe's Creative Ideas team will share some of the latest trends, innovative products and concepts that can affect ...

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