I don’t know about you all, but I tend to have grand plans of things I want to make to keep us all organized. The tendency is to not make anything until I have the time to get it perfect. Since time is hot commodity in this house, things basically just never get made. For […]
Liberation
After 4 months of hanging ALL of our laundry to dry, the day of freedom has finally arrived. Our propane tank was installed Friday, which means we could finally hook up our gas dryer! In honor of the event, I’d like to share the top 5 things I’ll miss line about line-drying: The 20-30 minutes […]
A New Year & A Cleaner House?
One of my goals this year is to start involving the kids in more of the housework. I know – they aren’t that old. But I’m going to dream big and hope that if we start now, by the time they are old enough to do things on their own, the habit will be well […]
The Great Freeze
Spurred by the debacle with the neighbors and a need to actually make ice and freeze baby food, last weekend I cleaned out our two freezers – this was a monumental task. I cannot believe the items that were sitting in the bottom of our stand alone freezer…packages of frozen potatoes, terriyaki chicken breasts (ready […]
Letters of the week
Here are the letters I wish I could write this week: Dear Target employee, I understand that it isn’t your job to load my bags into my cart. And leaving them at the end of the check out stand is probably “how you were trained” – but could you not see that I had a […]
Ding Dong The Carpet’s Gone!
Hallelujah! We have finally replaced the horrible, stained run-down carpet in our main room. Between the dog puking up manure; DD puking up red punch; various people tracking tons of grease from popcorn, chips, the garage floor onto it; DD’s wonderful diarrhea blowouts; and hair-balls/poop that the pets left so generously, this carpet was disgusting! […]
I admit it…I’m an amateur.
I am a horrible homemaker. There is no denying it. My husband may protest – in the same way that he would protest if I asked if I was fat – it’s an automatic no for fear of getting sent to the couch for the night. But it is a fact. Here’s why: Most women […]