Do you have a Coinstar machine at your local grocery store? You take in your bucket ‘o coins and get paper money in exchange. Trouble is, there’s a service fee for getting cash. BUT, if you choose a gift card …
I’ve had several comments wondering how to paint behind a toilet. I’m assuming you mean “How to paint behind a toilet without cursing like a drunken sailor,” so I’ll give you the tip the way-cool gal at Home Depot shared …
When Tom and I got married nearly eleven years ago, one of our “unofficial” vows was that we’d never hang wallpaper together. Still haven’t. Flirted with it putting a space shuttle border up in A’s room three years ago, but …
I’m on this rhubarb kick lately, no idea why. Oh, wait, I know why. Roger the Wonder Shrub (aka the Rhubarb Plant Hell-Bent on World Domination) has had three days of rain and now will have a warm and sunny …
It’s hard to describe, but oh so easy to recognize. It’s a tight smile, the eyes slightly glazed and fixed on a point across the room. And silence from the person with the look, maybe a soft “mmm…” It’s the …
“A, gimme a butterfly kiss.” {butterfly kiss on my cheek} “Mom, how do butterflies kiss each other?” “I don’t know, A, what do you think?” “I think they use their proboscis.”
Every so often we have a weekend where we are more exhausted at the end than necessary. It doesn’t happen very often, just often enough that Tom and I look at each other with joint expressions of “WTF?” and “Is …
Ok, I’ve figured out how to put slideshows and video on this blog. Happy happy. Now you all can appreciate the joy of a construction site in your backyard. Be sure your volume is up…waaaayy up. That’ll give you the …
