I'm all for clever solutions. But sometimes even the cleverest don't work for me. I spent at least five minutes looking for my dustpan last weekend. Any guesses where it was? Hmmmph.       Save Save … [Read more...]

Before we begin, some disclaimers: #1: If The Internet brought you to this specific post after you typed a desperate plea for help into a search engine, you should probably click away. There's no medical advice here or even any expert advice on the subject of horrifying bugs who hop from head to head, terrorizing mothers across the country. If … [Read more...]

Look what my mother brought my kids for Easter: You see something fun. You see kids running around the yard, joyfully making a colorful mess. I see everything I ever knew about my own mother and her aversion to pointless messes . . . shattered. Shattered like colorful eggshells strewn across the sidewalk. Hmmmph. (I feel the need to … [Read more...]

Recently, I'd been missing my cast iron skillet. And my favorite medium-sized knife. Oh. And my potato peeler. All of these are things I use all the time, but I had NO idea where they were for at least several weeks. Since I do have another skillet, and a bigger knife will do, I just managed. I was pretty irritated to have to peel … [Read more...]

I've been missing for a while. I had big plans to write ahead and have posts scheduled to go up while I took Spring Break off to be with my family. And then, the Monday before Spring Break was a completely unexpected Ice Day. With everyone home, I was determined to spend time with them instead of working ahead on this blog-thing I do. I had big … [Read more...]

I've heard people say you shouldn't stress so much about people coming into your home. You shouldn't feel the need to change things. You should let people see how you really live. But I'm pretty sure this is NOT what they mean:     This isn't actually how we "live" if you define "live" as the prolonged state and purposeful … [Read more...]

I am nervous about jinxing myself with this statement, but I'm going to say it anyway: I've had my iPhone for more than two years and I have never (really) lost it. As a chronic lose-er, this is kind of a big deal. Soon after I got it, I did have ten minutes of panic when I left it in a nearby room at church, and I do regularly call it so … [Read more...]

I have two normal sisters-in-law. At least, normal in the sense of the definition I've created for this blog . . . Last Friday night, my sweet husband threw a birthday party for me in our hometown so family and growing-up friends could attend. It was lovely. My mother decorated the tables, and chose exactly the kinds of things that make my … [Read more...]