Category: home

live in a shack and drive a Cadillac

You know the just out of college people with no furniture in their apartment, but a monster stereo in their living room? How about the people who live in a shack held up with the remnants of the phone pole they crashed into who have a brand new car in their driveway? We are those […]

making Doug cringe

Me: “Since there’s no school Tuesday, I was thinking about getting all the children to help me paint one of the walls.” Doug: His control-freak alarm bells are ringing so loudly that I could hear them. “Umm, maybe they would have more fun spending the day at the school playground. Everyone could wear Obama shirts.” […]

Wednesday Poll

This poll has nothing to do with politics. I know that’s tremendously disappointing, since everyone is feeling so nonchalant about politics right now, but this poll is about a tree. Ignore the dog staring at me like I’m insane for taking a picture of a tree instead of her. Focus instead on the extremely large […]

bugs like cheetos

I brought the houseplants in for the winter and after drooping, dropping and playing dead (ingrates), they are finally starting to perk up. I knew that they had become home to a variety of outdoor critters, but I dislike pesticides and have been deluding myself that the bugs will stay inside the flower pots. But […]

Home Depot and Sephora blend together

Since Sarah kept complaining about Amy using her desk, I dragged Sarah’s old desk out of the garage so that Amy could have a desk of her own. The desk has been in storage for several years and I had forgotten it was multiple pastel colors. Pastel green, yellow and purple are fine for a […]

Dear Tommy,

I am beyond thrilled that you are happy at school with your friends. I can see that if this college doesn’t work out, you are going to need to live away from home to be happy and functional. However, we need to talk about two things. First, let’s talk about your room. I like it […]

entertainment or embarrassment

Our only bathtub is broken. Wait, that’s too far in to the story. Sarah’s summer art assignment was a large body of work in a variety of media with a common theme. For reasons unknown to anyone, Sarah chose soup cans for her theme. The last week of summer, with her deadline for completion staring […]

house sitter’s manual

When normal people travel, they leave detailed directions for the house sitter. They write things like: “Keep the thermostat at 72. There is a lasagna in the fridge that needs to be eaten. Extra towels are in the hall closet.” We don’t leave behind directions like that. Ours say things like: “The faucets in the […]

looking for a loophole

Are you SURE it’s worse to use paper plates than to use hot water and soap to wash all the dishes and silverware after every meal? Is there such a thing as disposable pots and pans? Would it really be so awful to have disposable clothing instead of using hot water, electricity, soap and fabric […]