For whatever reason, it seems that I’ve been cleaning the house. So far, I’ve washed and organized 94% of the kitchen, I’ve scrubbed bathroom sinks and showers, I’ve organized 17% of the family room, and I’ve purchased a small vapor cleaner thing that will supposedly shoot all of that black gunk out of the shower [...]

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My phone went dead yesterday afternoon. AND, when the phone goes dead, the DSL goes dead, and suddenly I’m faced with an army of chirping crickets and all I want to do is check my e-mail or read websites or research eyelash growth, and twenty years ago I had no idea what the internet was, [...]

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I don’t want to bore you with long windy stories about our vacation. Instead, I’ll show you some of my favorite photos. The view from our hotel room: From the top of Rendezvous Mountain: Totally loving the mountain thing: I ate a waffle (and drank a Fat Tire) on the top of Rendezvous Mountain: The [...]

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A few days back, Harper decided that along with being a Doctor of Bunnies, she would also like to work in a nail salon when she grows up. She knows how important experience is when applying for a position in a nail salon, so she asked Jeff if he would like to be her first [...]

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Shirts (long/short), skirts, tights, jeans, underclothes, cardigan, shoes, jewelry, and socks. Makeup and remover and fiber and deodorant and pills and retainer and camera and hair goo. Pajamas and book (The Elegance of the Hedgehog and Shirley Jackson) and iPod and yarn (with patterns) and travel notebook (with pens). Almonds and coffee. Ziploc bags. (Lines [...]

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Before I even started typing this post, I hesitated. Because it’s about my maladies. (Look away, Reader Eddie. These are the posts that burn you to bits!) Admittedly, my maladies are lame. AND, the only reason I’m even USING the word malady is because I like to pronounce it mah-LAY-dee, as in “Would you fancy [...]

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Me, calling into a local dive restaurant: Hello there! I have a Buy One, Get One Free Entrée coupon, and I was wondering if a salad counts as an entrée. Guy of Local Dive (GOLD): A salad is not an entrée, Ma’am. Me (feeling sort of ridiculous): Is a sandwich an entrée? GOLD: I don’t [...]

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This morning I remembered that I’ve been meaning to check in on Fluid Pudding. So, hello there! The past week has been insanely hectic, but I can’t really name more than five things that we’ve done. (Such is the life of the sporadic freelancer/perky homemaker I suppose. Jeff returns from work in the evening, and [...]

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