Toddlers are so entertaining! JD has reached a milestone with his speech, meaning I can understand more of what he says and not just intuitively know what he wants. He has started interacting with the tv, which I find hilarious. I was washing dishes when I heard Mickey Mouse ask “would you like to come inside my clubhouse?” JD says “no!” He will guess the Mouse-ka-tool though, and I am continually impressed with how bright he is. Okay, until he pulls the little step stool up to the counter and pries the lid off the cookie jar. Then his ingenuity is a tad aggravating.
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Category: Cleaning & Cleanliness, Humor, KIds (2, 3 & 4), Parenting, Potty Training
No, those aren’t maggots. It’s just rice.
You would automatically assume that I was in the kitchen….but the area being scrutinized was my bathtub. Why was there rice on the side of the bathtub? Well, if you’ve been a mom as long as I have, you just don’t ask those questions anymore. Sure, when you had more than four brain cells, you would have turned this into a Sherlock Holmes-worthy whodunit but these days…..maybe you just don’t want to know or even care. You need to preserve those precious remaining brain cells for more important endeavors, such as killing them with a glass of wine at the end of the week while chatting with your best friend about nothing in particular.
Category: Cleaning & Cleanliness, Fitness & Goals, Self-Actualization
We recently replaced our toilet seat. There wasn’t much wrong with the old one, to be honest. It was sturdy. It did the job required of it.
Except for one thing: the hinges. Oh dear God, the hinges. There were metal screws holding the hinges together. It got to the point where I didn’t know what was rusty water and what was, well, pee. Or a combination of the two. Being the only woman in the house, I knew the aim problem was not mine. JD still uses a potty shaped like a frog. So somehow, these screws and pieces were getting damp and nasty.
Category: Cleaning & Cleanliness, Health, House & Home, Humor
We all have coping mechanisms and things that make us feel a bit more in control of things, even when that control is illusory at best. Sometimes it is taken too far, and you end up with eating disorders or washing your hands way more than hygiene calls for, but everyone has to deal with their stuff. It may be a healthy way or not, and I try not to judge. Or at least not judge out loud, since my house is made of glass and errant stones or friendly fire would be a bad thing.
Category: Cleaning & Cleanliness, House & Home, SAHM
There are several levels of clean to be achieved. They all seem to depend on exactly who is walking through your door. Immediate family? Not a problem. People who have small children and understand your plight, therefore won’t pull out white gloves? Again, not so bad. However, there is a fine line between “company we don’t see that often” and “Child Protective Services” clean. Really, there is nothing like having certain folks come across the threshold that makes all the clutter and grime just jump in your face and scream SLACKER! Never you mind it was all livable and quite honestly, invisible to your eyes, until they showed up.
