Happiness is…

  Sickness and the ensuing fatigue held us back from any jobs around the house this week. And anyway, Hubby got waylaid by Hallowe’en. He’s been promising Sweetpea some fantastical decorations for, oh, a couple of years now, but – shocker! – never got round to it. This year he promised he would. Well, it’s [...]

Basketball diary

  “Why, mummy, why?” Munchkin is staring up at me, his saucer-sized blue-gray eyes questioning. I’ve just spent a few moments explaining why a basketball net lies in our backyard, still there 18 months after us acquiring it. And why it’s daddy’s job, not mine, to put it up. And why perhaps Munchkin should remind [...]

The right to dry

  It feels good to be checking off little jobs, even if they are little. Last night Hubby had half of DIY date night off, pleading tiredness and general overwork. Since all I wanted to do was a few paint touch-ups around the place, I didn’t mind. And anyway, Hubby’s brilliant mind is on bigger [...]

Ugly bug ball

  I’ve brought a new twist to DIY date night: after our work is done, we pour ourselves a deserving drink, maybe even a cocktail, depending on the evening’s success. Hubby’s being patient with me, he really is. He watched me pretty much abuse a screwdriver the other night, and gently explained how I could [...]

New order?

  Monday’s DIY Date Night didn’t happen this week either. But before you write me off as a home improvement loser, there’s a good reason. I couldn’t miss The Laramie Project, 10 Years Later http://community.laramieproject.org/ – an update on the Matthew Shepard story, and theatre history in the making. It was on for one night [...]