The Closet Diaries, Part 3

There is a moral DIY dilemma involved when working on any part of a house that’s hidden from view. Like the inside of Munchkin’s closet. Do you attack the job with the same vigour and lofty goals as you would, say, tiling a bathroom floor? Or do you cut some corners? With the painting of [...]

The Closet Diaries, Part 2

Roping a 4-year-old into painting? Pah! Easy when you know how. So I was nervous. Of course I was. Putting a wet paintbrush into a preschooler’s little paws is risky. In my favour were the fact that Munchkin is Mr Neat ‘N Tidy and generally abhors mess, and that he would rather slowly dismantle and [...]

The Closet Diaries, Part 1

Here is Munchkin’s closet. Yeh, grim, eh? And this is it mostly cleaned out. I spared you the view that was stuffed with clothes, both Munchkin’s and Hubby’s (because Hubby lost his own clothes closet when our bratty cat decided to become a hermit, forcing us to change it into a cat litter closet.) Now [...]

A note from Sweetpea

Hi, this is Sweetpea here. Shhhh. Please don’t tell Mom I sneaked onto her computer? Pinky swear, OK? Oh my GOD, what a day. I tried to talk Mom into letting me stay off school. I pulled that sore throat trick again because it’s not like you can prove it, is it? And I honestly [...]

Romantic love, actually

Can you allow me a little rant? Well of course you can. That’s why you check in with me, right? So you can see what I’m currently angry or excited about. Well, Happy Valentine’s Day…. sorta. I have a problem, see, with the American way of doing it. (And before all you Yanks shout ‘Head [...]