TV or not TV?

“Mom?” asks Munchkin. “Yes, honey?” “Did you know that Oxi Clean gets rid of stains in laundry and around the house?” That’s enough, I think. When my kids are quoting TV ads like this, they are clearly spending far too much time in front of the box. But it’s summer in Tucson. Which is like [...]

Our guilty pleasure

The neat thing about having a site like this is you get to be nosy. With some nifty strokes of a keyboard, I can see what sites people came via to get to mine, and what search engine terms they typed in that led them to HIAFLW. So imagine my horror when I looked at [...]

Welcome to Legoland

Hello. We went to Legoland for our holidays. Here is a photo. Ah but the half-drunk glass of wine is a bit of a giveaway. Obviously it is not Legoland. In fact it is our front room this evening. I had asked Hubby and kids to tidy up the Lego, which was spewing off of [...]

I’m missing my fix

Well whaddaya know? In a turn of events that will not surprise you in the least, the much-longed-for tin ceiling completion didn’t happen. Ms Fix-It canceled on me, sick. That was a blow. And the second blow is that our vacation and work schedules conflict for the next month. A month without my DIY mentor? [...]

He can run but he can’t hide (from me, that is)

Ohhhhh Emmmmmm Geeeeee! I caught him red-handed. He has nowhere to hide. A year and a few days after we first got new baseboards for our living room and hallway, Hubby actually finished them off. This is indeed a record. OK, you say, enough with the Hubby bashing. Give the guy a break. But really, [...]