We had a mouse problem recently. This meant putting sticky traps all over the cupboards & taking everything out of the cupboards, washing it or checking it for mouse contamination, washing the cupboards themselves & then putting everything back, but in better sealed containers. I should know by now that cleaning anything in my kitchen is bound to provide blog fodder & that I ought to go get my camera for ‘before’ photos before I start. I have no shame. I share my embarrassing bad housekeeping skills with the world willingly because even a bad example is still an example & someone may think to themselves “you know, it has been awhile since I cleaned out my fridge” & be inspired by me. That’s my story & I am sticking to it. My mom, right now, is cursing the day she joined Facebook and gained access to my blog feed. The snack cupboard held no surprises because everything in it is in heavy rotation. It gets emptied & filled regularly & at various...
Some signs of Spring Flowering phylox Budding Iris And the shadows are shrinking I also have some macro shots: The Rebel pilot and this guy, who has been sweeping my counter for mines all week. For more Weekly Winners please visit Lotus at Sarcastic Mom
You know you have been stuck in a car with small children for too damn long when you and your spouse staring high fiving one another when you spot a McD's with a play area. It took us 9 hours to get out of Florida, a trip that should only take 6. Traffic was moving at 20mph on I75 for nearly the whole time we were on it. No reason for it. No construction, no accidents, no flat tire or cops having pulled someone over (why would they, we were 50mph under the speed limit). At one point I had to pull over so DH could hack his way into the underbrush & find a spot for Havoc to poop. I'd been hoping to reach an exit for 10 minutes by then & only gone a couple of miles. I seem to have a ton of laundry to do. I'm not sure how that happened because I did laundry the day before we left. There should only be 4 sets of clothing & 2 of Pjs from that day waiting for us when we got home. I did laundry the night before we left FL as well. So there should b...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :)
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Stacey!
ReplyDeleteWe beat your wakeup call by 10 whole blissful minutes!
5:45 is that all? My dd-15 was up at 4:30 and the boys followed shortly thereafter. Dh and I managed to stay in bed until 5:30 - LOL.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful picture, but 5:45????? Ugh -- I'm so glad that wasn't me. I would have been the GRUMPIEST mommy ever! :)
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas.
Great picture!
ReplyDeleteWe have a "no earlier than 6:30 rule". Why can't they wake up that early on their own for a school morning?
5:45?? YUCK!! Hope ya'll had a great Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI've left the comment club, but still plan on coming by when I have time.
5:45 am??!! That should be illegal!!
ReplyDeleteLove the dinosaur hanging in the tree!!
Hope you had a great Christmas. Love the dino.
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
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