My new vacuum cleaner and I have what we like to call an “open relationship,” and I don’t mind if he sees other people. But you should know a little about him before you decide to date him, because he’s not like other vacuum cleaners and you wouldn’t want to go into it […]

You know how many weeks are left until the winter gift-giving occasions? Like, EIGHT. That’s it.
I was doing some preliminary shopping online and I found this bargain: a Pfaltzgraff Winterberry personal teapot for $7.86 down from $30.00. It is totally cute, and it would make a great gift for a teacher, […]

I don’t know the last time I had so much FUN reading a book. Well, all right, actually I think I DO know, and it was when I was in elementary school and reading the Choose Your Own Adventure books. This is a version for grown-ups, complete with, um, romantic liaison decisions to […]

I have been making muffins for at least two decades now, and I always add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, as instructed in the recipe. This means I end up with two wet-ingredient-covered bowls to wash.
It wasn’t until THIS VERY MORNING that it occurred to me to do it the other way […]

The diapers we use are the Target brand ones. They’re $13.69 for the big box (that’s 104-count for size 3, 92-count for size 4, 80-count for size 5), which in our area is a $5-10 per-large-box savings over the brand name ones. With the twins especially, that added up.
We don’t use them at […]