Around the House

  • Blind Optimism

    I was going through some uncharted kitchen cabinets a few weeks ago preparing for my yard sale when I came across these monogrammed pastry boxes that I ordered a couple years ago. I…

  • Hear Me Roar

    Since I have been staying home, Chris has been enjoyed the luxury of making a few digs at me every now and then.   If he comes home from work and the sink…

  • The Sling Returns

    So, today is a new day. I wish I could say its sunny and happy here after the horror that was my website crashing last night. But its actually rainy and stormy and…

  • The Paisley Womb

    I have heard from lots of people (including a lot of you out in Internet Land) that the baby sling is the greatest invention since the remote control.   And being a big…

  • Dog Gone

    I mean, how hard can life be for these hooligans? Lucy goes from blanket to blanket, burrowing and tunneling and snuggling and sleeping.   Tough life, right? And don’t even get me started…

  • The Annual Cookie

    Once upon a time there lived a beautiful, intelligent, sophisticated, enchanting…  I’ve run out of adjectives.  Anyway, there was this redheaded chick.  She loved her husband but hated her oven.  Hated it with…

  • Man Cave Gets 15 Minutes of Fame

    On Father’s Day, our local newspaper, the New Haven Register, ran an article on Man Caves.  They chose three area dads to profile who each have their own manly domains in their houses…