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Another Really Good Reason Not to Clean
Any frequent reader knows that I detest cleaning. Cleaning is a pointless activity. Entropy always wins; a room you clean today is just going to be cluttered tomorrow. Add to that the wasted hours that could be used to do something, well, useful, and it’s fair to say that I have given up housecleaning as [...]
The Mother’s Guide to Empty Nesting
Granted, I don’t quite have an empty nest. My youngest doesn’t yet drive, but he is going to real school in the fall, so I’m feeling empty (-er.) But I do have an idea of what I am going to do with myself when my little ones (currently 5’8″ and counting) no longer require me [...]
The Dishwasher Does Not Require a Secret Handshake
It’s not a top secret project. It does not require a clearance. Anyone can use it. You just pull the little handle and it opens, miraculously. It’s not that complicated of a machine. While I’m sure the average Joe on the street wouldn’t be able to actually build one, I’m equally sure that at least [...]
I Want a Wife
Not in the changing-my-sexual orientation kind of way. I’m actually fairly happy with my current spouse. But I’m thinking I could use another one. Think about it for a minute. The husband goes to work, comes home, and gets fed dinner. Housework and laundry and errands get miraculously done while he toils away at the [...]
Karma is a Bitch
I have just returned from the annual comeuppance of the Goth’s debate tournament. There may be only one universally useful subject being taught in high school today. Not that math and science and English skills are not useful, but no matter what you are going to do for a living, you have to be able [...]
Laundry Day
Laundry is the unavoidable consequence of living in an era of hygiene. Once upon a time, people had only one or maybe two sets of clothes, they wore them until a needle and thread had nothing left to pass through, and then they took a dip in the river and put on a new set. [...]
Cleanliness, Godliness, and Allergies
“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” How many times have you heard that? Do you have any idea where it comes from? Turns out that it appears to be the grand wisdom of a 2nd century rabbi. If you are at all familiar with the wisdom of the ancient rabbis, you are probably rolling your eyes [...]
I Excel at Allowance
There have been a bunch of posts recently in the mom-blogosphere discussing allowance and chores. As if the two were related. At all. Those (four) of you who read my blog regularly know my position on chores. It is, quite simply: YES. I wholeheartedly believe in chores. EVERYONE in the household has a job to [...]
The Top Ten Ways to Deal with a Kid’s Messy Room
10. Close the door. Quantum physics tells us that, if there is no observer, the quantum waves don’t collapse. So there is no room to be messy.
9. Invent an imaginary friend. “He cleans his room every day. But the poltergeist comes out and messes it up while he’s at school.”
Help! Aliens are Taking over my Living Room!
My living room has become the favorite breeding grounds of little, white (well, whitish-grey), fluffy things.
Unfortunately, they don’t coo, or purr when you stroke them.
They do, however, MULTIPLY. And not in the useful, help your kids with their homework sense.
