Category Archives: domesticality

Tip Tuesday — Save a Penny

With a leettle expert advice, we’ve decided the new roof can wait for a few years while we save up to pay for it in cash. If things get really bad, we may send Laylee and Magoo to live in … Continue reading

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I Washed the Spider Out

When we moved into this house, it was with the understanding that the mangled filthy mini-blinds would vacate immediately, if not sooner. I could have cleaned them 7 months ago but I knew we would be replacing them AT ANY  … Continue reading

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If Satan Were an Interior Decorator

He’d probably put white tile floors in my breakfast room with acres of graying grout. Oh… wait…

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Tender Mercies — A Rat Tale

I feel better about the rats today.  It’s partly because they’re gone now and I didn’t witness a single body flying down the vacuum tube.  It’s a little bit because Dan and his boss looked up these pictures of cute fluffy-tailed … Continue reading

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I’ve Been Clean for Over 24 Hours

Well, I’m usually clean. The good news is, my kitchen has been clean for over 24 hours. I decided yesterday that since I could not, in fact, keep my house clean as long as Laylee and Magoo were still residing … Continue reading

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It’s A FREEZE

We’re all snowed and iced in around here. Dan’s playing computer games. I’m blogging paying bills. Magoo’s reading sonnets. Seriously, this book of Shakespeare’s Sonnets is his favorite. When asked to describe the snow, Laylee said it was “frosty”, “melt-able” … Continue reading

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