Category Archives: domesticality

Tip Tuesday – Special Times

[Daring Young Dad here. I’m a Guest Blogger Schmoop today. Hi! *waves wildly*] Once upon a time, I did not know how to make chocolate-chip cookies. Shocking, I know. This is the story of how I learned. My mom is … Continue reading

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Tip Tuesday — Toy Story 3: The Mama’s Revenge

Today’s topic is brought to you by Jessica of Sweet Mama Entropy, who gave some great tips on how to organize and store toys back in March.  The toys truly do seem to multiply but I don’t see them doing … Continue reading

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Get Me a Rubber Bag

Some bugs will be “sleeping” well tonight. Seeing as we live in the land of cows, sailboats and gigantic soul-sucking slugs, it is not surprising that the grass to creepy-crawly ratio in our back yard is about 6.9 to 1. … Continue reading

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Farmer Wars — The Wal Mart Conundrum

Health, quality, ethics and affordability. Lately we’ve been big on produce at the Daring household to the tune of about 8 lbs lost and increased regularity amongst the preschool faction.  We’re liking this change so well, that we’ve decided to … Continue reading

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Snakes in My Rock Wall

Sam Jackson may be fighting Snakes on a Plane but I’m fighting my own battle down here on planet earth.

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Back to the Nerdery

When I got back from the conference, my parents were already here waiting for me, cleaning and organizing my house and building shelves like an elite trained strike force the government can only dream of employing. My garage went from … Continue reading

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