I’m Just Saying….
I was gone, with the kids, for 28 hours. I left the husband home, alone. This is what I needed to do when I got back…. 1. Replace two rolls of toilet paper in two different bathrooms2. Replace the hand...
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All This and a Furniture Builder Too
Last spring we got a new tv for the den. The den is my husband’s place to run away and hide from his two stepchildren. The tv that was in there previously was about 10 years old and had the depth of an...
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We Have A Garbage Can
In one corner of our kitchen, we have a receptacle for trash. It’s not the most attractive garbage can. It’s not stainless steel or poly-vinyl coated and colored a cobalt blue. It’s white and it’s...
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Circus In My Laundry Room
One of my jobs as a pseudo-housewife is doing the laundry. For years, I fought the fact that this was my responsibility. I pretended that I did it because I wanted to do it, not because I had to do it....
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A Tribute To My 1 Cup Pyrex Measuring Cup
Oh 1 cup Pyrex measuring cup, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… First thing in the morning, I use you to heat up not just one but two cups of 2% milk for the kids’ hot chocolate. The kids get...
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Cleaning House
I’m cleaning house. Literally. Yesterday was my longtime cleaning lady’s last day. A few people think I’m crazy for letting her go. She didn’t charge too much, only came every other week and kept me...
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Black (Snake) Friday
My Friday didn’t start off too well. I didn’t sleep well the night before. I woke up to a messy house. And my toe, that I dropped a Lucite pepper grinder on a few days prior, was throbbing. And then a...
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Housewife Is Not A Nice Name
A typical Tuesday morning at my house. NOT. My husband called me a housewife the other night. Boy, did it hurt. Those words felt like the equivalent of him punching me in the stomach. It was as if he...
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