of the immovable kind. That’s the sort of thing that occurs outside the man cave {the “other” garage} when an overturned wheelbarrow sits, with it’s body begging to be climbed on and it’s wheel asking to be spun. Besides, she’s always up for something fun {although she does prefer fun when it collides with dangerous}… […]
Yzma
“I’ll call her Yzma”. {gulp} As soon as those words left her {innocent, adorable, 3 year old} little mouth, my involuntary eyebrow-lift and lip-curl occurred simultaneously. I may have snorted a little too. Not because “Yzma” is such a dreadful name or anything {however it will never not conjure up frightening images of a shriveled-up, […]
30 Before 30
I have always wanted to be 30. I chuckle whenever I see “13 Going On 30” because I can so relate to that burning desire to be older {not to mention her life as a child of the 80s}. When I was 12, I wanted to be 16. When I hit 16, I wanted to […]
Stop in the Name of Love
Alternately entitled: The Astonishing Empowerment of “Junior Police Officer” Stickers This little lass here adores her daddy. Adores. Her. Daddy. She also happens to be incredibly proud of what her daddy does as a day job. Only, it’s a night job. Which she’s not so much a fan of. On rare occasion, I open the […]
About a Boy
This little lad has 9 pearly whites. It’s very possible that tomorrow he’ll have 11 {Lord, please, just bust those suckers through!}. To say that I do not heart teething would be an understatement of apocalyptic proportions. He enjoys sinking all 9 – on regular occasion – into his big sister’s shoulder {much to her […]
Weapons of Mass Consumption
It occurred to me the other day, while placing an zucchini apple spice muffin on the gun on the counter, that I had to… Wait… what? That’s weird? Well, I suppose I could have been considerate enough to put the muffin in a little baggie and stashed a little love note inside, but I was […]
Zucchini Quiche
While my butternut squash plant forges on in it’s mission of complete garden domination, my zucchini slowly, but faithfully, provides green torpedoes from it’s {relatively} small spot in the garden. And we have big plans for it {that do not happen to involve grandma’s staple zucchini bread recipe, good as it may be. I’m a […]
Our Little Lady{Bug}
Our daughter is a delightful blend of sweet and sassy, serious and playful, girly-girl and wild-child. Her father is to thank for her wild streak, and now finds himself bombarded daily by her sweet little voice requesting him to “play rough” with her {which usually involves wrestling, tickling, something dangerous while airborne, and more often […]
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
Yes, I’m at it again. What can I say…the high from making my own laundry detergent {and having tons of borax and washing soda left over} propelled me to figure out how to make my own dishwasher detergent. I’m cheap thrifty like that. As the economy gets tighter and the cost of living goes up…enter […]
simplyflush.net
I decided late last night that it was time to get my own domain name. Not because my little blog is working magic in the blogosphere or any reason remotely that extravagant, but simply because I’m tired of typing .blogspot.com. I’m lazy like that. I had grandiose plans, I tell you. Until I discovered I […]
