I have been making lots of OM-NOM food. It's been awesome having vegetables and TIME.

( Food photos and house tidying! )

So...the cats have adapted well to the new living room arrangement. They clearly feel it was Done Just For Them ( Read more... )

Public Service Announcement ( Read more... )

A few months ago, we moved Elf into what had been our bedroom, then the bedroom of many boarders/friends, then Olive's room, then the guest room, then sure_i_am's room. Ben stayed in what had been originally the nursery, painted so beautifully by kirbyfest and finabair. We got rid of scads of unneeded furniture. We got rid of the rickety bunk beds that were over 50 years ( Read more... )

The kids are getting better and better at household chores. And they have been SAVING their allowance! Ben has $21.00! Elf has an unknown amount in her Stuff Box that Husband maintains. She's saving up for the Pokémon White game that's coming out in the spring. I'm so proud ( Read more... )

Today was a group effort on the part of Husband, children, me, and, most heroically, b1uemorpho. For meanings of "We cleaned ALL THE THINGS!" that are more universal, we did not actually do this. For OUR purposes? WE. SO. ROCK ( Read more... )

Not dead ( Read more... )

My mom is wonderful. She has, bit by bit, turned my house into GORGEOUS. (If only we could keep it this way all the time ( Read more... )