What is wrong with this picture? For one, it was not allowed in my childhood home while growing up. For another, it’s not allowed in my home now, while my kids are growing up. Without my permission or even, at any clear point, my submission, the children have started breakfasting on the couch. They have […]
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Cleaning before a party: 6 must-dos
It’s the worst part of any party: the cleaning. Not after. Before. Dusting The bookshelf looks fine until the fatal move – you pick up a toy to put away and there, in black and white, evidence that you haven’t dusted since that in-law scare in mid-August. It isn’t the dust that’s apparent; it’s the […]