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Trash Talk

Trash talk is the topic of today’s article. I’m looking at it in two different ways. One thing that was re-enforced to me with Mick sick all this week is that I don’t like putting the trash out. I don’t mind the paper and recycling bin so much, but dealing with all the other garbage and accompanying smells nearly makes me feel ill. It just makes me so grateful that he is the one who usually does this job. Early in a marriage it’s good to decide who does what jobs. Mick doesn’t worry about putting the trash out but … Continue reading →

Janet Jackson Dons Fur and Architect Firm Has Plans for Trash

Janet Jackson has signed on as the new face of the Blackglama fur label. She will appear in the new “What Become a Legend Most” wearing a fur, joining other legends such as Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minelli, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, and Sophia Loren who had previously appeared in the ad. But, her new job isn’t making her a lot of friends – at least among the animal activists. Pamela Anderson told Out magazine that she was disappointed that Jackson chose to do this ad. “She has spoken out against fur before. I don’t know why some people … Continue reading →

Toddler Talk

Because my son’s name is Jake, I call his toddler speech “Jakelish” because it is part English and part something I do not understand. We joke about “Jakelish” because we can’t make out what my son is saying. “Toddler talk” can sometimes be hard to distinguish. The problem is that my son talks too fast sometimes. He doesn’t slow down to speak. He is talking, but he isn’t speaking clearly enough for us to understand him. I would consider it cause for concern except that I’ve never really been able to understand any toddler when he/she talks. I have looked … Continue reading →

Home Blog Month in Review: October

As I sit here looking out my window at the backyard, the birds are hovering in the pine tree against a strong wind and steady rain. The temperature is chilly today, and the calendar reminds me that we have left October behind. October 1st Buy a Home for $1.75 It seems that the housing crisis has made some interesting news lately. Home Month in Review: September 2008 Has the weather turned cooler now that September has passed? Pretty soon, it will be time to get that heat turned back on! Meanwhile, check out all of the articles that were posted … Continue reading →

Attack of the Stinky Trash Monster

“It creeps upstairs, alone or in pairs, what’s that horrible smell? A thing, a thing, a horrendous thing, everyone knows it’s stinky.” Does the stinky trash monster live at your house? Here is an account of my ongoing battle with this beast, and all of the ways I try to conquer it. In my home, the stinky trash monster sits there innocently in the kitchen, waiting to turn on me and let its presence be known to one and all. Usually, it does its work in the middle of the night or while our family has been out of the … Continue reading →

Home Blog Month in Review: August

Did you have a good month? We seem to have packed an entire summer’s worth of activities in this past month. Now, it seems, it is back to school and time to get ready for autumn. Still, it is nice to look back toward warm sands and wearing shorts even as we will soon be crunching leaves and taking out the sweaters. August 1st Getting Out Grass Stains With summer in full swing, chances are that your family has been playing outdoors quite a bit. And with all of that outdoor play comes the grass stains, especially if you are … Continue reading →

Turning Trash into Treasure

How would you like a cool desk for your home? Follow the adventures of a friend who calls herself the “Trash Queen” as she turns another found piece of trash into a real treasure for her home. You may have read about my friend before here in the frugal blog. She is high on creativity when it comes to curb shopping and turning other people’s discards into usable items for her home, from a backyard fireplace made from a headboard to a kitchen table made from a door, the Trash Queen is constantly coming up with something new. A couple … Continue reading →

New Wonder of the World Getting Trashed

The good news: The Great Wall of China was recently picked as one of the new seven wonders of the world in a global online poll. The bad news: The Great Wall is crumbling… deteriorating… basically falling apart due to the massive amount of tourists it accommodates on a yearly basis. The condition of the wall, which was originally created to defend against foreign invaders, is said to be so poor that some locals wonder how it could be named as one of the new wonders of the world. Visitors say almost every brick in the high traffic sections of … Continue reading →

Trash: The Discarded Aspects of Our Lives

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You may think talking trash in the marriage blog is not a good fit, but whether you’re talking about garbage duty, discarding detritus from our households in a general clear out or having an emotional clear out – trash exists. The Discarded Aspects of Our Lives Who you were when you were a teenager is not who you are in your twenties. Who you were in your twenties is not who you are in your thirties and who you were when you were single is not who you are when you are married and so forth and so on. This … Continue reading →

Let’s Talk About Pregnant Celebrities – Who’s Got Bump?

And now for some celebrity gossip, Pregnancy Blog style. Let’s start with Tori Spelling, who is currently 33 weeks pregnant with her first child, said to be a boy. If that wasn’t news enough, Tori was working on her own show called So NoTORIous that was supposed to air on VH1, as well as another new reality series in the works for Oxygen, which will follow her and her husband as they find and refurbish a Southern California inn. Country music artist Brad Paisley and wife/actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley of T.V.’s According to Jim are expecting their first child this month. … Continue reading →