The Old Swimmin’ Hole

To beat the Texas heat we went to Krause Springs last week. It’s about 45 minutes west of Austin and is an old fashioned swimmin’ hole. Complete with a rope swing: It is, quite literally, a hole. It’s been carved out of limestone, thus the “beach” looks like this (I… Read More

August 7, 2009

The scoop on poop

You knew something like this would happen. After all, I’ve told you that I’m potty-training Jasper and he won’t poop in the toilet. So here’s how it went down: Ada comes in from the backyard yelling that Jasper has pooped in his pants again. I go outside and there is… Read More

August 6, 2009

Ever so modest

I’m over at Segullah today writing modestly about modesty, that fun Mormon topic. But someone keeps jacking with the site, so it’s giving a malware error message on and off today. Our brilliant webmistress is on it, so if you get the malware message just go back later. By Hildie… Read More

August 4, 2009

It’s 10 am, do you know where your swimsuit is?

The babies have swimming lessons at the public pool for the next couple of weeks. Their lesson overlaps with the opening of the pool at 10 am. Today I was surprised to notice the large number of people standing at the gate waiting for the pool to open. Moms with… Read More

August 2, 2009

Potty time

Pardon me for being a bit absentee this week but we’ve been potty training over the last few days. It dawned on me that Jasper will be starting preschool in a few weeks so we need to get down to business. I haven’t been in much of a hurry because… Read More

July 29, 2009

Is your mind in the gutter or is it just mine?

I decided not to go with the Mountain Dew cupboard pulls (I know, such a pity). Instead I’m thinking of these (I need all the shininess I can get so I’m going with chrome. Mission impossible, by the way. All cabinet hardware comes in nickel, these days. If that’s not… Read More

July 27, 2009

I am not your broom

Do you have a tile floor? If so, stop (STOP!) what you are doing (reading blogs, obviously) and go get your credit card. You need to buy this broom: I know what you’re thinking: “Uh-huh. Sure, Jennie. That looks totally lame.” But trust me. This will become your new… Read More

July 25, 2009

My favorite movie of 2009 (so far)

I just saw my favorite movie of 2009 (at least through August). It was the charming, funny, ever so creative and slightly painful (emotionally, that is) movie 500 Days of Summer. The writing is great, the music is wonderful, and the story is probably all too familiar for every one… Read More

July 23, 2009

Don’t tempt me

I’ve been looking for some cabinet knobs to jazz up my somber kitchen. Currently we have none. It’s just one plain cabinet door after another. Combine that with dark granite counters and a brownish/khaki-ish tile floor and it feels like I’m cooking in a cherry wood coffin. Painting the cabinets… Read More

July 22, 2009

What’s all the flap about?

SETTING: Jennie’s house, three of the four bathrooms. ISSUE: leaky toilets. How can I have three leaky, constantly running toilets all at once? I learned many years ago that leaky toilets usually mean one thing: they need a new flapper. Installing the flapper is easy as can be, but then… Read More

July 19, 2009

It’s not too late

I know I should have given you fair warning, but I’m just now getting around to reminding you that today is National Ice Cream Day. I, of course, planned ahead and bought a pint of Haagen Dasz Reserve (I take my National Days of Observation very seriously, folks.) Instead of… Read More