I’m excited about tonight. My talented friend Susan (who is not me, obviously) is putting on a Murder Mystery Dinner at her house this evening. The setting is at the Culinary Institute of America in the 1940s where we’ve all gathered to honor a renowned chef but we discover (gasp!) that he has just been […]
They are outside cleaning the porch. No, they’re not sweeping it or picking up toys or organizing gardening tools. They have filled a bucket with water and are scrubbing the wooden decking with old handtowels. I can’t get them to clean their room but this is what they come up with to do on a […]
The interior wiring is 80% complete and everything so far has passed inspection. We still have a few areas to rewire - the bathrooms, laundry room, and kitchen as well as both porches. Once those are done, the whole house will have a completely upgraded electrical system. This is big because the house had not […]
Mehalje: Why didn’t you name me Paris?
Me: You wanted to be named Paris? Why?
Mehalje: Because I think it’s a lovely name!
Chris: Well, I like Mehalje better than Paris.
Mehalje: Could you just use Paris as my first name and Mehalje as another one of my names?
Alaska (just tuning into the conversation): Mehalje is your middle name?
Mehalje: […]
