Yesterday, I stripped all the bedding in Tin’s room and washed it and his clothes and vacuumed. Then I reconditioned the leather couch with the leather honey. Next I cleaned and resealed all of the marble counter tops in the house. I vacuumed, and cleaned the windows, and picked up all the stuff that seemed to be everywhere, washed the dog beds and cat cover. I ordered diapers, wipes and Miss Jessie’s Baby Buttercream for…
The leather sofa ain’t what she used to be as she has gotten damaged by sunlight and not to mention countless animals pawing all over it. It’s a beautiful sofa and now thanks to Leather Honey, this product I bought online and used on it – it is a gorgeously beautiful, almost like new, sofa. This stuff is like spreading honey, I must admit, but it even felt good on my dry, winter hands. I…
When we were in Indianapolis awaiting clearance to return home with Tin, we visited the Whole Foods there very often and bought this amazing Tortilla Española. I wanted so much for our Whole Foods here to carry it, but they never have. I just learned from the company that they are carrying it on their website. I highly recommend. We would heat this up in the microwave for a few seconds and add a salad…
I took T and T2 to the airport this morning for their flight to Croatia and in many ways it was deja vu. Since I met Tatjana she is always not going anywhere and always going somewhere. Case in point, she decided to go on this trip almost a year ago, but as it drew close to 24 hours before going, she begins to regret making the decision and when her call comes from the…
I’ve come to believe that vinegar is the cure all for anything. A virus is cured by three tablespoons of cider vinegar, the hardwood floors are cleaned with white vinegar, and now I learn that the hard water that is wrecking havoc on our laundry could actually be alleviated by a dose of white vinegar in our rinse cycle. Who knew?
I’ve always had this deep curiosity about China much like every North American I know that is obsessed with Japan – my obsession has been with the larger country and its language and people. That is why I obsessively went through a China film period, when I just wanted to see everything I could and just yesterday, we watched an Ang Lee film that T had ordered from Netflix called Lust, Caution. The movie takes…
We sent out holiday cards with several photos of Tin, the first photo is one of Evan Christopher holding him on his first birthday after Evan and John Rankin had serenaded Tin. Someone just emailed and asked if that is Tin’s biological father and I said no, just a friend who Tin has had an affinity for since he heard Evan playing the clarinet over my iPod. Fortunately, Evan too has an affinity for Tin…
We are readying Tin for his long trip to Croatia and I was telling him who he was going to meet for the first time – and now he keeps saying, “Matko, Matko, Matko” almost like a Croatian mantra. The temperature dropped last night and I brought all the succulents into the laundry room, but 25 mph winds in New Orleans are nothing compared to the freezing, snow cold he is going to encounter in…
Tin and I were going to go to the Swan River Holiday Party last night but he woke from his nap Friday evening nasty sick and T and I took a collective breath. Neither T nor I have been feeling well – I have a sinus infection and have developed an unnatural fondness for Advil Cold & Sinus, but Tin’s nose was running so bad even he kept saying nose, nose, nose. Today, we missed…