Home Sweet Home

Some randomness in recognition of our domestic bliss. Which is mostly blissful, except when the Math Moron tries to do her taxes in front of the Economics Professor, and thanks to an online glitch and some bullshit about me living in Yonkers, I have a $2,000+ State Tax Bill. Rest assured, problem fixed. But I think Dr. Boy has almost moved through all of the stages of grief when it comes to talking to me about math and money. It's funny how accurately this describes the arc of our conversation. Now he goes through all 5 steps in under half an hour. Efficiency.

BTW, Number 2 filled all of Grumpy's prescriptions as Grumpy Dr. Boy, and gave me all child-safe caps. Boo!

Lately I have been obsessed with having nice boxes of matches. I really can't explain it. Crazy just loves me. So, once upon a time, I went to the fancy estate of the famous woman I worked with. In th guest house. For like 20 minutes. And she had these beautiful matches, but I didn't touch them to find out where they were from, and I never saw them again. Found 'em! Aren't they gur-juss? Can you guess which ones I bought? Dr. Boy wants to know why I ordered 5 boxes of matches from California for $4/box, and I reassured him that these are special matches for looking nice and that we won't be wasting them on stupid stuff. Besides, I use my old smoking lighters for candles. SEE? Crazy. :)

Lately, I've had an epiphany about silicon spatulas, and I thought I'd share because this isn't the sort of thing that I spend a lot of time thinking about. I have silicon spatulas from Sur La Table & Williams Sonoma. The Williams Sonoma ones slowly fall apart in the dishwasher, the handles get rough, and the heads stain. See photo for evidence of this grossness.


The Sur La Table ones hold up so. much. better. They only come out for holidays, so they always have little wackadoo animals or shapes. Get over it. They're awesome. Do yourself a favor and buy one, and you'll end up with 10 like I have. Um, hello, I can't use my Halloween spatula in February. Note: I'm talking about Sur La Table brand, and it says it on the handle. I do not endorse any of the other ones they sell. I think this will become my new favorite gift, and replace the pie server that everyone must have. If you expect a gift from my anytime soon, expect spatulas.

We have 4 cats. We have a cleaning lady come every two weeks. We keep the apartment looking great for a week, then OK for a few days, and then we fall apart completely on the Wednesday before her Saturday visit. Every time, like clockwork. Usually by the time she arrives, I'm reading to lose my mind. Which makes me feel 100% better about spending money to have someone else help keep my house from becoming a health code violation.

I heartily endorse Henri Bendel candles. My coworker regifted one to me, and I get tons of compliments. It's been burning for weeks now, and is nowhere near done. And, I discovered that in a pinch you can microwave it to make it good as new. Plus, they're not $55. Rockin'.

Enchiladas are my favorite food. They are fast, cheap, taste great even when healthy, forgive ingredient substitutions, use leftovers, freeze & reheat well, and are so freakin' yummy. Make some tonight.