Today’s Works for Me Wednesday post:
How to remove burnt odors from a microwave.
But first some parenting advice:
When your tween child asks you how long to warm a Quaker oatmeal bar in the microwave, it would behoove you to be 100% focused on him when you answer.
(Okay, I was just looking for an excuse to say [...]

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(Mostly) Wordless for Wednesday:

A still life in Play-doh and dog hair
For more Wordless Wednesday, visit 5 Minutes for Mom

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Why, hello. Just checking in.
What have I been up to? Oh, nothing much… Just a bit of laundry.
Five or ten or 75 loads, give or take a few. I’ve spent my last few days on a suds-powered hamster wheel: gather, sort, wash, dry, fold, hang, put away, gather, sort, etc.
Sort of a “lather, rinse, repeat” [...]

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Is that not the lamest title EVER? A bad pun on a bad movie from the 80s. I apologize. Please carry on.
Wannadoo, Wannadooo-ooo-OOOOO…
I can only sing the first few measures of that song, since I never saw “Xanadu.” But I saw Olivia Newton-John — whose name I always want to hyphenate in all three places, [...]

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