Archive for the 'household' Category



Make My Dinner

I was at a day-long impro workshop on Sunday when someone asked me, “Where’s Jess today?” I realized how strange it would sound before I answered. “She’s at home making my dinner.”
Jess and I have been busy people lately, which means we haven’t had much time to spice things up. In the kitchen, I mean. [...]

Suspicion

I accidentally got mayonnaise on Sunny while eating lunch yesterday.
I don’t think he trusts me anymore.

The Cutest Shall Prevail

In the battle for guinea pig supremacy… only one can win.

Growing up in Montreal, our family had a series of guinea pigs. First there was Ginny, who came home from the pet store already pregnant (I’ve since learned this is a sign of a really irresponsible establishment). One traumatic evening while the parents were out, [...]

Metrosexual Failure

For a number of years, I have gotten used to people assigning me the badge of metrosexual. I’ve even come to take some small amount of pride in the label—if only because they didn’t think I was gay (not that there’s anything wrong with that!).
As of today, I have admitted defeat in my metrosexual career. [...]

The Fridge Door

I can feel my brain being reprogrammed every time I open the fridge door.
No, this isn’t some kind of rant against EM radiation from home appliances or garishly promotional food packaging. We have simply reconfigured our fridge door from right-hand opening to left-hand opening, and I swear it’s giving me brain tumours!
Though you may not [...]

Eew! Worms!

When I looked out the terrace window this morning, I noticed that the potted plant on the table outside had holes in most of its leaves! When I looked closer, I found it had little green inchworms under many of its leaves.

I flicked off and squished all the worms I could find and moved the [...]