Spider arts and crafts

I’ve never been much of a pet person. I was one of those cruel moms who denied their kids the joy of having a pet. But after we moved to the country and a house with a kitchen that had a door you could actually clóse, I suddenly felt room in both my heart and…

  In june 2021 we finally got solar panels. Since it’s been a year, and being the housewife that I am, I started to worry: ‘Should I clean my solar panels?’  After doing some research I’m glad to report that the answer is:  ‘No, the rain will take care of it.’  I love rain. 

Let’s say, each of my five kids leaves the living room one time per hour. That would mean the living room door opening, and nót closing behind them, every twelve minutes. Which means me screaming: ‘Close the &;%$# door behind you!’ five times an hour. But of course my kids don’t leave the living room…

My youngest daughter had to do a special assignment for school. She had to re enact the image of Amor and Psyche. And it came out beautifully! The original The reenactment My son helped them with the wings, by photoshopping them in later. The girls had made real wings, but they were too big to…

I like to do my bit to make the world a better and cleaner place. So I often buy one of those little nylon bags, that fold into themselves. They’re meant to be carried around in your purse, so you always have a carrier bag with you for unexpected groceries and stuff. That way you…

The life of an accident-prone teen is a struggle. Reminiscent of a bull in a china shop, your teen falls, trips, knocks over and runs into things on a daily basis. Let’s just say teens are far from graceful.  Every day, you wonder where they got it — it certainly wasn’t from you. If your…