Joshilyn Jackson's Blog, page 43

Potty Talk (or, Three Coversations about Toilets)

CONVERSATION I Toilet Man: Well, the problem here is you have old, bad toilets. You need all new ones. That will fix a lot of the issues you are having right there. Me: We have to put the low-flows in,...

Worms!

I am in Dallas, currently wearing a VERY fancy cocktail dress and the glossiest lipstick ever invented. MYSTERIOUS DOINGS…but Mr. Husband sent me a picture I thought you might like of our five newest family members. I like to have...

Millionth Verse Same As The Other Verses (and all verses apparently come with butter)

Tomorrow I am going to Dallas to do SECRET THINGS (!!!) but I will tell you as soon as ever I am allowed to tell. I plan to tell you ENDLESSLY, in fact, and to be rabidly obsessed, and I...

Some Cheerful Pictures (to distract the despairing)

HI! GUESS WHO NEEDS NEW TOILETS! IN EVERY BATHROOM IN THE HOUSE? /facepalm Yes. That would be me. see More Lolcats Apparently what is wrong with our plumbing has to do with our toilets being old and tired of their...

I am Sad

If I were a book of the Bible, I would be Lamentations. If I were a movie, I’d be Terms of Endearment. If I were a flower, I would be a sun-blistered Daisy, pre-picked and pre-wilted. This morning, I came...

A Winner is You

First off – we have a winner. Congrats to SANDI from comment #40, the Sandi who blogs over at Piecemeal Quilts. She won the roll. Sandi, email me your snail-mailing address please and I will forward it to David Cristofano...

3Q with David Cristofano (and a Contest)

When I was up in NYC with my niece, showing her my publishing house, someone handed me a copy of THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE for the plane ride back, saying, “I think you will really like this.” Understatement....

The Monster(s) in the Closet

Yesterday, I took the day off to celebrate Easter by an AWESOME and rousing celebratory church service, followed by a slightly less joyful attempt to deep fry a pack of blue rabbit marshmallow Peeps. It did not go well. Fried...

The First Rule of Staying Clean

The house is MERELY half-clean---but all the areas that we cleaned have remained perfectly organized. This is because I have no CHILDREN here, which seems to be KEY to running an orderly home. After only a coupla days of overhauling,...

The Great Clean

Some people hear the words, SPRING BREAK and they think family vacation, national park, camping! Or maybe they just think of school free days of sleeping in. Me too, usually. But THIS spring break, some wild and woolly and here-to-fore...