The Laundry Tamer

This is for MrPages, who tries to battle the laundry monster daily…

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Mr Walker has all sorts of cartoons that you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

Repairing the Cutlery Rack

The cutlery rack in the dishwasher broke. Now a small utensil can fall down, and either prevent the dishwasher sprayer from spinning, or bang around in the bottom of the tub.

Today I fixed it. I used those little locking plastic cable ties. Any hardware store will sell them. MrPages, who calls them zip-ties, . . . → Read More: Repairing the Cutlery Rack

Ad Libitums

We are designing our own grammar word games, based on Mad Libs. Being the cheap thrifty individuals we are, creating them ourselves seems so much more pleasing, and is probably more educational.

Here’s our first one: The Cat Came Back Ad Libitum

We print out a copy and fold it along the center line. The . . . → Read More: Ad Libitums