A hot shower before bed is an integral part of my evening routine and wind down. Close the computer > hot shower > curl into bed with my book > fall asleep. I’ve almost never had problems falling asleep, so I’m not going to knock that routine.

I’m not good at neat and pretty, but I’ve done something similar for large and awkward shower gifts—a car seat wrapped in a crib sheet; baking pans wrapped in a table cloth.

I call bogus on the list.

I have to different kinds of these protective bags/cases that fit inside of whatever backpack or bag I want.

I have to different kinds of these protective bags/cases that fit inside of whatever backpack or bag I want.

I only use my Amazon Store card for the X Months Same-as-Cash purchases. So trying to parse out what I have to pay to pay off the regular balance while still maintaining my pay-off rate for my large purchase—that makes my head hurt. So I’ll stick with my Amazon Visa for “regular” Amazon purchases that I pay off every…

Only wearing dark clothing. Best stain hider ever (unless you’re eating powdered donuts).

Only wearing dark clothing. Best stain hider ever (unless you’re eating powdered donuts).

I do a quick rinse of possible stinky things (ie milk glasses) but other things are fair game.

Or, you’re me, and your a klutz, and run into things with such regularity that it’s not a memorable event.

Everything on that list except for the Echeveria my cats would eagerly devour.

The larger size OXO beakers I don’t see much use for, but I will tell you that the smaller size ones (one tsp) are AWESOME for cooking with my niece. She can better gauge how much vanilla extract to use, and if she pours in too much, it can go back into the bottle.

The larger size OXO beakers I don’t see much use for, but I will tell you that the smaller size ones (one tsp) are…

Oooh!

That makes sense—the automatic vehicles I’ve drive are all for work, and they’re all large vehicles.

As I drive a standard transmission AND live in West (by God) Virginia, I use the hand brake ALL THE TIME. (Oh goody! Another stoplight at the top of a hill and someone pulled up about 2 inches from my back bumper! Hooray for the emergency brake!)

Oh. I read that and thought it might be frame “shapes” and I was REALLY hoping there would be a dinosaur shape.

Oh, it very much depends. I have thick curly hair, that is very dry, so regular shampooing (even with “dry hair” products) dries out my hair too much and I look like an electrocuted poodle.

Just a note to those with small people in their lives.

Interestingly, that didn’t really touch on the primary reason we replaced our car several years ago: Future Reliability.

Our grocery store regularly has soups on sale, $1 / can (or 10 / $10), however, the 4 pack of the same soups are ~$3.50.

I love the unhomogonized whole milk and heavy cream for making ice cream, so we get it frequently.

My parents bought a top of the line dishwasher. And my mom insists upon rinsing every item completely clean before putting it into the dishwasher.