That Honey-Do List

Anyone for seconds?

Toni — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:23:26 +0000

I was a little rushed, but still managed to rinse the noodles, and tonight the entire family sat and enjoyed a dinner of Chicken Parmesan, garlic bread, pasta and steamed veggies.

Midway through the meal Penny, one month off her 2nd birthday, stands up on her chair and pulls at her pants. We ask her if she needed to go potty, she shook her head no. Curious, the Breadwinner and I watched as she maneuvered out of her pants and headed to the bathroom. She returned with her potty chair, placed it at my feet and gingerly backed into a sit.

Her business finished she proudly stood up and removed the potty insert, walked into the kitchen where she raised the insert over her head and poured it in the sink not spilling a drop!

For a second I was proud her of then it hit me and I laughed so hard I nearly falling out of my chair. The Breadwinner looks at me as if my reaction didn’t fit the situation. I managed to calm down enough to say “look in the sink.” He skeptically walked into the kitchen and began to laugh as his gaze fell upon the freshly “seasoned” pasta sitting in a bowl still in the sink.

Seconds anyone?

Diaper Sprayer.

Toni — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:43:14 +0000

All 3 of my kids were in cloth diapers from birth till they potty trained. If the sound of cloth diapers brings visions of pins and plastic pants research the latest advances in cloth diapering, these are not your grandma’s diapers!

I like to think my crunchiness turned my neighbor ConservaMom into a cloth diapering momma but she was already on her way, I was more of an accelerant along her path to crunchiness

Enter the diaper sprayer! ConservaMom wanted a diaper sprayer to help care for her new cloth diapering obsession so we teamed up to install it!

Shut the water off!

Flush and hold the handle up to empty the reservoir.

Unscrew the top.

Unscrew the bottom, have a towel ready there is water in the line.

Remove the pipe.

Install the diaper sprayer shutoff.

If you started with a straight tube replace it with a flexible hose.

Push the tube in. It is secured by a method similar to Chinese handcuffs.

Convenient sprayer holder.

Ready for a test drive.

And it works!

Be sure to check out ConservaMom’s blog for great cloth diapering information and a diaper sprayer giveaway!

Ball Catch? Nope, I missed it.

Toni — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:55:35 +0000

We’re moving. I have mixed emotions about this but it’s happening anyway. I’ve given up all my grand home improvement projects and begun tackling the not-so-fun Home Maintenance projects. Thanks to Murphy’s Law the Home Maintenance project list keeps growing….

On Christmas Day I opened the coat closet and parts flew through the air with the greatest of ease. After some searching I found a ball and spring under my sofa.

A trip to Home Depot later I learn that I have a Ball Catch mechanism holding my closet doors closed. Okie dokie, I can do this!

This may have caused the problem.

The catch on the left is not level!

The catch on the left is not level and that was the offending side! I suspect the incorrectly installed plate caused uneven wear and the eventual failure of the door part of the ball catch.

Remove the plate.

Seat the plate and fix the screw hole with toothpicks.

Break off toothpick to fill hole.

Hole filled with broken toothpicks.

The screw holes are stripped. Toothpicks make an easy inexpensive fix! Breaking off toothpicks in the hole provides material for the screw to grip, add a little wood glue for extra strength.

The left plate is level.

New Ball Catch.

Remains of old broken "ball thingy" on top of door.

Removing the old system.

Installing the new system.

It's in.

Time to adjust.

Screwed down a bit and looks good.

Works great, all done!

Shortly after I finished this project my neighbored asked for help with her door falling off its hinges, the toothpick trick fixed her up. As I was getting ready to type up this blog my front door broke, the fun never ends!

All my fun projects have been canceled but if you need some motivation to get going on those home maintenance projects simmering on the back burner then hang around, grab a Mommy’B'Happy drink and submit a brag or two!