Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
Did you know it’s Fire Prevention Week? Me neither. I do recall an early-school-year project from my elementary days when we all made “escape plans” for our homes and learned to “stop, drop and roll” our way out of suddenly bursting into flames. But I hadn’t thought about fire prevention for many years, until I … Continue reading Fire Prevention Week
(another year over, and a new one just begun. A VERY MERRY EARTH DAAAAAAAAY…. ) ahem. anyhow. Let’s see. This Earth Day I’ve: -Driven to work -Stopped at a coffee shop and purchased coffee in a paper cup & food in a paper wrapper (both of which went in the garbage) -Drove 10 blocks to … Continue reading So this is Earth Day, and what have you done?
You might remember that I wrote a review about the swiffer Wet Jet not too long ago – about how it was highly awesome in that it worked, but even more highly not-awesome by virtue of being completely not environmentally friendly (too many disposable parts, requires batteries). I’ve tried to hack it in a couple … Continue reading Hacking the Wet Jet
Has anyone else managed to get that damned Devo-themed ad to not pop into their head whenever they hear about Swiffer products yet? Me neither. Anyhow, with the holidays, comes a slew of products I’m asked to review, and I recently received a Home Care Kit from the fine folks at Procter and Gamble, purveyors … Continue reading ….You Must Swiff It!
So I mentioned a little while back that part of the new furniture layout in our place included moving the TV out of the living room (the main area of the house) into the office/guest room. I liked the idea in theory, but wasn’t really sure how I’d like it in practice. I like TV. … Continue reading Out with the Tube
I know, it was ages ago when I promised a post about our closet organizer install. And I’m realizing that a) I hate the pictures, and b) there isn’t really much of anything to say about it. I can say that if you’re living in a small space, maximixing what you can put in your … Continue reading Out of the Closet
So I wrote about Good Space not too long ago (which, for clarification, I was in no way compensated or received any sort of discount or special privilege for), and Neil and I have slowly been implementing parts of the plan. We’ve had closet organizers installed (post and pictures to come at a later date), … Continue reading Hole in the Plan