Living in South Florida as we do, we always have quite a few plastic water jugs tucked away in case of week-long power outages due to hurricanes and whatnot. Jonah was rummaging around the closet in our bedroom (pulling belts out of Jonathan’s hanging pants, chewing on his shoes, and tossing things out of the closet just for the sake of tossing) and came out sort of … damp.

Turns out plastic biodegrades a heck of a lot quicker than 5 million years. I pulled out all of the gallon-sized jugs and two of them were misshapen and completely empty. Two more were half-empty…. Meaning at least three gallons of water leaked onto the carpet in our closet over the last several months. Just in case we don’t have enough mold in Miami as it is.

Moving on (and not to .org), here’s a common coversation I have with strangers. Now, to be fair, these strangers are nearly always of Latin origin and since “Jonah” is “Jonas” in Spanish, they are usually unfamiliar with the name. But still….

Stranger: “Oh, how cute! Are they twins?”

Me: “Yes.”

Stranger: “Two boys?”

Me: “Yes.”

Stranger: “How old are they?”

Me: “They just turned a year old.”

Stranger: “What are their names?”

Me: “This is Benjamin and this is Jonah.”

Stranger: “Oh… a boy and a girl.”

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From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: “On laundry day, Jodie Galland goes into her kids’ four bedrooms and empties the hampers. But instead of lugging all of the laundry downstairs, she simply tosses the clothes into the washer and dryer in each room’s walk-in-closet. ‘I love it,” says Ms. Galland, 39 years old, who also has machines in the master bedroom of her 11,000 square foot home in Provo, Utah, and another set in the utility room near the kitchen. “The clothes pretty much stay in their closet.”

I read the snippet above to Jonathan and he asked, “What is this, an article about freaks?”

Finally, somebody stole Heidi’s cello. As soon as my store of giant sticks is replenished I intend to beat this person soundly.

Oh, and Barbara posted this in response to my Favorite Chocolate Recipes: “ I'm not a fan of chocolate and cherries together…” Blasphemer!