He Pressed the Button

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Picture me laying on a king size bed in a relative’s house (we were spending the night). The bedroom is adjacent to a bathroom. My husband is in the bathroom dong his business. I am relaxed and happy to be away from my daily routine when I hear my husband yell, “NO!!! Stop, please stop!” “Are [...]

How to Buy a Toilet

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It’s no secret that we parents deal with a lot of crap, both the metaphoric and the all too literal. A good therapist can help you clear away the former and this post can help you dispose of the latter. If you’re not flush with excitement every time you have a date with the plunger [...]

Get This Potty Started

I have previously expressed my incredulity here and elsewhere at the idea that my kids will learn even more stuff about becoming real human beings than they know now.  They have already gone from screaming little wriggly red balls of unfocused panic to tiny proto-people who can walk, jump, dance, feed themselves, utter a handful [...]

How to Fix a Repulsively Stained Toilet Seat When You’re Too Lazy to Leave the House

We moved into a new apartment a couple of months ago, and one of the first things I noticed was that the toilet seat on our new-to-us toilet was old, worn, cheap, and ugly. My own butt balked at the sigh of it.

I can haz kleen ‘n new potty?

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I am the proud owner of two verrrry cute kittehs! Cute until you get within ten feet of their litter box. And then? They are just like every other beast of the wild that should be left to poop in the great outdoors. But, I am a good pet owner….I clean that damn litter box, [...]