We bought store brand French roast beans, twice. These were sealed in plastic, and were really cheap. (< $10 for more than 1 lb)
My idea was that we’d use them to “dilute” the good stuff and bring down the cost. It’s almost undrinkable, just tastes burnt. We’re using it up because we can’t afford to waste anything, but this substitution didn’t work.
DH is convinced that silicon mats “perfume” baked goods. Always tastes flowery and perfumed to us. Maybe it’s a certain type? I dunno. But this is why we use disposable parchment rather than silicone liners.
My husband is far neater than I am, and he’s constantly convinced that we’re living in squalor (which is probably exacerbated by WFH overwhelm and a lack of guilt-free free time).
I, like, physically cannot get things neat/sparse enough to please him 100% of the time (because of my own tendency to pile things, as well as 2 kids, 2 cats, and a dog), and it’s making me feel super guilty that he hates being in our house so often.
I have a groundhog under my garage again. I used ammonia and mothballs last year which did keep it out, but I hadn’t put any out yet this year. Does anyone have other ideas?
And, especially for clutter, if one person has a higher “stuff comfort” level than the other, then they deserve a cave! A space where you can inhabit to your comfort without outside comment.
How about separate desk space? Office storage? A counter? Even with shared space there should be a way for you to carve out an area that’s yours and give him his.
We both are clutterers, but I’m far worse than DH. The areas where it potentially affects our health: kitchen, dining, and bath are worked on the most often. The kitchen especially is cleaned every day. The bathroom I do about once a week. The rest of the house is divvied up. His hobby areas are his to clean, mine to me, the rest is “as needed.” Mostly, we manage to live with each others’ mess or not.
I work hard to avoid his hot buttons and he mine. We expect progress with each other, not to become different people. If you were a clutterer before you married, it’s part of who he married. If he expected to change you, that never works. Find neutral ground where you can. If you have company regularly, clean the “public” space as much as needed. Then there’s an area that can live up to his standards, without all of it having to be.
My thing is horizontal surfaces. I can go by stacks of boxes, but if the counter is clear, I feel like the room is “clean.” DH is much more 3D and visual than I, he really loves completely empty space… This can cause problems. I’ll spend my time clearing the tops of the credenza and coffee table, etc. and feel like. a room is done, and he literally doesn’t see it that way…
It is suddenly very hot. It’s not unreasonably hot for this time of year, but I had been lulled into a false sense of “this spring will be different” by the previously unusually cold weather but it’s not going to be different.
I hate it when people screw up Early Modern English. I was reading something that had grammar tips and was also touted as an example of great writing and then it goes “can thou cookest mince pye?” NO, dammit, it’s canst thou cook.
