My First Non-Negotiables

Dear Nony,

So, you remember those ants in my kitchen, right? While I was cleaning them up, I swore to finally, for real this time, dedicate to keeping the sink clean, running the dishwasher when it's full or half-full, and BEFORE I have a full load of dirty dishes waiting for the dishwasher to be cleared out again, and to do the hand-washing at least once a week. I know myself, I'm not going to wash dishes with hot soapy water every night, but once or twice a week seems reasonable. In other words, it sounds like it's time for me to declare my beginning Non-Negotiables.

Something Has To Change

Dear Nony,

You don't know me. We live fairly close, but we've never met. I found you this past summer through a bundle sale on a cleaning site (I think it was through Clean Mama) and what you had to say really resonated with me. Recently I started reading your blog "backwards", although to me it seems I'm reading it forwards. A book is usually best enjoyed when read from beginning to end, so when reading a blog, shouldn't one naturally start at the first post? Or is this just my peculiar brand of "not normal"?

You may not know me, but that doesn't mean you haven't helped me in the short time I've known you.

To anyone else reading, have you met Nony yet? You should definitely check her out at A Slob Comes Clean. Roam around, click a few links, and then go here if you want to read through her blog the way she recommends.

Chicco NextFit Seat Belt Install: Forward Facing Edition

The question was asked, how do you tighten down a NextFit seat belt install, specifically a forward facing install on leather seats? I don't have leather seats, but I did just install a rear facing NextFit on leather sits this past weekend, and it took a bit more maneuvering than my regular tricks. So, with that memory still relatively fresh in my mind, I took to my Odyssey with my camera phone and did the best I could to capture a forward facing install.

Triangle Trick: NextFit Edition

It's your worst nightmare.  You go to buckle your child into the car seat, and find that the strap is twisted.  You can't just buckle the seat with the twisted strap, but you don't have time to unthread and rethread the harness.  What do you do now?

Let's Analyze: Sherlock 2015 Christmas Special

I'm sure you've seen it by now.  Have you seen it?  You need to see it again.  Here, watch this:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPio9ae9_HI

Supernatural Thoughts Season 1

Herein lie my thoughts from the episodes of Season 1.

Thoughts On Watching "Supernatural" For The First Time Ever

I know what you're thinking: "Everyone who is going to watch Supernatural would have already watched it by now."  Right?  Wrong!  Look, it took me until 2012 to watch BBC's Sherlock and I only got caught up on the new Doctor Who earlier this year.  Of course, now I'm rewatching the Clara episodes in preparation for Twelve, but that's another story.  The point is, I do a lot of pinning on Pinterest and, being WhoLocked, I find a lot of Supernatural pins.  So, I finally decided it's time to watch Supernatural.  From the beginning, naturally.  Whenever I start a new series, I'm often tempted to write down my thoughts as the series progresses just to see which plot points I catch and which ones I completely forget about.  Since this is such a popular series, I figured there might a person or two who might be interested in a newbie's perspective.  And, since just about everyone out there who is going to be interested in this particular subject has already watched everything that has been aired, please keep in mind that I know a bit about the themes of the show, but please, don't give me any major spoilers.

That being said, if you (like me) are one of the few who have not seen Supernatural and you've wandered across this blog, be aware:

AHEAD THERE BE SPOILERS!