#92: The Household Staples We Never Buy: a house log
Do you reject certain “household staples?” We do! And it turns out a lot of other people do too – to the point that experts are saying they might someday disappear. So this week we are breaking down how and why the typical home (and its contents) might be changing, along with revealing what modern comforts we have deemed unnecessary in our house (one of them is weird, I am warning you). We are also sharing how we found the best spring break home we have ever rented, and how we navigated the stresses of flying with children, car seats, a dog, his crate – essentially ALL THE THINGS. Oh, and it turns out we are storing plenty of stuff in our garage that we likely should not be.
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What is New
- Here is the HomeAway listing for the Spring Break rental we got in Pompano Beach, Florida (simply north of Fort Lauderdale). It is not a 5-minute walk to the beach like the listing claims, but we still HIGHLY recommend it (we drove and it was consistently straightforward & low-cost to park).
- We are planning to put a post together for everyone who has been asking for more info, but here is a link to Cap’s Place, the restaurant that Sherry mentioned with all of the celebrity diners in its 100-year-history. Some of the famous folks who have eaten there include Joe DiMaggio, George Harrison, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Al Capone, Ernest Hemingway, Mariah Carey, and Paris Hilton (quite the range, eh?). Our go-to part of the whole experience was the boat that you have to ride to get to the restaurant:
- You can also check out Episode #45 to hear about our Spring Break last year in Cape Canaveral, FL. This is the Airbnb that we rented there, which we also liked – but it was a shared property with two other rental units (so it was not quite as private).
- We did not get a shot of ourselves and all of the stuff that we hauled through the airport (our hands were fairly full!) but here is Sherry on the plane sporting what she calls her “signature crazy hair and that nervous-mom travel face.” The point of this picture is truly to point out one of our go-to travel companions: Burger, who is in his carrier under the seat.
- And I will leave a shout out to Jordan Ferney from Oh Glad Day here, for the boost of travel confidence she gave us the weekend before we left.
What is Not
- Here are some lists of things you should NOT store in your garage courtesy of HGTV and Reader’s Digest.
- And here is a link to the current model of cordless electric lawn mower that we have (and can safely store in our garage!)
- Also, do not forget to snag a fire extinguisher for your garage if you do not already have one.
What Millennials Are “Killing”
upholstered bed / night stand / pink pillow / go-to sheets / more sources: here
- Here is the full list from Business Insider that has attempted to gather all of the items in one place.
- There is also an article from The Washington Post that takes a deeper dive into how paper towels are replacing paper napkins.
- The impending death of the top sheet was also reported in USA Today and Buzzfeed (warning: that Buzzfeed link has some NSFW language in it because the author is apparently quite anti-top sheet). And thanks to Chelsea at Two Twenty One for bringing this “controversial” topic to our attention.
- You can also revisit Episode #48 where Becky (aka Clean Mama) gave the advice to ditch the top sheet on your kids’ beds to make it easier to make each morning. We have taken that advice since it is straightforward to toss their quilts into the wash with the fitted sheet (no duvet stuffing/wrestling required!).
We are Digging
- Here are the exact MarvelBeads that a friend gave us as a Christmas gift. We put off making them forever, fearing they’d be messy – but now we enjoy them… and have since picked up more for another kid’s birthday! We are still only halfway through our original bag because you do not need quite many to make a large batch (remember, they grow to be about the size of a marble, so the ones above are about half-grown).
- And if anyone has tried the Orbeez Foot Spa I am dying to know if it is as gross as it sounds.
- If you are looking for some good (but dark) reading, here are the three books I flew through on our travels: The Couple Next Door, Final Girls, and The Girl Before. The one Sherry also read with the focus on design/minimalism as well as sinister murder-y stuff is The Girl Before – and she’s right now halfway through Final Girls and is loving it too.
If you are looking for something we have dug in a past episode, but do not remember which show notes to click into, here is a master list of everything we have been digging from all of our past episodes.
And lastly, a big thank you to HANDy Paint Products for sponsoring this episode. If you’ve got a painting project coming up, we personally enjoy the HANDy Paint Cup (with the little brush magnet) and the HANDy Paint Tray, which makes moving your roller around the room so much easier. You can find all of the bright red HANDy Paint Products wherever you buy paint.
Thanks for listening, folks!
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