I’ve got the power!

I know what you've all been wondering: How did Nicole survive the Great Power Outage of 2016? Did she have to resort to grinding her own seed wheat in a handheld coffee grinder? Did she have to feed hand-twisted hay sticks into her fireplace just to … [Continue reading]

May all your blues be Monday. Or something.

It's Blue Monday! Mercury's in retrograde, it's January, and today has been calculated to be the most depressing day of the year. Maybe no one should communicate at all today, JUST IN CASE. Well, blue is my favourite colour, and even if the … [Continue reading]

Panic at the (Electricity-Free) Disco

Here I was, calmly going about my day, when I heard someone drop something in the mailbox. Hmmm...the mail is early today, I thought, and if my life was a (admittedly very boring) made-for-TV movie, some kind of ominous music would be playing. The … [Continue reading]

Heyyyyyyy Macarena.

You guys, Christie Brinkley is turning 62 next month. 62! And yes, this should seem unsurprising given that the Age of the Supermodels was the Eighties, and the Eighties were three decades ago but my point is, have you seen a photo of Christie … [Continue reading]

Detoxing my life

The other day I saw an infographic about "daily steps to keep your house clean and organized" which, I am sorry to admit, is a genuine interest of mine. I LOVE organizational and cleaning tips to the point that I've often thought I could start a … [Continue reading]

2015 Boyhouse Year in Review

It's almost time to say goodbye to 2015! It was a good year at the Boyhouse, and although I lead a pretty ordinary life, it seems like there's always something popping, as the kids say. Here are the highlights of 2015: January We never quite … [Continue reading]

Clean all the things!

How have your holidays been? Mine have been a lovely mix of sloth and good food, along with my usual post-Christmas frantic cleaning and reorganizing. All last week I hardly worked at all, and then I fell into the Christmas cheer. We visited with … [Continue reading]