a little humor Archives - The Handmade Home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/category/confessions/a-little-humor-confessions/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:34:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/favicon.png a little humor Archives - The Handmade Home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/category/confessions/a-little-humor-confessions/ 32 32 pass the reese’s pumpkins https://www.thehandmadehome.net/pass-the-reeses-pumpkins/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/pass-the-reeses-pumpkins/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:00:36 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=96823 Last year, on the morning I woke up to move our son into his freshman year of college, an article pinged in the news section of my phone. I don’t know why I even looked. I certainly had overcompensating in the form of dorm decor he couldn’t care less about, and a wild array of...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/pass-the-reeses-pumpkins/feed/ 0 a good pair of shoes https://www.thehandmadehome.net/a-good-pair-of-shoes/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/a-good-pair-of-shoes/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2025 11:00:36 +0000 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=27555 We celebrate 23 years of marriage today. In honor of that, I’m revisiting an all-time favorite story. We share it every year. But I thought I’d refresh it a bit, first.  Because before the really good stuff… wonderful photographs by Light by Iris  There was this Yeah, we’ve aged a little. LIKE FINE WINE, OKAY???...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/a-good-pair-of-shoes/feed/ 45 bad things happen in threes https://www.thehandmadehome.net/bad-things-happen-in-threes/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/bad-things-happen-in-threes/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:00:51 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=92646 It just felt right to commemorate this horrific event here for this one-year anniversary. In case you’re wondering… she STILL smells. _______________________________ They say bad things happen in threes. My confirmation-biased brain tends to look for these patterns based on some old superstition my grandmother probably told me, which was also handed down to her....

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/bad-things-happen-in-threes/feed/ 4 fall intervention https://www.thehandmadehome.net/fall-intervention/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/fall-intervention/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:00:12 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=74070 I published this one in 2020 and I think it’s still a fave. So I’m sharing it again because as soon as July 4th hit, everyone lost their everloving mind and lept straight into fall with pumpkins. Where’s the fire? Oh wait. It’s coming from the surface of the sun because it’s JULY. I almost...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/fall-intervention/feed/ 34 things I learned from googling my house https://www.thehandmadehome.net/things-i-learned-from-googling-my-house/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/things-i-learned-from-googling-my-house/#respond Tue, 13 May 2025 12:11:34 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=95333 TW: This house was taken back to factory settings. Brace yourselves. One night, I was sitting in bed and decided to Google our old house. Rookie mistake. I knew I shouldn’t. What I experienced as I boldly typed our former address into the search bar was akin to googling an ex whom I am sure...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/things-i-learned-from-googling-my-house/feed/ 0 forever young https://www.thehandmadehome.net/forever-young/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/forever-young/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:25:55 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=95154 I went for my physical last week, and the doctor scheduled my first colonoscopy, whilst also telling me that my lipids are excellent. I feel like I’m being romanced straight into the land of the aging with a combination of flattery and a nice dose of “let’s get you back to bed, grandma.” Have psychologists...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/forever-young/feed/ 0 the five best things about snow days in the south https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-five-best-things-about-snow-days-in-the-south/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-five-best-things-about-snow-days-in-the-south/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:00:30 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=94349 Friday, January 10th, of 2025 was a snow day. {Technically, it was the second one of the week, but this one contained snow, not ice.} Snow days never get old to me. I know it’s because they’re a rarity, and if I lived farther north, I’d be sick of it by the time winter was...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-five-best-things-about-snow-days-in-the-south/feed/ 0 the time i almost died at disney https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-time-i-almost-died-at-disney/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-time-i-almost-died-at-disney/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:47 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=94246 Storytime. It’s been a wild minute since I’ve been able to share, but one of my resolutions for 2025 is more of what I truly love: authentic shares in my writing. Buckle up. This one’s a doozy.  During the holidays, there are two types of people: those who do ALL the activities because their job...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-time-i-almost-died-at-disney/feed/ 0 the many parental personality types when it comes to college prep https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-many-parental-personality-types-when-it-comes-to-college-prep/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-many-parental-personality-types-when-it-comes-to-college-prep/#respond Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:00:28 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=92801 When I publish this post, we’ll have just a few days until college move-in day. The basement is covered in all the college supplies, in a grand attempt at overly-prepared organized chaos for his first college apartment. I wake up to wonder if something’s on the list. Jamin told me the other day to stop...

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]]> https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-many-parental-personality-types-when-it-comes-to-college-prep/feed/ 0 circadian rhythm, interrupted https://www.thehandmadehome.net/circadian-rhythm-interrupted/ https://www.thehandmadehome.net/circadian-rhythm-interrupted/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:00:15 +0000 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=91071 There are two camps of thought when it comes to the time change: Those who seem to struggle for weeks and those who are lying. My 16-year-old daughter literally stomped her foot last night because she couldn’t find her shorts in the laundry. I felt that in my core. I am she. She is me....

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