[Who Gives A Shit] Chores?

Ok, so this doesn't really apply if you live alone cause then: duh...you do everything.

But if you're coupled, and you live with your significant other, I'm curious how your asses break down the whole chore thing?

Here's how it goes around here...

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[Who Gives A Shit] This For That?

So, I love, love, LOVE to do this thing, and I don't even know if there is a term for it so I'll call it "this for that." Basically, you just take any object or item that is meant for one particular purpose, and you use it for something else.

BOOM.

That's it.

Doesn't sound very fucking exciting does it? But it sooooo is, in practice.

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[WHO GIVES A SHIT?] Decorating With Your Pet In Mind

Ok, so I know there is a shitload of stuff out of there about decorating with kids in mind, but I have a dog and don't want any kids, so all that crap bores me.

HOWEVER, I had a srsly rude awakening after we got our dog Oliver, and I wish that someone had given us the real deal scoop before he came trotting through the front door. Now that we've had him for 7+ years, I'm happy to give YOU the real deal scoop, and the real deal scoop is this: IF YOU HAVE ANY FURNITURE, DECOR OR ACCESSORIES THAT DO NOT WORK WITH YOUR PET, GET RID OF IT IMMEDIATELY.

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Who Gives A Shit: Your Geographical Soulmate?

At the beach in AmalfiA recent convo with @cailinash on Twitter got me thinking about travel again, and I was reminded of this idea of a "geographical soulmate."

I've been using this phrase for awhile, and I'm intrigued by the idea that we all have one. So, just like many people believe that we have "soulmates" in our lives (friends, lovers, husbands, wives), I think we all might actually also have geographical soulmates.

For me, it's Italy (Florence, specifically, but you can pretty much drop my ass off ANYWHERE in Italy and I'll be a happy camper).

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Who Gives A Shit: Honoring Those We Loved At Home?

So to get serious for just a lil min, I thought I'd use the fact that today was my mom's bday to talk about honoring those we loved around our homes (that's a pic of her!). My mom passed away a few years ago from a horrendous blood cancer called Multiple Myeloma (I've written a bit about it here and here, and was also lucky enough to be included in the Stand Up To Cancer special on TV where Halle Berry (!!??) read a little blurb about my mom Marcia--you can see it at 2:43 here).

Anyway, needless to say, I miss the shit out of her and still think about her every day. I have some fab photos of the two of us around our apartment (mostly from when I was younger, as I prefer to remember her looking young and vivacious, ya know?).

But I'm curious, aside from the obvious framed photo approach, what things others have you done around your homes to remember those we've loved who have passed away?

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