Deep Thoughts of a Common Household Mom

For lo, Children, the door has two functions:  to be opened, and to be closed.  After passing through the door and holding it open for your...

And here is the Common Household's Thanksgiving Proclamation from 2010: One note: I hate mayonnaise.  I abhor it.  My family know...

Last year at Thanksgiving I found this version of George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789.   I thought it would provide u...

Recent Common Household Conversations about  Being Helpful and Thankful Me:   Son, you’re a fine person.  Thank you for being a fi...

At a church retreat I went to this fall, we had this question during an ice-breaker:  What is your favorite holiday?  In my group, all ten ...

Dear Fellow Capitalists, I have discovered a glaring gap in the greeting card industry. Here’s the story. One of the adult scout ...

Things which are not as good as the thing they are trying to imitate: Pumpkin pie Poptarts vs Pumpkin Pie Wonderbread vs Homeba...