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Happy Saint Paddy’s Day!

March 18, 2014 By Tara Leave a Comment

Happy Saint Paddy’s Day!

I think I'm doing Irish wrong.  As my post on Bluntmoms today will explain, I never was very good at following Irish  or St. Patrick's Day traditions.  Largely because I had no idea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, Irish, raccoons

Saturday but Almost Sunday

July 28, 2013 By Tara 2 Comments

Saturday but Almost Sunday

It's been a rough week around the house with behaviours, med changes, and just some yucky life crap that I can't get into.  So what I really needed to happen was this:The photo really doesn't do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: animals, broken crap, games, lazy, raccoons, reading, wine

Don’t Live Under the Deck

May 29, 2013 By Tara 4 Comments

Don’t Live Under the Deck

Yesterday I posted on Facebook that it sounded like a yeti and a manatee were mating under my deck.  I could hear great thrashing about while I was folding the laundry.  Really it was more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: backyard, deck, raccoons

Luck of the Irish

April 12, 2013 By Tara Leave a Comment

Luck of the Irish

I can trace more than half of my family history back to Ireland.  I went to Catholic school.  I've kissed the Blarney Stone.  I have pale skin with freckles, a natural reddish tinge to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: crafts, deck, family, holiday, humour, Irish, raccoons

Camping Truths

September 7, 2012 By Tara 23 Comments

Camping Truths

We went camping last week, and I learned some things.  None of those things were how to build a fire, or survival skills of any kind, so I won't be earning any badges.  Unless there is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: camping, neighbours, raccoons

A Toad in my House and a Skunk on my Shoulder

July 26, 2012 By Tara 4 Comments

A Toad in my House and a Skunk on my Shoulder

The past 24 hours have been truly terrifying.  I'm not sure if I am ready to talk about it yet without a fully licensed therapist in the room.  Or a large carton of ice cream.I don't feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: circus, frog, grocery store, ice cream, raccoons, science centre, skunk, toad, when jewelry attacks

RIP Kiddie Pool

July 3, 2012 By Tara 5 Comments

RIP Kiddie Pool

I told you the raccoons here are badass.  Look what one did to our pool one night this weekend.  Please help me cling to the belief that it was a raccoon and not a knife-wielding escaped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: backyard, pool, raccoons

Don’t Lick the What?

May 23, 2012 By Tara 2 Comments

Don’t Lick the What?

I thought I would take a minute to explain why I named my blog Don't Lick the Deck.  I thought you might be wondering.  And I need to calm the heck down after using my new steam mop that my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cleaning, deck, don't lick the deck, mop, raccoons

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