Food stains and unexpected visits

When you are at home, it’s not out of the question to change your shirt every time you get a dab of mustard on your front or switch to a different blouse after dribbling iced tea on it.

But at some point, when you pretty much consider yourself in for the evening, you might just decide that a three-inch peanut butter smear is something you can live with until bedtime.

So what are the chances that you will then step outside for a second to monkey with the sprinklers or whatever and find yourself chatting up a neighbor?

It’s not really 100 percent. It just seems that way.