Is there a wall in your house that doubles as a note-pad?

Once upon a time we only had a land line phone, in the kitchen. I had numbers and notes written on the wall next to the phone, including one that said, “Mark, 620–555-1212, 28 yrs old.” ..... My daughter had struck up some sort of phone acquaintance with this guy, and my daughter was only 16! She was pissed when she saw that note. There were a lot of numbers and notes on that wall. I was upset to come home one day to find that my husband had painted it over.

However, I still I have one wall in the back hallway that’s reserved for measuring Important People. I have all my kids and grand kids on there. My son is on there from when he was just two, at about 3 feet tall. Now his mark is at 6’2”. So many of my kids’ friends are on it, along with other random people. It’s a mark of privilege to be measured on that wall.