Every once in a while Mister likes to psyche me out and pretend to have died. Hilarious, no? There was the time he was trying to fix our washing machine and got a gigantic shock. “The shock went up one arm and down the other,” he told me. I wasn’t surprised since that washer liked […]
I’m old and not cool! At least not cool in the traditional sense. I realized this as I was scrolling through the schedule for SXSW (that’s the South by Southwest Festival for all you people who are even more uncool than I am). SXSW takes place here in Austin every March and it’s a big […]
You guys, not only is it my birthday today (I’m turning . . . well, let’s just say that 40 is much closer than I’d like), but I can finally have loads and loads of sweets after my Lenten promise to abstain. I’m aiming for some sort of sugar-induced coma. I’m also aiming for […]
It’s time to get started with the grand kick-off of the 2014 Get Prepared-a-thon! Here’s the plan: I don’t want to overwhelm you with talk of a year’s supply or wheat grinders or dry pack canning. I want you to get your three month supply of food and water. We’re going to do it through […]
You guys, not only is it my birthday today (I’m turning . . . well, let’s just say that 40 is much closer than I’d like), but I can finally have loads and loads of sweets after my Lenten promise to abstain. I’m aiming for some sort of sugar-induced coma. I’m also aiming for […]
You guys, not only is it my birthday today (I’m turning . . . well, let’s just say that 40 is much closer than I’d like), but I can finally have loads and loads of sweets after my Lenten promise to abstain. I’m aiming for some sort of sugar-induced coma. I’m also aiming for […]
I’m sort of weird about my feet. I have issues. I don’t like them touched. No pedicures, no massages. I polish them myself and keep them looking just fine, I think–even though my toes are short and stubby and rather like baby carrots. (Last year, though, a nice looking older man came running after […]
Last weekend was India’s first prom. Strangely this has never been a moment I’ve thought much about as I’ve raised my daughters. Probably because I never had a boyfriend (or a date for that matter) in high school so the Prom was always a source of anxiety and frustration rather than excitement. But India is […]
Suffering from a completely fried brain due to the eighth straight week of 98º+ temperatures, I took my children to Target this evening. Not all of them. Just five. (York is on a scout campout with Mister.) But five is easier than six, right? If the one missing is a toddler, most definitely. But York […]
Have you ever thought about people from the Middle Ages and how gross and disgusting their teeth must have been? Ew. As an American I have vowed to always have beautiful teeth. It says something about having good teeth on our money, doesn’t it? Well, you can’t have good teeth without toothbrushes and toothpaste. That’s […]
How did everybody do with peanut butter last week? I ended up getting nine jars which should last us for a few months. This week our item is Cereal. (Dry cereal, not oatmeal.) Is there any food more beloved to people than cereal? I mean, who doesn’t like it? It can be healthy or utter […]
This is your last day to get your oats! (Unless you shop on Sunday; in which case you probably wouldn’t really be too concerned about the whole food storage thing.) Don’t put this off til next week! You’ll be sorry if you do! (I’m pretty much the queen of procrastination and it really never pays […]
I really love rain; I have my whole life. Then I got married and moved to Oregon, and like a candyholic who works in a chocolate factory, I got completely and utterly sick of it. It’s really awful to have children who can’t play outside for months on end (unless you count all the jillions […]
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! In the past some Room Moms have turned it into more of a Parent Extortion Week with requests for gift cards and hardcover books, but this year we’re keeping it simple. My kids will be doing thank you notes and these lovelies: Red Velvet cake in a jar. Yes, the cake […]