Dear Universe, I am practicing The Secret. I am willing myself to win this trip to Paris. Because wouldn’t it be awesome to take my baby girl there for her 16th birthday? My only question is this: What if I’m practicing The Secret and someone else is also practicing The Secret for the same thing? […]
Just in case you two haven’t met, I’d like to introduce The Meanest Mom. No, silly, it’s not me! It’s Jana Matthews. She is so hysterical, especially for someone with a PhD in medieval lit. Today’s post clinches her Meanest Mom title. I bow in admiration.
My dog is sitting next to me looking out the window. She likes to bark at motorcycles and big trucks. We live down the street from a limestone quarry so she barks about every three minutes when a truck full of rocks rolls by. How can dogs not get tired of hearing themselves bark? Don’t […]
Excuse me for going AWOL. I finally, after months of hemming and hawing, got an iphone. My texting days of pressing the button three times to get an “s” are over. Praise be! On top of that I had to get a new hard drive for my laptop. All my music was backed up on […]
A few months ago I bemoaned the fact that I just couldn’t find a recipe app for my iphone that I liked. I got a lot of suggestions from my readers and actually tried most of them. I even went so far as to try apps that were foreign and had zero reviews. I finally […]
Not gone gone. Just gone to school. And not a moment too soon. I’ve been stacking up errand to do once they went back and I’m just barely making a dent in my list. Today I need to go buy a new microwave and have a meeting with my Relief Society Presidency. We’ve got over […]
Today is little Yorkie-pie’s 13th birthday. Which means I now have two teenagers! Ack! All this talk about how horrible teens are and . . . they’re actually just fine. Yes, there can be a little bit of sullen snottiness but mostly they are funny and enjoyable and–I almost forgot–they babysit their siblings! York […]
In case you missed this little detail, I live in Austin, Texas. Right now in Austin it’s SXSW. Which, for those who live under a rock or are just over the age of 60, is a super-mega-gigantic movie/music/gaming/computer festival that lasts for a week and a half. It also transforms our rather small downtown into […]
I was raised in Detroit. It was kind of gritty, with strip clubs and porno theatres next to the grocery store, and liquor shops (which we called “party stores”) on every corner. Oddly, we managed to live in a tiny little forgotten pocket that had a dirt road and tons of trees. As you can […]
This is a dip for fruit. It’s probably well known to many of you (minus the Oreos) as there are not a ton of fruit dips out there. I love to combine all sorts of different textures of food, I thought the sweet crunch of Oreos would combine well with… Read More
I realize that I will probably be struck by lightning for saying this, but I’m a little disappointed that Gustav did not end up being a category 5 hurricane. There is some part of me–some twisted, evil part–that loves mayhem. On a personal level I don’t want anyone’s home to be destroyed, or people to […]
So our ward at church got split last month. (You may recall my complete foot-in-mouth moment shortly afterwards.) Mister got a calling the day the ward split was announced (1st counselor in the Elders Quorum). I am still waiting on one. Despite all the teasing about getting a Primary calling, I figured that my announcement […]
Today my second-born child, York, turns 20. I am down to having only two teenagers again. York has been getting his butt kicked down in Brazil (metaphorically speaking!) and learning piles of humility and patience. Hoo boy, has he needed that! Of course, York is still York and he told us when we Skyped with […]
Is it just me or is everybody pregnant? Wait, that makes it sound like I’m pregnant. I am NOT pregnant. My eggs are shriveled and dried up. But everyone else, it seems, is very fertile. (If you are struggling with infertility, I’m really sorry. You are probably very aware that everyone but you is pregnant. […]