What is it this whole “theme for 2010” that is going around the blogosphere? Last year a few people were doing it: coming up with a theme word for their lives in 2009. Stuff like “excellence” or “positivity”. This year it seems like everybody is jumping on the bandwagon. I don’t know . . . […]
This is a post about some of the random things rattling around in my life right now. There is a man with no teeth fixing my roof. He was quite charming and persuasive and I couldn’t resist his sales pitch even though I’m really into teeth. He informed me that he has “an eagle’s eye”, so […]
I just got back from the grocery store. I asked Mister to pick up some eggs last night and he did. Then he proceeded to use them all for breakfast this morning. I got breakfast in bed, so I can’t exactly be mean about it. But I was a little peeved about having to trudge […]
NaBloPoMo* is over! It was hard writing every day. Especially while in a turkey-induced coma that lasted nearly three days. For all you food storage followers: we will be taking off the entire month of December. So no canned goods or other sundries until January. Hopefully you won’t be stone broke by then! Remember that […]
UPDATE of yesterday’s post: The worst thing about being sick is not not being able to taste your food. It’s having children. Children who need things. Which is all children, especially mine. I can say, “you’re three now, Jasper, make your own Eggo!”, but we all know that isn’t about to happen. As much as […]
For a few weeks there has been a foul, foul stench in my pantry. It smells like rotting something. Maybe a tiny animal corpse, maybe an onion, I don’t know. All I know is that when I open my pantry, the smell hits me, and try as I might, I can’t find it. After a […]
I have nothing at all to say today. So that means it’s time for pictures, everybody! I was going through iphoto and realized that we did a lot of fun things this summer that I never blogged about. Here is a sampler: A chain-link fence is strong enough to keep in a tiger, right? Right??? […]
For a few weeks there has been a foul, foul stench in my pantry. It smells like rotting something. Maybe a tiny animal corpse, maybe an onion, I don’t know. All I know is that when I open my pantry, the smell hits me, and try as I might, I can’t find it. After a […]
Oh, it’s summer all right. How do I know? We’ve spent four of the last seven days at the neighborhood pool and the sweat is at a constant trickle down my back. And I can tell by my toenails. It’s time to bust out the crazy pedicures. All the better for sandals, my dear.
Once your kids start leaving for college, you do go broke, but there are pluses as well. Namely an extra bedroom yearning to become a craft room slash sewing room slash art studio (depending on my mood). The recently-vacated bedroom in my house is located right next to the kitchen (an awful place for a […]
You might not believe this since I’m the mother of six, but it’s is my first year being a soccer mom. I’ve avoided the stigma of soccer mom-dom for many years, for the same reasons that many mothers refuse to drive minivans: you feel like you have lost every bit of cool-ness and are now […]
Gallery walls are all the rage right now. Actually, they’ve always been used in the decorating world but people are finally starting to see just how fantastic they can be. If you’ve wanted to know how to make the perfect gallery wall for your house, I have some excellent tips for you. 1. Make your […]
I’ll be posting all the successful 72-hour kit participants on Monday, so try to wrap it up and let me know by then. Post your report here. Also I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last night and it was goooood. Very highly recommended. Mister loved it too. He was totally wiping his eyes […]
I have nothing at all to say today. So that means it’s time for pictures, everybody! I was going through iphoto and realized that we did a lot of fun things this summer that I never blogged about. Here is a sampler: A chain-link fence is strong enough to keep in a tiger, right? Right??? […]