During this magical time of year I have several thoughts that keep running through my head. Most are not important (natch) but they must be shared. Consider it my Christmas gift to you. “Jingle Bell Rock” makes me want to slit my throat. “Jingle Bells” is almost as annoying; fortunately it’s a dumb song so […]
Every year on my birthday I like to pig out. I plan the whole day around all the glorious food I will eat. I have to narrow my restaurants down to two choices (lunch and dinner. Breakfast is, of course, bacon, cookies and candy). I just love eating delicious food until I’m stuffed. It is […]
Mister owns a truck. It’s not the hugest truck but it’s big. Big trucks are fine for the country or even the suburbs but notsogreat in downtown areas. He’s cursed it when he’s worked downtown because it’s rather like being an elephant in a movie theatre. It’s simply too big. Parking is a nightmare and […]
During this magical time of year I have several thoughts that keep running through my head. Most are not important (natch) but they must be shared. Consider it my Christmas gift to you. “Jingle Bell Rock” makes me want to slit my throat. “Jingle Bells” is almost as annoying; fortunately it’s a dumb song so […]
I have been working on redecorating my bedroom for quite some time. I think I mentioned that before. My brother came and visited and kicked the re-do into high gear. Mister and I don’t really work super well together on projects: we get very angry at the other person for not reading each other’s minds. […]
We finally gave Ada some official chores this week, now that she is grown-up and in kindergarten (they’re pretty lame chores, but you have to start somewhere). Which means I now have to print the chore chart on legal sized paper to fit everybody on it. It took me two hours to rearrange chores depending […]
This statuesque beauty has taken your place: Climbing around under the sink is hard on your back. Not to mention a little oogie and claustrophobic. But it’s ever so worth it. Especially since the plumber who came to fix our water heater told me he charges $290 to install a kitchen faucet. (I also saved […]
I have a friend, let’s call her Annie Bacterial, who is one of those anti-germ freaks. She is always washing her hands, making her kids wash their hands, and never goes anywhere without Purell. Seriously, the second Annie’s kids or husband walk in the door, they MUST wash their hands. At this point you, reader, […]
I was in Arizona last week for Thanksgiving. There is a lot to tell you about that. But I just got home and the first thing I did was to fire up the old laptop (actually like the fourteenth thing I did). I did not have the internet while on vacation. Not even dial-up. I […]
Kids love having family traditions but as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that a lot of traditions are a real pain for the parents (especially the mom). Being pragmatic like I am, I try to keep my job uncomplicated but I don’t want to suck the joy out of my kids’ lives. Thus we have […]
Whew! What a Christmas! It’s taken me a whole week just to recover from our vacation. We went to The Motherland (Utah), where several relatives on both sides met us. We spent the entire time going from family to family with tiny interludes of seeing old friends. Relaxing, it was not. Not even close. But […]
I’ve got a great new idea for all my blogging sisters! (maybe a couple of brothers too). Watch this little video first: The economy is dismal and only getting worse. Natural disasters are happening more and more often. Food shortages are occurring everywhere on this planet, even here in the good ol’ U.S.A. The prophet […]
Before you start reading, let me just tell you that I have given birth seven times. Seven times. Twice pain-med free. So get off your high horse right now because that’s a lot of babies that I’ve pushed out of my body. One was a still-born so I know all about how a healthy baby […]
School has finally gotten underway for everyone, so we should all be in the same boat: fundraisers! I have yet to find a fundraiser that appeals to me. Some are dumber than others (a discount card for 10% off oil changes? Thanks but no). In our elementary school we get the usual fundraiser with a […]