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Grocery shopping

2012-03-19T17:27:20-04:00

Grocery shopping with children is like parkour without the coolness.

The "end of men"

2011-12-26T20:27:57-05:00

Before you go putting any stock into the latest bit of scholarship describing the "end of men," ask yourself this: Will a vibrator get out of bed in the middle of the night to check out a scary noise? It will not. That technology is still years away.

-Suburban Kamikaze

In the morning

2011-04-11T15:05:57-04:00

In the morning I like to make a second cup of tea but usually forget I poured it and end up not drinking it. My husband calls it my Placebo Effect cup.

~Loose Leaf Notes

Last week

2011-04-10T11:56:03-04:00

Last week my husband and I were kissing passionately in bed. He tried to maneuver himself under me. "I don't want to be on top," I told him, "it hurts my hip." (sciatica) "But I don't want to be on top," he told me, "it hurts my elbow." (tendinitis) "WE ARE OLD," I told him.

~Blogging Dangerously

How did it get so late so soon? ~Dr. Seuss

2011-04-03T23:38:07-04:00

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My "baby voice"

2011-03-22T01:34:19-04:00

My "baby voice" isn't much different than my "pet voice." The cat is confused because he thinks I'm always talking to him but on the plus side I've got the baby shitting in a sandbox in the basement.

~Message With A Bottle

Cheese down my lasagna

2010-09-19T14:47:32-04:00

I went to lunch on Saturday and the waitress asked me if I wanted her to "Cheese down my lasagna." There are two things very wrong with this and they are 1) Cheese is not a verb and 2) CHEESE IS NOT A VERB.

~Jamie in London.

I am 34 years old

2009-06-22T07:07:32-04:00

I am 34 years old. I have been wearing mascara for roughly 20 years now. I would say I apply mascara at least 360 days of the year. That allows for 72,000 mascara applications (I'm not even counting the days when I reapply or go out at night and put it on twice in one day). I would think that this would be enough applications that I am able to do it without poking myself in the eye with the mascara wand. I would be wrong to think that.

~Be Careful What You Wish For

I always wonder

2009-06-22T07:04:34-04:00

I always wonder why it is so easy to get out of bed at 5 am to go fishing, but it is so difficult to get up at 5 am to go to work.

~Wizard of Otin

You really know you're nearing forty if...

2009-06-10T22:52:54-04:00

You really know you're nearing forty if someone asks, "Is that a tattoo?" and you reply, "No, it's a spider vein."

~Momo Fali

Throwing away a trashcan

2009-06-10T22:47:18-04:00

How the fuck do you throw away a trashcan?

Seriously. I've tried: Putting it out on the curb empty. Putting it out on the curb empty with other full trash cans around it. Putting it out on the curb upside down. Putting a sign in front of it that said "Trash". The sign was taken, the can was not. Taping a sign to it that said "Trash". The sign was taken, the can was not. Putting it inside a larger trash can. Putting it on its side on the curb with trash bags on top of it. Putting it in a trash bag, as much of it as I could fit in there. Running after the garbage truck, with the can over my head, shrieking at the top of my lungs, "Why do you mock me?!? Take my trashcan!" resulting in the garbage truck peeling off and my neighbors being pissed at me that none of their trash got picked up that day.

I may just have to take a chainsaw to it.

~Avitable

Pea gravel pancakes

2009-06-10T22:42:18-04:00

2009 has gone down around here about as smoothly as pea gravel pancakes and we're ready to wave bye-bye to spring, no matter how many flushes it takes.

~Life Just Keeps Getting Weirder

Why do the words "chauffeur" and "chaperon"

2009-06-04T19:44:08-04:00

Why do the words "chauffeur" and "chaperon" sound so romantic and lovely with their whooshy 'sh' sounds? In actuality they are a steaming pile of parental nightmare chit.

~Pajamas and Coffee

My son has decided that sleep isn't necessary

2009-06-04T19:42:23-04:00

My son has decided that sleep isn't necessary, which means my mind has concluded that forming complete sentences is also not mandatory.

~Interstitial Life

Wearing thong underwear

2009-05-30T22:08:23-04:00

Wearing thong underwear makes as much sense as using a strip of scotch tape instead of a baggie to protect your sandwich.

~Ungirdled Passion

Kids today

2009-05-17T14:02:28-04:00

Kids today have no respect for real music... The Jonas Brothers should have to do a fucking internship for Manowar in order to be allowed to live.

~Out-Numbered

I opened my eyes

2009-05-17T13:59:43-04:00

I opened my eyes to see her looking at me so intently. She was taking in every angle of my face as if trying to memorize every line. It took my breath away to realize how closely she watches me, how often she copies what I say or do, and how much we love each other. There is an incredible bond that exists between mothers and daughters.

She held my face in her hands for a few more seconds and gently said, "Mama?"

"Yes, baby?"

"You have a big hair growing out of your chin."

~Big Mama

More is better

2009-05-03T18:00:24-04:00

When you're dating, the quality of the relationship is equal to the amount of time you spend together, and more is better. When you've been married for a few years, the quality of the relationship becomes equal to the amount of time you spend apart, and again, more is better.

~Aria'z Ink

I envy people who look sweat-less

2009-05-03T17:58:58-04:00

I envy people who look sweat-less and composed in warm weather. When I was in high school, our gym class had to run around the track in the spring. My face would turn bright red as soon as we stepped outside. The teacher told me it was because I had a great internal cooling system. I'm still waiting to reap the benefits of my internal greatness.

~Frogs in My Formula

Things I hate more than cleaning behind the refrigerator

2009-05-03T17:57:00-04:00

Things I hate more than cleaning behind the refrigerator:

1. sticking toothpicks in my eyeballs
2. playing "chicken" with fire ants
3. drinking vegetable oil
4. that classic game "how many crickets can
you eat?"
5. the congressmen indicting Jack Bauer
6. discussing curfews with a 14 year old

Did I miss anything?

~Is It Just Me?