Sunday, August 31, 2008
MomTASTIC!
Back Row: Anne, Madeleine and Conner;Front: Emerson (with floaties still on)MIA: Baby Lila.I had an AWESOME time hanging out with Amber, Kerri (What up Free Times!) and our kids today. Swimming, snacking, chatting and laughing... it was a perfect afternoon....
Amnesia is Only Slightly Less Entertaining Than Momnesia
AUGUSTA, GA. - Scott's great-grandfather, Paw Paw, had dementia - it wasn't Alzheimer's - that caused him to live somewhere between the past and the present. Scott, not yet in his teens, would hang out with him on the front porch of the old house in...
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Feels Like the First Time...
Childhood is a collection of firsts. First day. First diaper change. First bath. First week without sleep. First cold. First tooth. First crawl. First step. First word. First return to a regular sleeping schedule.
Aside: After writing the word "first"...
Friday, August 29, 2008
High School Will Beat That Out of Her
Emmie's class has started the dreaded Show and Tell. She's only three, and quite the accomplished public speaker already. I asked her what she wanted to bring, and she said, "uhhh... Pop Rocks!" So off to the candy store it was.
I asked her to tell...
Nominated! Just Like Susan Lucci!
Thanks to everybody (Mom) who nominated me for the Blogger's Choice Awards, and for Metro's Best. I'll admit I've been a little slack when it comes to decent blog posts recently, so I appreciate the love even more. Absence must make the heart grow fonder.Unfortunately,...
Dropped Call
I called my husband from my car this morning and got his voice mail. Seconds after I hung up, my cell rang."Hi, sweetheart!" I chirped.(silence)"Hello?" I asked."Uhh... is this Stacey?" a man's voice asked.I burst into laughter: "I thought you were...
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Too Much Time on Their Hands
Sometimes we manage to get creative at work and prank employees who are taking their vacations. We took former publisher Joe White's desk entirely apart and hid all the components in the back. When he came back he had to put the whole thing back together....
Friday, August 22, 2008
My Husband, The Linguist
We were talking about something that excited Scott the other day.
"Man, I am so jizzed about it!" he called to me while I was in the kitchen.
Startled, I peered around the corner at him in the living room: "Uh... honey, I think you mean jazzed," I...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Maybe I Already Have a Head Injury, and That's My Problem
God. One of those days. Can't do anything right. Can't get anyone else to do anything right. Phone calls unreturned. E-mails unread. Appointments stood up. Work product not returned. I was so angry by the end of the day that if I'd been offered a job...
Efficiency in Government? Not Impossible
AUGUSTA, GA. - Scott was cleaning out the garage behind our apartment, a ramshackle old leftover from when houses on the hill were small family farms. A decade or more of transient residents and maintenance personnel have left it full of random crap....
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
A Guide to U.S. Newspapers
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.2. The New York Times is read by people who think they run the country.3. The Washington Post is read by people who think they should run the country.4. USA Today is read by people...
Monday, August 18, 2008
Jokes About Suicide Are Fowl
AUSTIN, Texas - More than half of American college students have considered suicide at some points in their lives, a new survey reveals.Probably because The Myth of Sisyphus is required reading at one point or another in the life of a college student....
Humor at Augusta Harley-Davidson
AUGUSTA, GA. - The sales and the marketing managers at Augusta Harley-Davidson are like brother and sister, constantly teasing each other. It's like watching Chris Farley and David Spade go at each other. You can tell the affection abounds; they're...
Friday, August 15, 2008
Sorry to Bug You, But...
If anyone has any Coke points they can spare, I'd sure appreciate it. We're trying to take two nephews to Orlando this year, and it's a little pricy. Coke has a Universal Studios ticket option if you have enough points... which I don'...
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Cigars... Cigarettes... Gum...?
Top Shelf Cigar & Tobacco on Washington Road in Evans sells their cigar boxes to the public. Paper-covered cases, like the Macanudo box below, sell for just $2. The nicer wooden ones sell for only $4. That's quite a deal for some classy-looking...
French Market Grille West
If you haven't been by Jim Beck's Columbia County location, it's a great time to do so. They have some beautiful outdoor seating. I like to sit in the air conditioning during the summer - and away from the bugs - but as soon as it cools down some, you'll...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
You Gotta Eat...
I know that the organic sections of several groceries are expanding, but there are still products those stores don't carry, like the amazing sweetener called stevia. Up to 300 times sweeter than sugar and with almost no calories and a negligible effect...
Monday, August 11, 2008
Not a 21st Century Digital Boy
So my husband, the news junkie, fell for a promotion from the Augusta Chronicle. He signed us up for a subscription for $13 a month - or, in Stacey math, 30 crossword puzzles he'll never let me near.I was kind of irritated. Since almost the entire paper...
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Marriage is What Bwings Us Togevah Today
He didn't like the casserole
And he didn't like my cake.
He said my biscuits were too hard...
Not like his mother used to make.
I didn't perk the coffee right
He didn't like the stew,
I didn't mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.
I pondered...
Friday, August 08, 2008
Bus Stop, the Musical
AUGUSTA, GA. - You know something awesome is going down when a city bus pulls over and a Segway scooter cop comes racing up, followed by a bike cop. Is the driver getting a ticket for speeding? Did the bus hit a pedestrian (again)? Did the Segway driver...
Thursday, August 07, 2008
To Protect and Serve... and Dismiss
S.S. was mowing his lawn yesterday afternoon when a Richmond County Sheriff's Deputy pulled up beside him."What are you doing?" he asked."Mowing my lawn," SS replied."You know there's a heat advisory right now? I suggest you go inside and wait until...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Dreamy, Indeed
AUGUSTA, GA. - I walked into American Dream Machines today and wandered around for about 15 minutes. It's a good thing I didn't have our credit card on me. Besides clothing from Von Dutch, Orange County Choppers and Big Dog Bikes, they also had a wealth...
You're Beautiful, it's True.
Emmie held up her little magnetic drawing board: "Loot, Mama! I draw you!"
I glance back at a red light: "That's awesome, Emmie. Mommy looks like someone set Captain Caveman's head on fire," I laughed.
Yeah, that's probably what she was going fo...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Driving Force
I'll admit that there are certain parts of my job for which I was unprepared when I moved into this position. The difficulty of finding public bathrooms when I'm out making sales calls is just one of them.Another one is exiting Publix in Evans (which...
Monday, August 04, 2008
Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
Unlike those who get to play hacky sack in the office, my days are pretty hectic. I spend a lot of time running around, following other people's schedules, while the rest of the world passes by all "Lah di dah, we're off for a scrumptious sushi lunch...
R.I.P. Skip Caray
Braves fans - and Atlantans near and far - will miss him.In this May 13, 1991, Associated Press file photo, Hall of Fame baseball announcer Harry Caray, center, with his son Skip, right, and grandson Chip, pose together in Chicago. The three generations...
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Cookie Monster
I took Emmie with me to pick up Amber's cake from A Piece of Cake on Washington Road. We weren't even hardly in the door when the fabulous ladies - Jean and her crew - began cooing over Emerson.
"Do you want to make a cookie?" Jean asked her.
"Uh-huh!"...
Party On, Wayne
The girls found an old wig in the office Closet of Many Random Things. They all took turns rockin' it at the art opening on First Friday.Emmie strikes a p0se.Nola does her best Hannah Montana impression.Yikes! Annie McFanny makes my fanny hurt just...
