Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Almost as Cool as the Weinermobile
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Peer Pressure Hits Kids Younger, Moms Say
AUGUSTA, GA - I knew that I'd have to teach my child to deal with peer pressure through humor and aplomb before the social gauntlet knocked her down. I just didn't think I'd have to do it today."Whatcha want for lunch tomorrow, Doodlebug?""Nuffing.""Okay......
Monday, September 28, 2009
One of Those Parenting Situations Where You Just Don't Know What to Do
AUGUSTA, GA - Towards the end of the day today, Emmie got very agitated. I couldn't figure out what the heck was bothering her, and nothing that we did seemed to put her in her usual mind set.When I put her to bed, it was an unusual battle. And shortly...
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Media Frenzy Over Swine Flu Runs Out of Relevent Interview Subjects
AUGUSTA, GA - So, NBC Augusta came out to the house on Friday to interview me on the availability of children's Tamiflu... As though I have anything intelligent to say on the matter. Daughter sick. Medicine hard to find. Thank god for Hill Drug.And...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Bathroom Humor
AUGUSTA, GA - Scott's taking care of Emerson while I'm flailing around in the bed with frickin swine flu. At the moment, she's in the bath tub - and has been for a while.
"Hey, Emmie," he calls. "Five more minutes."
"Ten more minutes!" she calls back,...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Those With Compromised Immune Systems Should Avoid Flu Victims, Experts Say
AUGUSTA, GA - So Scott is moping around the house, managing to make spraying Lysol look like the most depressing activity on the planet.
"How are you feeling?" he asks me, for the 22nd time today, from the doorway.
"Sick. You?" I reply, cheerfully.
"Fine."
"Okay."
I...
Swine Flu Hit Augusta! News at 11!
This is the sick face of swine flu victim number who-knows-what.Yes, this is the house that H1N1 built. Scott's sleeping in Emmie's room while she and I suffer through the virus together. We're confined to quarters, and he's walking around the house...
Monday, September 21, 2009
Kanye West Inspires Imitators on The Internets
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Making Up Stories is More Fun Than Reading Them
AUGUSTA, GA - Emmie and I will often lay in bed in the dark and make with stories for each other.
A new favorite story is called "How Emerson Got Her Bootie Back."
Emerson was walking through the woods, munching on honeysuckles and fiddleheads, and...
Give a Little Love... You Get it Back, I Promise
AUGUSTA, GA - Emmie and I spent the weekend bopping between Art 45 at the Metro Spirit offices and the Arts in the Heart festival grounds. It was so hot that I ripped off my clothes and took cold showers each day when I got home. It was so humid that...
The Role of Children is to Provide Love and Embarrassment
AUGUSTA, GA - Emmie and I are play-wrestling on the bed and I get to laughing so hard, for so long, that I start to choke on my own laughter. It triggers something in my allergies and suddenly I'm gasping for breath and enjoying a lovely dose of post-nasal...
Friday, September 18, 2009
Medical Researchers All Over the World Smack Their Foreheads in Dismay: Why Didn't WE Think of That?
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Families Can Avoid Morning Rush by Keeping to a Set Schedule
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Philadelphia Phillies Meet Their Match in Four-Year-Old Fan
AUGUSTA, GA. - Emmie knocked my boss's Phillies bobbleheads off his desk the other day and broke them. I was SO PROUD that I was able to seamlessly Super Glue them back together!
Until I brought them back today.
"You messed 'em all up," Bryan said....
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Avett Brothers to Play Westobou Festival in Augusta, Ga
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Deep Thoughts, by Emerson Hudson: Grammar by Yoda
"Mom? Are you a great artiss?"
"No."
"You not? You mate scribble scrabbles?"
"Pretty much."
"I don' mate scribble scrabbles. My teacher say I'm a great artiss. My nesst picture is goin' be meatball."
"Meatball?"
"Meatball is my favorite color!"
"Meatball...
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Deep Thoughts, by Emerson Hudson: Paint With All the Colors of the Wind
"I got a purple tongue! ... Das awesome!"
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Child
AUGUSTA, GA. - I don't know how my mother made it to my 18th birthday, that year when parents are supposed to be able to "let go," like magic, and break the cycle of worry that plagues us. I'm not sure that I'm going to be able to make it to Emmie's...
Friday, September 11, 2009
Deep Thoughts, by Emerson Hudson: Appreciation is Key
"Emmie, you were so sweet to be so quiet while Mommy was on the phone.""Don' thanks me, Mama. Thanks YOU!"LOL!Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobi...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Garrison Keillor Will Return Shortly to 'A Prairie Home Companion.' And Now for These Messages...
Me (reading from news feed): "Did you hear that Garrison Keillor had a stroke?"
Scott: "Oh, gosh, no... he must be pretty old, though."
Me: "He's not that old."
Scott: "He's pretty old - mid-70s, at least, right?"
Me: "67"
Scott: "He's not that old."
Me...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Emmie Tells a Story About the Zoo
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Yes, I'm Taunting Them. No, I'm Not Proud of it...
Yes, I'm Taunting Them
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Monday, September 07, 2009
Deep Thoughts, by Emerson Hudson
"I tired, mama," Emmie sighed, and sat down on the curb. We'd made it all day at Riverbanks Zoo without incident. Now I could see that she was on the verge of a rare melt-down, just as we were walking to the car."Look, doodle, I can see the car," I...
Growth Spurt
Emmie's wearing a romper that my mom bought her about two months ago, and as we tromp into the convenience store for junk, I see her pulling at it.
"What up, doodle?"
"Iss goeend up my butt," she laughed.
This girl is growing so fast, it's like CGI....
Sunday, September 06, 2009
How Much Navel Gazing is Healthy, Helpful?
AUGUSTA, GA - Does anyone ever wonder how well you know yourself? I've been thinking about that lately. Seems that two or three people believe things about me that are patently false.
It's difficult enough to be accused of actions that I did not perpetrate....
Thursday, September 03, 2009
From the Garden City Rescue Mission
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