Friday, October 29, 2010
Silly Questions Kids Ask: Halloween Edition
As part of getting ready for bed, Emmie took her clothes to the laundry room (or, the laundry coffin, as I like to think of it, because every time I walk in there, I feel like I've been buried alive). She came back with a worried expression.
"What's...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Because she's smarter than we are
Emmie has developed a new thing about eating. She wants to take a few bites and then put the food in the fridge "for later." She really just doesn't want to eat very much. Scott and I are of differing minds about this. He wants her to eat. I say she'll...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
I can haz intellijunce?
I fumbled around this morning, panicked and blind, for a good 10 minutes. One of the rare side effects of the medication I was taking is temporary loss of vision.
But when I got to the bathroom and flipped on the light, the problem was solved. Because...
Monday, October 25, 2010
Where's the video that shows how my marbles disappear?
Emmie and I look up videos online whenever she has questions about something and I can't explain it very well. Like while I was in the hospital, and tried to explain to her what was going on with my body, I finally had to resort to looking up photos...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Metro's Best Whiners
I heard a lot of griping on Facebook about who was named Metro's Best this year - mostly from people masquerading as interested third parties, but who had ties to people with "dogs in the fight," so to speak. Workers for companies who lost, freelancers...
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Overheard in the Store: Remember this when she's 21, mom...
An adorable little girl, about four years old, holds up a green plastic margarita glass in a clearance bin and yells: "Mama! I really want this cup!"
Her mother is checking out, but glances over. "Looks like it will tip over, sweetie."
The girl looks...
Monday, October 18, 2010
Some Awesome soup
This soup takes less than 30 minutes to make, and is low fat, low carb, low calorie - but high flavor!
Greek chicken soup
4 chicken breasts, whole
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 quart chicken broth
1/2 cup instant rice, uncooked
Olive oil
1/2 tsp...
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Job Security Not Improved by Family Relations
"Mom?" Em asked after Kelli spent a particularly long time annoying her. "Can you fire Aunt Kelli?" "Oh, yes. Kelli, you're fired." "Yeah, Aunt Kelli. Don' cry to death."Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobi...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Hooked on Phonics, Part II
We're working on homework, and Emmie is identifying photos of words that begin with the same sound as "cat."
"Car!" she cries, excited to find her first one.
"Very good," I say. "Now find all the ones that start with the same sound and color them...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
My Birthday Can Suck it
The month of October used to be my favorite month. The weather is awesome. Baseball playoffs. Oktoberfest and camping in Helen. Halloween. But lately, I've been thinking I should choose a new favorite month.
Two years ago, my husband was released from...
Friday, October 08, 2010
Keyword search and rescue
I don't think I want to know what it says about me that the second most searched-for term - behind momnesia - for which people look when they come across my blog is "dog braces."
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Dance of Awesome = World Peace
My daughter is - like me - easily distractable. So the only way I have found that I can get her bootie dressed and ready for school on time in the mornings is... to race her. This has given rise to Many Insane Hair Days for me.
This morning, she was...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Overheard in the newsroom
Editor to staffer: "That's the fourth obit you've sent me today. Are you on a murderous rampage?"
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Monday, October 04, 2010
Oh, for a tonal language like Mandarin...
Emmie and I are playing "school." She has devised a brutal test of how well I understand my numbers. I think I'm rocking it, until we get to end.
"Das good, mama!" she puts a check beside every answer.
"Yeah, I got kindergarten down," I reply, flexing...
Friday, October 01, 2010
Party of Ten, Please
"What did he say about the car?" A.R. asked me after I hung up the phone.
"That wasn't a conversation about our car repairs. That was a conversation about our marriage," I laughed.
And it kind of was. All of the unspoken things that went into the...
