Monday, January 31, 2011
Easy pastry, two ways
Emmie and I like to cook together, and one morning we decided to make a savory breakfast pastry. It was good! Au Bon Pan's got nuthin' on us. She enjoyed cooking breakfast so much that she wanted to cook something else, so I used more pastry dough to...
Saturday, January 29, 2011
I blame Bieber
Just get bangs.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Owned, by my child
Emmie left my bedroom to go to the bathroom... and returned 47 seconds later to fling her body onto the bed. I was busy reading a travel story in the New York Times, so I hardly glanced up at her mini-tantrum.
"MeenameenaMeenameenaMEENAmeena!" she...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Brain drain
Scott and I ended a discussion a little while ago, and I can see him getting all twisted up in his mind about the subject.
"Hey, are you getting all stressed about this?" I ask.
"No, I'm just doing the man thing. I'm defragging. I'm dumping the old...
Monday, January 24, 2011
Maybe fer zombie killin'
Email from former boss: Are you looking for an automatic compression hose, by any chance? If you're not, you have a weird former fan who likes sending you metal hoses through the mail. :) We have it if you are looking for it.
Reply from me: DUDE!...
Friday, January 21, 2011
Weasley is my king
I don't know what disturbs me more: the intricate questions Emmie asks me about the Harry Potter universe, indicating a great depth of thought on the subject... or the fact that I know all the answers.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
She has a dream
Amber, to her 23-month-old: "Evie, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Evie: "Evie be a dolphin... COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!"
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Birthday brouhaha
Emmie's birthday is coming up. She's turning 6, despite the fact that I long ago banned her from getting any older than 4.
Her theme is Pirates & Princesses - which is the same theme she chose for her third birthday. And last year's birthday. And...
Monday, January 17, 2011
Time to replace the filter
I had lunch with a woman I don't get to see that often, due to the insanity of our lives. Over Mexican, we talked relationships and such.
"So how's your ex doing?" I asked.
"Well... he died," G.W. answered.
I. Am. An. A-hole.
"I am so sorry," I...
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sounds like... ?
Emmie and I are working on her homework. She just has to read her sight words to me, but I always make her do a little more.
"Can you tell me what each word means, Doodle?" I ask.
"Yeth! Dis is 'liddle,' like when you're a liddle kid, an' not a grown-up....
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
I did it my way
We had about two pounds of venison stew meat in the freezer, and I didn't know what to do with it. "Make stew," Scott said. Well, yes, thanks. I'd never have come up with that on my own.
But I don't really like beef stew, which is where he was going...
Monday, January 10, 2011
Shows what I know (...nuthin')
About five years ago, Scott brought home a copy of an Eddie Murphy movie called "Daddy Day Care." It appealed to him because he was a stay-at-home dad while finishing his degree.
And it was kind of cute. Laid-off guy finds joy in life with munchkins....
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Tantraumatic
Emerson has spent a lot of time at her grandparents' homes this holiday season, and it won't happen again; I missed her too much! No, I'm kidding. She can go back (I'll just go with her so I won't wander around the house, aimlessly flapping my arms...
