Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Vegas, baby, Vegas. And salsa.
A.W.: Here's the menu from the place we're going to eat at in Vegas. Drool away...
Me: The endive with goat cheese is my JAM! Yeah, I bringing "the jam" back. Deal with it.
A.W.: LOL!!! I don't think it ever went away...
Me: I'm not ordering...
Monday, June 27, 2011
Firewall activated
Me: "... it's just that keeping it going is so very tiresome. I'm a one-shot deal."
A.W.: "LOL! One shot! I could say something gross but I won't."
Me: "Yes, please, hold it in."
A.W.: "Luckily I do have a filter... sometimes."
Me: "Sure. For coffee."...
Friday, June 24, 2011
Jesus built her hotrod, too.
Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/shoutlist-icons">Shout List Icons</a> widget and many other great free widgets at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>!
M.A.:...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Summer break might break me
Me: "OMG, Emmie is having a meltdown, and it's only 2 p.m."
A.W.: "What about??"
Me: "Here's our conversation..."
Emmie: "Jus' go to your boss and tell him dat you goeend pit me up at 1 o'clock."
Me: "Yeah, I can't do that."
Emmie: "WHY NOT?!"
Me:...
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sometimes, the less said, the better
I was rushing around, making dinner and cleaning up, prepping for the next day and getting ready to go out of town. I had just set down Emmie's dinner and then walked over to wipe down the kitchen counter. Emmie turned off the (effing) Wii, walked over...
Friday, June 17, 2011
LFMF: A dime-store float may not live up to its name
Me: So Allison and I took the girls down to Aquaduct Park to swim. And the spillway from Rae's Creek was RAGING. I'd never seen it like that. And I got the brilliant idea that we should float down it on Emmie's new Spongebob inflatable. As it turns...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Aloysius Snuffleupagus at Your Service
A co-worker appeared in my doorway, with a grin on her face: "I sent a friend of mine a link to your snake story, and he didn't believe that I really know you."
"... like, I'm a mystical being?"
"Like, he thought your blog was too cool for me to know...
Monday, June 13, 2011
Impulse Override
"Blech!" Emmie says, and hocks her gum onto the ground. "Dis gum taste like banana farts."
That is exactly what that gum tastes like, and the reason I'm not chewing it. But I can't encourage that behavior. So I have to sit with my eyes closed and just...
Friday, June 10, 2011
And so it begins...
The daughter of a friend has asked her Facebook friends to poke me continually. Of course, you know this means war.
Sons and daughters of Augusta, I am Stacey Kathleen McGowen-Hudson. I've heard that I am to old to be cool - that if I were cool, I'd...
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Emmie's nightmare - and mine, too!
"I had a bad dream, Mama!" Emmie said.
"Oh, no, what was it about?"
"It was about a bad man who turned everybody into grown-ups - even me!"
Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/shoutlist-icons">Shout...
Monday, June 06, 2011
And the next American Idol is...
I was visiting with my friend, Amber. During our conversation, I notice Emerson building a stuffed animal wall in front of Amber's daughter, Evie.
"Now, you can't cross dis line, or else you gonna be in trouble," Emmie said, as politely as one can...
Saturday, June 04, 2011
How an injured child sent me into an existential crisis
We're at the Columbia County Library when a little boy - about 7-years-old - injures himself at the splash pad. There are tears. Some shrieking. His knee and ankle are skinned, and he is distraught.
"Nooooo!" he shrieks at his dad, who is trying to...
Thursday, June 02, 2011
I Have Had it With These Monkey-Fighting Snakes on This Monday-to-Friday Plane (Subtitle: 911 is Not a Joke)
Augusta, Ga. - It was a morning like any other. Hahaha! Who am I kidding? None of my mornings are like any others!
I woke up at 4:30 for absolutely no reason and decided I would start my day. "This is awesome! I'm gonna be early to everything!" I thought,...
