Friday, July 29, 2011
Darn you Auto Correct
A.W.: "Is Lowe's where you said they have a leather repair kit?"
Me: "Wiener."
Me: "I mean yes! WTF? How does 'yes' autocorrect to 'wiener?"
A.W.: "Hmmm... I wonder."
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
10 ways to get your kids to eat their veggies
I spent 7 years as a vegetarian, much to the annoyance of family and friends. I've since gone back to being an omnivore, but I try to keep my meat intake down. So it's important to me that Emmie incorporate as many fruits and vegetables into her diet...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Dr. Mom, Medicine Woman
Emmie has strep throat. The doctor has prescribed Zithromax, but if I remember correctly, this is the medicine that tastes so bad she can't keep it down.
"No, I've never had any complaints about it," the doctor reassured me.
Liar!
After the first...
Monday, July 25, 2011
Penny for your thoughts
We are at Hill Drug when Emerson spies a penny abandoned in a plastic box.
"Do you hab some money an' dollars to gib to dis?" she asks, thinking it a charitable collection box.
"That is actually for when you don't have quite enough money. Then you...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Overheard in my parents' living room
Kelli: "Hey, Dad, that's where I went through that road block."
Dad: "ROBOTS?!"
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Game ranch gets my goat
Growing up in metro-Atlanta, one of the things that every kid could guarantee was a trove of animal sightings. I remember a possum getting trapped in my parents' garbage can; the numerous deer that roamed the woods adjacent to our neighborhood; my father...
Monday, July 18, 2011
Just sharing
I fell in love with Reddit.com several months ago - and not just because of the posts, but because of the comments. Check out this post, and then the accompanying comment. The first comment reminded me of exactly how my daughter thinks!
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Good rebound - why isn't the NBA calling?
So, as I was starting dinner, I got into a ridiculous online conversation about the Major Suckitude of Phil Collins, which, as we all know, it a Major Issue in America Today.
"Mom?" Emmie said, breaking my flow of superior musical taste tweeting.
"Yeah?"
"What...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Buona Festa! Olive Garden out of the closet
Now that the Olive Garden has come out with what employees already knew, that most of its "authentic Italian menu" is neither authentic nor Italian, I wonder who the restaurant had actually fooled all these years?
This is not an authentic...
Monday, July 11, 2011
Anyone have doggie diapers? For real?
A puppy showed up in my front yard. Emmie and I were on our way out the door to meet my parents for lunch in Greenesboro, and there it was. So cute, so tiny, so sweet.
So right when we had to leave.
But I couldn't leave it there. It was obviously...
Friday, July 08, 2011
I will be so excited... later
A.W. calls me about plans for Saturday night.
A.W.: "Are you off the grid? I was starting to get worried."
Me: "No, I just didn't have any reception in Greensboro."
A.W.: "Oh, that explains it. We still on for tonight?"
Me: "Heck, yeah, trivia all-stars!...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Rollin' on the rivers
Being the fabulous ladies we are, Allison Brown and I decided to take our kids to Gatlinburg, Tenn., over the July 4 weekend. Her cousin owns a vacation place there, and she kindly let us borrow the place for the weekend.
So I booked us some rafting...
Friday, July 01, 2011
What's up, doc?
While I wrote, Emmie was eating dinner: Fish sticks (shudder) that she'd been begging for, and carrots with cinnamon, agave nectar and cranberries to balance out the Soylent Green that sits on the plate beside them.
"Mom, can I hab some more fish sticks?"...
