stupid writer’s strike

I love Jon and Stephen. I watch them whenever it’s a new episode. This has always been the one hour of television that nothing interrupted. No cleaning, no twittering, nothing but funny television. I don’t want to blame the writer’s strike for anything, BUT lately I’ve been getting distracted during the power hour of television. […]

fun for them, but not for me

Fun for them – Spinning until you fall down. but not for me – Your child making you spin with them. Fun for them – Your child blowing up and popping bags. but not for me – Wondering where all the ziploc bags went. Fun for them – Pushing each other around the house in […]

since Twitter is down. . .

I hate that I am voting AGAINST someone next week and then AGAINST someone else in November.  Just once, I wish there was a candidate worth voting FOR in the presidential elections.

stop fooling around and get back to work

My favorite way to wake up? Not this: “He called me a name and then he said I did somethin’ but I didn’t do it.” “Nuh-uhh. He was saying bad words and being rude and he hurt my feelings.” “Did not.” “Did too.” “Stop it.” “You stop it.” “I’m telling.” “I’m telling first.” It’s even […]

tv talk

Two episodes in and Breaking Bad is still tv worth watching. An hour of smart, sarcastic and very, very dark television. The recent episode was less of an undies in a twist and more of a car wreck by the side of the road that you just can’t resist looking at even though it makes […]

overheard in the kindergarten classroom:

“I’m cutting out pictures of cats.” “Do you have a cat?” “No, my mom says she’s allergic to pets.” “My daddy has a friend who’s a girl. My mommy hates her.” “I can’t eat ice cream. My tooth might fall out.”

Doug says:

Doug: “Our Foreman grill has just about had it.” Me: “Well, we did get it two people ago.”

how do you “teach” someone to vote?

My children have always accompanied me when I go to vote. They listen to me talk about politics, politicians and issues on a daily basis. I explain very carefully that I do not obsess over these things because I am unhappy. I focus on them because I BELIEVE in democracy. I have faith that we […]

legal disclaimer

At the advice of counsel, I retract my statement that Sarah is the “world’s worst babysitter” as stated in my previous post. I might be guilty of a slight exaggeration. It is extremely unlikely that Sarah is the worst babysitter in the entire world and it’s remotely possible that she’s not the worst in this […]