1. finish medieval castle (with moat) 2. locate and purchase ball python (shhh, it’s a secret) 3. proofread biography of Bill Gates 4. buy groceries 5. Noah’s Black Belt performance and graduation (hooray!) 6. hand wash a mountain of dishes (that keeps getting bigger) 7. visit the laundromat (twice) 8. Sarah to band banquet & […]
If your music player “randomly” gives you 6 Pink Floyd songs* in a row, then you may need more variety in your media library. If the college students on Jeopardy don’t know the lyrics to Beatles songs, then music history departments everywhere should be ashamed. * In my defense, one of them was a country […]
Even though I called Zappos for help less than 5 minutes after putting an order on my credit card when I thought I was still setting up my account, the solution wasn’t what I expected. I naively asked them to cancel the order and let me make a new order. They said the credit was […]
Since discovering the Zappos phenomenon on Twitter, I now see Zappos everywhere. In an uncharacteristic stroke of good fortune, Weary Parent and Zappos have given me the gift of new shoes. Since I haven’t had a new pair of shoes in a little over FIVE years, I am more than a little tempted to buy […]
Me: “WHAT do you think you are doing?” Doug: “Nothing. Just playing.” Me: “No you aren’t. You’re looking for lumps.” Doug: “Maybe. Is that a problem?’ Me: “Yes. It is very weird and it is not good foreplay.” Doug: “Oh. Um, want some ice cream?”
This afternoon, Granny babysat for the youngest children and Granddaddy took the rest of us to see Iron Man. It seems like Granny always has to sit out the movie outings, but it really is her preference. See, Granny has some form of movie narcolepsy that causes her to fall asleep whenever she sits down […]
Raise your hand if you think Claire is dead.
Noah had twelve hours of Black Belt testing today with a short dinner break, so we grabbed food in nearby Turkey Creek. No, we didn’t go get a turtle out of the swamp. We picked up bbq and wandered around a bit before returning him to the studio for the very last of his testing. […]
Betcha thought I was going to talk about Asperger’s (again) when you saw the word spectrum in the title. No. I am talking about the spectrum of parenting styles that range from helicopter on one end to free range on the opposite end. I have to agree with Katie about the damage that helicopter parents […]
On the afternoon drop-off, pick-up children route, we drove by a Starbucks. The patio was packed with people enjoying the short sleeve weather. For a fleeting moment, I thought how nice it would be to sit on the Starbucks’ patio with the other adults. I immediately decided I was more comfortable in my filthy van […]