Month: May 2009

Overheard at the movies

“I wanna see UP.” “Are we gonna see Transformers?” “Can I go see THAT movie?” “Why would they bother making THAT in 3-D?” – Okay, that was me. “Where’s his guard uniform?” “Can I have a flashlight like that?” “Stop kicking that seat.” – Oops, that was me too. “Who’s HE supposed to be?” “I […]

last day of school

Me: “How was the last full day of school? Anything interesting happen today?” Sarah: “Fine. Nothing. Can I go out tonight?” Noah: “Well, we played kickball outside during band. Ian punched Justin in the face and everybody was talking about it cause Ian’s a really nice kid. In health we played four square in the […]

no guilt allowed

Dear Katie, You have given your children love and support since before they were born. You have done NOTHING to warrant any kind of guilt inflicted upon yourself. Stomp that feeling into the dirt and keep doing what you were already doing. Love, Cathy When we first become parents, we have prepared by reading 5 […]

Is it summer yet?

Me: “Studying for your finals on Wednesday and Thursday?” Sarah: “I have tests EVERY day this week!” as she said it, flames shot out of her eyes and my face melted off. I skulked off to lick my wounds. A few hours later, Sarah emerged from her room with a very wet painting. “I wasn’t […]

Blogger Bigboote

When I was young, I had a huge callous at the top of my middle finger from writing so much. I am not exaggerating. It was so enormous that people constantly commented on it. “Wow! You must write a LOT.” I may have been self conscious about every other part of my appearance, but that […]

they’re not listening

Me: “It would really be great if you had a social media person at your company.” Customer Service Rep aka Dude: “Do you mean advertising?” Me: “No. A social media person would monitor all the social networking sites for any mention of your company and help people find the right contact for their concern.” Dude: […]