I don’t know any other 5 year olds who can sing along with the Rolling Stones and recognize Paramore when they are on the radio. I don’t know any other 5 year olds who say things like, “Dude! That’s tight!” I don’t know any other 5 year olds who would rather sit through almost 3 […]
The proverbial accident waiting to happen. Literally.
Grant and I were running errands about 2 miles away from Leisure World, a seniors community. A car was tentatively making its way towards us on Seal Beach Blvd, going in the wrong direction. The driver seemed to realize the mistake and try to turn the car around and go the right direction. Traffic was […]
Hitler needs a haircut. And the First Amendment.
New Jersey state officials have taken the kids named after Nazis out of their parents’ care. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy State authorities don’t say why the kids were removed from the house. I think these parents are scum and total idiots. I wouldn’t let them take care […]
Willard Scott isn’t half as crazy as the people who keep him on the air.
Rich and I have a Friday night guilty pleasure: The Soup with Joel McHale on the E channel. If you’ve never watched it (you should!) it is 30 minutes of clips from reality shows, talk shows, soap operas, you name it. It is a show that basically makes fun of pop culture and all of […]
What a difference 25% makes.
I love Christmas. I love the entire time period from the day after Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. We have special holiday movies that only come out once a year (It’s a Wonderful Life vies for viewing time right alongside Scrooged.) We have wassail almost constantly simmering. We have elves that leave early yuletide treats […]
Merry Christmas. Please pass the scissors.
Still undecorating the house. Still picking up random bits of wrapping paper and Christmas toys in unlikely places. (Really? Who unwrapped a gift in a bathroom?) Barely uploaded the Christmas photos. Until a real post comes along, please enjoy Conner’s smiling face as he finds the gift the Ribbon Fairy left for him.
The first parenting blunder of the year.
I spent New Year’s Day “un-decorating” the house. Literally, the whole day. By 9:00 in the evening, I was exhausted and wanted a long hot shower. I had the TV on while packing up ornaments. It did not occur to me to turn it off when I left the room. Jerry Maguire was on… what’s […]
Waste knot, want knot.
You know how when you’re wrapping presents you get all of those odd pieces of wrapping paper or little scraps of ribbon left over? I hate to waste anything and Conner hates to have ribbons and knots keep him from his gift, so I thought of the perfect way to use up my extras and […]
Mom…? There’s wolves in my room…
…can I sleep in your bed? This is what happens when a child appears at the side of your bed and, half asleep, you haul him up and toss him in the middle of your king size bed. The middle disappears. Who got the best night of sleep? a) Daddy b) Grant c) Mommy The […]
Elements of style. Or the lack thereof.
Conner and I were wrapping presents. I take my time and try to make it pretty. He is all thumbs. (And he can use a whole roll of wrapping paper and a mile of tape to wrap a DVD.) I tried to show him how to take ribbon and make a bow. He says thanks […]
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