Moving Day T-Minus 10. The purge continues. Project Alpha – Successfully talked nephew and his friend into taking two couches, three chairs, two table desks, office furniture, a sentimental-albeit-ugly rocker and three bags of toddler play clothes and onesies on the condition that they also take a box of half-filled vodka bottles. Project Beta – Had […]
Ask Not What Your Dad Can Do For You . . .
Even if that’s $2,495, it’s not a bad price. Father’s Day snuck up on me again this year. My husband’s birthday is in May, so I just squeeze past that gift-buying quagmire and – what the hell – it’s June already? Didn’t we just have a Father’s Day? Isn’t that what Sundays are? I never know […]
A Sun Burning Issue
Sunburns are not funny. They’re serious and dangerous. They hurt. And the story that was in our paper yesterday and today, about the dad who is in jail on a charge of first-degree criminal abuse for letting his 3-year-old son play outside without sunscreen is not in the least bit funny. What’s funny is […]
Do You Smell Something?
Our dog, Grace, was sprayed by a skunk at point blank range about 5 years ago. I know this sounds crazy, but I can still smell it on one of our books. The skunking was a huge deal at the time. The skunk smell seeped into the nooks, crannies and drawers of our house, […]
Fun Facts From the Internet
I’ve written before about how the Internet can suck you in and eat up hours out of your day while you have nothing to show for it except trivia that has no use and may not even be true. I’m super busy right now. Our move is less than three weeks away and my […]
Don’t Cut Us Off Now, Man. We’re Addicts!
No, no, no. We’d rather watch TV, thanks. I have to admit, I’m a little bit disappointed in Barack Obama. I’ve been a big supporter, you know. I made phone calls, sent emails and knocked on the doors of some really old cranky people for the Obama campaign, but right now I’m feeling a […]