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Sock Maintenance Incentive Program Success!

Last week I instituted a new "incentive program" in our home, the purpose of which is to prevent my need of wandering whirling-dervish-like through the house looking for kids' socks--under furniture, next to the TV, in t…
Being Braggy

While driving home from the Post Office this afternoon, I glanced over at a jogger and watched while he ran right at a tree, ran a few steps up the tree, then did an aerial flip. That quick little not-quite-nonchalant lo…
Why I Eat Doritos

I am *so* distracted today! But I finally pull myself away to make a nice turkey and cheese sandwich ... and it takes, like, ten minutes to break into the package of turkey. I'm trying to pull it apart, then abando…
Tales from the crypt (mwa-ha-ha-haha!)

I just discovered why I haven't seen any sugar ants in my kitchen lately, on the other side of this sliding glass door: I've decided to leave this spidery masterpiece intact ... because (1) I can play well with othe…
My latest obsession?

OK, so, this morning I finished the second of the two Edna St. Vincent Millay biographies I've been reading. They were both excellent, and I'm looking forward to reading some of her poetry now that I know the poet. At…
My Baby Has Banana Euphoria

Have you experienced this, too? It is really quite sweet... while taking little bites of banana, my baby turns even cuter, sweeter, and more conversational. Her giggles get gigglier, her smiles get smilier. She's more…
Difficult decision made... check.

I hated to do it, especially because in the short-term it meant a big whopping tantrum that would overshadow the whole of dinner. Oh, but wait... he had been throwing big whopping tantrums off and on ever since he got h…
Irrational Exuberance

I've got it in spades, baby! And the heloc balance to prove it. Would someone please remind me that we're supposed to be in an economic recession fit to return us to the Great Depression? On the other hand, it was sev…
WWTD?

It's been awhile. I hardly remember how to think past the limited number of characters allowed in a facebook status update. So, just to try this thing out again, here's something I wrote last week that I want to keep a…
Brief Spelling Lesson

setting: everyone at the dining room table, breakfast, Sunday morning, eating Pop-ems donut holes E-man: "Pop" is spelled with one "O" The rest of us: (all nodding in general agreement as we chomp on waxy, somewhat c…