Posts Tagged: author

Trying to Get the TV to Babysit, But It Shows Up Late and Talks on the Phone the Whole Time…

posted on 10/18/2010

Don’t use the TV as a babysitter. This is one of those rules I always hear thrown around about parenthood. Actually, come to think of it, I hear it less often as a rule and more often as a derisive example of bad parenting that people desperately want to avoid. It’s usually something like, “I […]

Something Near and Dear to My Heart – And How You Can Help

posted on 10/18/2010

I know everyone is super-busy, but please take a moment out of your day to vote for this very important project. Yes, you do have to register with the Pepsi people, but then you can vote for up to 10 different projects each day (and I’d love it if you’d vote for this project more […]

Cobwebs and My Addled Brain (Unrelated, Mostly)

posted on 10/15/2010

First, I have had the heebie-jeebies all day [that’s right, I said heebie-jeebies] after a trip to our basement laundry area this morning. I have noticed in the last few days that the cobwebs have gathered amazingly fast on our new washing machine and hot water heater, both of which were installed within the last […]

Watching Men Come up from the Ground

posted on 10/13/2010

Isn’t this just the coolest thing? Right now I’m enjoying MLM’s morning nap and watching the trapped Chilean miners being rescued one by one. You would think that by the twelfth miner, some of the novelty and emotion of seeing this process would have worn off, but it hasn’t. It’s totally amazing to see someone […]

I’m Like Edward Scissorhands… If He’d Worked at Supercuts

posted on 10/12/2010

Today I got to do something I haven’t done in about seven years: I took a brand new set of hedge clippers and started the long process of trying to reclaim our overgrown jungle of a yard. Our new house has a pretty extensively landscaped yard in front and back. It was definitely one of […]

The Stages of Weight Loss – #4 (Running in Place like a Cartoon)

posted on 10/11/2010

It’s time for another installment in the Stages of Weight Loss… When we last left our heroine, it was the WAY FUN stage of being totally balanced and really psyched about moving in the right direction. Well, I hope you enjoyed that feeling of momentum. Because now we’re going nowhere fast. This is a particularly […]

Love, Hate & Nachos; Thinking About Forever

posted on 10/10/2010

What I Hated About Today: The dead rat in the crawlspace. Discovered with my nose. YUCK! Gratuitous landlord drama. (Seriously? It’s been 9 days!) My fifth aborted attempt at a nap this week. Having to miss out on (a) dinner and (b) time with a dear friend, because MLM was exhausted and overstimulated and needed […]

Blog #18

posted on 10/09/2010

Darling hubby is out of town this evening, and MLM is long tucked away in his bed; so tonight it’s just me, the trusty laptop, Sixteen Candles and a plastic cup of wine. Aaaahhhhh…. If you haven’t noticed, 30 Days of Blogs has really turned into more like “30 Blogs in 40 Days” or something […]

What if Customer Service Representatives Were Honest?

posted on 10/06/2010

CSR: Thank you for calling Comcast/AT&T/Other Big Conglomerate. How may I demean and frustrate you today? ME: Yes, hello. I’m having a problem with my service. CSR: I’m not even a little bit sorry to hear that, ma’am. Actually, I was really enjoying a conversation with the people in the cubicles around me, and you’re […]

And then she crawled out from under a half-unpacked box…

posted on 10/03/2010

Whew! Sunday morning and I am enjoying my first pot of coffee brewed in the new house, while my boys are both napping upstairs. If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that I dropped the ball a bit on my 30 consecutive days of blogging. (If you’ve been paying attention that closely, I […]