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Amanda & Goaliath

Posted on April 30, 2007

Ah, CCE, you got me. Exactly one week ago I got this: I’ve tagged you today over at my place so when you’re open again for business go check it out. The tag was, wait for it, to list five goals that have been left largely ignored. How pathetic that I failed to respond to this tag? And it’s from CCE, she of the hysterical $180 circus tickets, my kindred spirit in the lonely and often futile battle against trans fats, HFCS, and checkstand teeth rot nuggets. She’s cool, and cool doesn’t often come equipped with smart and funny or dressed in killer jeans. I’ll promise to waste not another minute if you promise not to be grossed out. 1. Flossing. I even bought…

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Because I can’t bear it

Posted on April 30, 2007

I just can’t begin the week with the vitriol reserved for neighbors and drunk drivers. No, I am taking a stand. I am going to be different. Positive. Sunny. Unabashedly happy. A chest thumping mama armed with a camera and an unrelenting pride in the perfection of her brood. Ah, but you are too wise, this is all simply code for: Picture Post! Behold the magic of glass. In an uncharacteristic show of restraint I am withholding the photos wherein Avery morphs into Sloth of Goonies fame. And yes, that is unshowered me, mouth agape in the reflection. And still she crawls. I am certain she is simply lulling us into a relaxed sense of security, so that when she does walk it’ll be…

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Fresh Sheets, Wet Feet

Posted on April 30, 2007

I think it’s fairly normal to expect a few of your quirks to be passed on to your children. Of course you hope it isn’t the inability to send something back to the kitchen despite raw meat and or the presence of bugs or the unrelenting urge to throttle adults who use baby talk in the workplace (or any situation in which they are not addressing babies), but we really have no control. That fact has not deterred me from trying to cultivate my same fresh sheet loving enthusiasm in the girls. I have tried to get them to look forward to the ritual of stripping the beds and satisfaction of drifting off to sleep in a crisp, clean bed. “Hey! I know, let’s…

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Telling it like it is

Posted on April 27, 2007

This is a post dedicated to not one, not two, but three radiant, insightful, and beloved expectant mommy bloggers. I’d be willing to bet they are getting a “helpful” earful every time they go to the pharmacy or grocery store leave the house. Something about pregnancy and weddings brings out the asshole authority in everyone. They are throwing a party over here. My little way of participating is responding to a request for the best advice and assvice I received while pregnant. As always, a slight mandification. I didn’t get a single piece of bad advice, rather I had a series of awful encounters with people wanting to talk about my pregnancy. They seemed to come in types. There was the: Weight Bully –…

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Jon’s animals

Posted on April 27, 2007

A few weeks ago the girls and I tagged along as Sean ran something out to the farm of a client of his in Washington County, Hebron to be exact. Since then Briar has talked in hushed tones about Jon’s animals. He has cows, sheep, donkeys, chickens a rooster, a barn cat, and 3 border collies. Last night we had a chance to go out and spend some quality time on the farm. It is the kind of place that makes you want to get dirt under your nails and play until the last bit of day has slipped behind the hills. Red seems redderAir smells sweeter.*Views take your breath away.Magic abounds.Dirt gets a second look.Things are seen eye to eye.Friendships are forged with…

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