On the left side of the sanity bell curve
When I was in college, my wisdom teeth started bothering me. Despite how loud I can be, I actually have a small mouth and my teeth are more crowded than a car full of clowns right before the big reveal. I knew the teeth would have to come out; all of my friends had theirs… Continue reading Traumatic Dentist Appointment and a Loving Husband
When I was younger, my mom threatened to throw away all of the stuff that was left on the floor in my room. This happened a couple of times and one time she actually tossed the stuff. A few other times, she just bagged the stuff up and scared the crap out of me. While… Continue reading Cleaning the Kids’ Rooms
After getting surgeried, I took my pain meds like a good surgeried person. As one does. Unfortunately, the first prescription wasn’t enough and I had to call and get more. I was quite disappointed in myself. The pain’s gotten a lot better (It was mostly a gross ache, anyway.), I quit taking the meds and… Continue reading Wherein I Beat On Tucker and Had a Painful, Bad Day
Friday I had my first major panic attack complete with cold sweats, racing heart rate and general freaking the hell out. When I had my emergency induction with Cara back in ’06, a nurse with about as much skill with a needle as a lobotomized polar bear on crack (LPBoC) shoved an IV into the… Continue reading My Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Story…Complete with Gifs!
Remember when I wrote that post about “getting shocked tomorrow?” Yeah, I forgot about it, too. And forgot to respond to Julie’s comment. Because I suck. Sorry, Julie. Anywho. I’ll get to the hand thing here in a sec but first I want to talk about the raging headache I’ve had all day. I’m talking… Continue reading Surgery Tomorrow
What’s pretty sad is I just now realized I haven’t talked about the Owlsome Readers program that’s currently in full swing at Cara and Ollie’s school. The reason this is so sad? I’m the Publicity Chair/Coordinator for the whole shebang. Dang it! Here’s a snippet (which I wrote) of the official press release for the program:… Continue reading 37 First Grader Books For Valentine’s Day
I’ve mentioned before that I have been making cookies. A lot of cookies. I perfected an awesome shortbreadish recipe and fell in love. And then came the awesome brownie cookie recipe. The dough tastes like a Tootsie Roll and the finished product? Chewy, chocolaty awesomeness…and I don’t even like chocolate. After that, I created an Orange-Cardamom shortbreadish cookie… Continue reading Recipe: Blueberry-Orange Shortbread Roll-Out Cookie
Have you ever had a friend ask you to read their book and get maybe just a twinge of dread? No? Just me? Liar. It’s not that I necessarily expect the book to suck. My writer friends are pretty awesome writers so I expect what they send me to be at least decent. Maybe even awesome. But that dread?… Continue reading Aloha Also Means Goodbye Book Review
This New Year cleaning resolution tips post is brought to you by as part of a Type-A Parent Community Sponsored Post. Well, maybe these aren’t so much resolutions as they are a (somewhat) well-formulated plan of attack (PoA). A New Year’s resolution just seems like something you except to break. Everyone makes them. No one… Continue reading 3 New Year’s Cleaning Resolutions
Like shocked-shocked. Literally. With electricity. I’m not down for the shock thing. Ever. No, I do not want to put my tongue across your battery. (That’s not a euphemism though it totally should be.) Once is enough for me, thanks. That hot wire around your pasture? I am not touching it to see if it’s hot. Feel… Continue reading I’m Getting Shocked Tomorrow
A few months ago I got on a cookie making kick. My experience in cookie making up to that point was basically…welp, I had no experience. I also didn’t know how to make royal icing or even what goes into making royal icing. Piping bags made me shudder and why would you want to frost… Continue reading I Made a Fancy Cake and MMF (Marshmallow Fondant) Recipe
One morning, when I was 14, I was quite rudely awakened by a knife in my stomach. At least that’s what it felt like. I don’t know how long I laid on the tiny, black and white tiles in my bathroom with nothing on but my birthday suit and just sweat. Buckets and buckets of… Continue reading That One Time I (Kinda) Had Cancer
