On the left side of the sanity bell curve
Last year’s garden was all that awesome. The soil an idiot at Lowe’s recommended to me was essentially softwood and “wood products” mulch which caused weird deficiencies in the plants and when paired with me planting all of my seedlings too early…well… Eventually the garden got its act together and the plants started to rally;… Continue reading The 2013 Garden Update: Not As Lame As You’re Expecting
There is something extremely annoying about right now at this time. I have good ideas for things, e.g., post topics, kids’ crafts, showering, but once I get serious about doing any of those things, they just take too damn much effort; I’m just too tired. When I’ve told my therapist about this crushing–Yeah. I know.… Continue reading Love Me. Hate Me. Pretending Is Too Damn Exhausting.
The night was most agreeable save for the cacophony of wings from armored bugs which did not realize their time was almost at an end based on the month for which they are named. Taking refuge in the garage, I was greeted by the most massive black and scarlet arachnid my eyes have ever had… Continue reading Nocturnal Companion: The Devil’s Handmaiden
I’m hot. IT IS 85° IN MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW! Yes, I am sweating. Yes, Sophie the Wonder Pit Bull refuses to remove her geriatric self from the tile floor. Yes, everyone is at everyone else’s throats. It is tons of fun up in here. I’ve been so proud of us for not turning the… Continue reading Heat, Camping, Job, Kids/School, Running and Gifs
Whole thing started over the dumb sidewalk chalk I made her. Cara wanted to go draw outside; I was 100% cool with that. I told her to get me a ponytail holder so I could put up her hair. She told me to hold on because she was going to get the chalk. Since she… Continue reading Undefeatable, Prideful Caroline
Know what’s fun? Being woken up by a dog that sounds like she’s about to puke and then screams as she jumps off the bed. Lots of fun, let me tell you; I didn’t go back to sleep. I ushered the old lady out back (She kept her tail tucked the whole time.) and once… Continue reading Almost Lost Sophie This Morning
I volunteered at Cara’s school on Friday for Fantastic Friday–or whatever it’s called–where we [the parents] manned “stations” and the kids rotated through reading, science experiments and crafts. One of the crafts was a sheep made out of Cheerios and melted marshmallows. Basically a strange approximation of a sheep rice krispie treat. Unfortunately, Cara missed that station since she… Continue reading Tucker’s Rice Krispie Chicken Treat Creation
Today is Sophie the Wonder Pit Bulls tenth birthday! I saw this dumb dog be born. I put up with Tucker’s bitching about her when she always chose his clothes to pee in when she was a puppy. Not to mention all of the things she destroyed because she decided to embrace her terrier side… Continue reading Happy Ten Years, Sophie the Wonder Pit Bull!
WARNING! This post contains spoilers, quotes from The Silver Linings Playbook book and I discuss the movie in detail. If you haven’t read the book and/or seen the movie and you don’t want to know what’s gonna happen, I suggest you go read other awesome things I’ve written. For instance, you might check out “My… Continue reading Seven Gripes About the Differences Between The Silver Linings Playbook Book and Movie
Tucker and I dropped the kids off with his folks yesterday. We now have six days of glorious freedom where we get to pretend we’re just 30-something married people with a dog and no kids. Until we happen to find a kid sock somewhere or one of us remembers something cute one of them did.… Continue reading Conversation with Tucker: Desert Island vs Deserted Island and Fabulous Camels [video]
I started The Fault in Our Stars last night. I stayed up until 3 am and finally drifted off to sleep on a wet pillow. Tucker and I have been longtime fans of John Green since we first discovered the YouTube channel he has with his brother Hank. Anyway, I was telling Tucker how I’m… Continue reading Are the Only Good Writers the Writers Whose Work Evolves? Let’s Discuss.
My kids consider any temperature above arctic to be perfect for playing outside and one of their favorite activities is to create epic masterpieces with sidewalk chalk on our driveway. The days have been in the 50s and 60s around here and that means it’s chalk time. The problem we run into is, even when we… Continue reading Make Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
