On the left side of the sanity bell curve
I have lots of feels tonight, people so you’re basically going to serve as my best-friend/therapist/sounding board/something. Just listen. Err…read. And if you’re feeling all TL:DR, you can get to the main point by clicking here. This is a rather long, ranty, gif filled post of awesome but I know some of you can’t handle… Continue reading It’s Not OK To Let Your Dog Run Loose and You’re an Asshole If You Do
This year’s garden had three unexpected residents: crooked neck squash. I like squash just fine (sautéed in bacon grease with onions, thankyouverymuch) but Cara and Ollie hadn’t ever been exposed to the vegetable. This was a “teaching moment” and the kids would grow to love the bumpy, funny shaped, yummy, yellow things. Little problem though.… Continue reading You’re Now Part of the Inner Squash Thing Circle
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 make a concerted effort to ensure I warn our kids about changes to a normal routine. If we’re going to have to change the way something goes, I’m going to warn these two about the change so many times they end up rolling their eyes because I’ve warned them so many times. We were going to… Continue reading Obviously She Thought I Was Beating Our Son
All of Cara’s permission slips are due for her field trip[link] tomorrow so today was Errand Day. The way things work when we get ready to leave the house is I make sure Ollie’s gone to the bathroom, I make sure he’s put his pants back on, I grab my phone, I make sure our bathroom… Continue reading Sophie the Pit Bull Ate a Box of Chicken Juice
Remember when I wrote that post about being obsessed with gardening and I even made a spanking new category especially for the new obsession? Wondering why I’ve only posted four things since I announced the new category? Um…well…everything died. How’s that for sucktastic? I’m not exactly sure what happened though I highly suspect it had… Continue reading Garden Redux, Yo
What happens when I miss a dose of my meds and then take them earlier than normal? I stay up and am productive and schedule posts on Sims 3 Gamer for the next three weeks. Yay for productivity! However, as I’m writing this, it’s after 1100 and Cara is in our bed after an EPIC… Continue reading Spiderman Dancing to Numa Numa Song or When Cara and Tucker Should Have Been Asleep
I called Tucker’s cell today to beg him to save me from Oliver. I’m not joking. In case you don’t know, Ollie’s three. I called my husband to save me from my three year old because I was tired of being slapped in the face, punched in the back and screamed at. Tucker didn’t answer… Continue reading I Was Scared of My Three Year Old Today
The whole thing started with me talking to Heather about something or other on Skype which led me to this post about awesome stuffed pork chops which then led me to this post about not cleaning up enough–shocker!–which then led me to this post about self-doubt and writing and all the fun stuff that comes… Continue reading Writers Are Like Power Ninjas!
Tucker is a courteous guy. He calls when he’s going to be late; I can always count on him to be home by at least 1700. He makes an effort to keep to a loose schedule and is somewhat predictable in his routine. A couple of weeks ago, Tucker didn’t call and as the minutes… Continue reading The Night I Thought Tucker was Dead
The screaming and fit throwing started at 0600 with Ollie losing his shit because I dared to cut his peanut butter and jelly toast into four pieces instead of leaving it “big.” Then his sister stumbled into the living room and she lost it for some other reason. Tucker intervened and turned a bit scary.… Continue reading We’re Not Sure What To Do and the Kids are Driving Us Crazy!
This isn’t a resolution post. Think of this as a “something myself and a lot of other people should already be doing but we’re too damn jaded and it’s too damn easy to just be assholes” reminder. Note: this is NOT a meme. However, if you’d like to link back here and/or link to this… Continue reading Let’s Be Nice
