Archive for the 'Stuff' Category
July 19, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
Given that Mountain Barbie took out my screen, chased a neighbor’s beloved cat, ate my chips and had an accident in the mud room all in one week, it’s a good thing she’s the sweetest thing since honey. Contest today, caption the photo, something short and snazzy, and I’ll draw a few names for [...]
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Yesterday Alpha Man and Oldest headed off to go shopping for the things she’s going to need to move into her dorm at UCLA. About two hours later I get this text from her:
We’re buying a boat. I told Dad no, I need to go to UCLA, but he says Sierra College (the [...]
July 17, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
Mountain Barbie has proven herself aptly named. This week alone, she took out the screen on the sliding door because . . . well, I have no idea. I guess she was in a hurry. She stepped on the cat, by accident. She stuck her big fat head into my chip [...]
Read the Rest »July 16, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
I was sitting on the sand, plotting, working VERY hard (I was so!) when a young mom and her daughter came walking up the beach. The little girl tugged at her diaper and yelled “CHANGE ME!”
The woman looked at me with embarrassment but hey, I wasn’t about to judge. Especially when it reminded [...]
July 15, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
Things to Do:
1. Call Alpha Man and warn him that his children are on borrowed time. When he left this morning we had three. We will not have three when he gets here if he doesn’t get here SOON.
2. Call Social Security and tell them that contrary to their letter, I do exist, and have been paying [...]
July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
This is probably one of those stories I shouldn’t share with you because I know I’m going to get emails asking if I really did this, and yes. I really did this. The other day I was driving along minding my own business, singing loudly and off key to Leona Lewis’s latest. [...]
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