We all knew what was coming at the end.  The story was always the same.  There might be a few who didn't know the true ending, but the effect would be the same for all of us.

 We listened.  John always tells the story in the most realistic way, even if… Read full post »

Breakfast With Tiffany

OpenSalon would not open this morning and I was panicked!  ACK!  It's so good to see you back up pretty, pretty OS.

I have a link:   http://cookiemonk.blogspot.com/2009/03/funny-weird-funny-ha-ha.html

It's me, at my home place.  Please read if you'd like.  … Read full post »

They changed the vitamins.  The ones I should have, technically, been taking for the last 4 years.  Stopping when Wednesday was about 9 months old seemed alright, though.

So at my last appointment my doctor informed me they added DHA to the pre-natals.  This sounds great!  … Read full post »

One Home with many changes.

Two

Floors were painted and sealed.

Vinegar took away the smell,

but not the wish that we had chosen a better strangers

for the job.

A new big boy bed arrived, with Family Dollar sheets,

the night after the A/C started to leak… Read full post »

There will be writing tomorrow...

Hi, guys.  I've missed you!  Read full post »

Greece in a bubble is where I live.

There's lots of feta cheese there as well.

And when I get tired of Greek and Lebanese,

I can slide down the Grease wishing well.

The grease in there is meant for frying,

and when times get to be too trying,

I can… Read full post »

If in Spain,

there on the plain,

we were to witness

the Super Insane

Cylindrical Rain,

Henry Higgins

would no longer reign

on this Supreme

Pizza.

Instead,

he would wander through Spain,

across the soggy plain,

pondering the Insane,

while the rain

ran down the cylinders.

And Eliza would complain… Read full post »

We can't find the outside kitten.  I'm not sure he's actually a kitten anymore, but he's one of the babies we took in last year.  I chose him, from the litter, to be ours.  The fat one chose us, and the orange one became ours by default.  But I need for Goldie… Read full post »

Thursdays are "special snack" day at my son's pre-school.  The children take turns bringing goodies from home, and I always try to make Winston's correspond to something they're learning in class.  "W" is their letter for this week, and it took some time to come up with something acceptable… Read full post »

We all knew what was coming at the end.  The story was always the same.  There might be a few who didn't know the true ending, but the effect would be the same for all of us.

 We listened.  John always tells the story in the most realistic way, even if… Read full post »

Every night before my oldest goes to sleep he requires music.  Usually his Papa has this responsibility, and has taken it upon himself to school Winston in the music of The Beatles, The Pixies, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Leon Russel, and many others. 

Last night, with Papa not feeling so hot,… Read full post »

10 things to love about THIS Wednesday.  Which also happens to be the day after Epiphany.

1. Finding the cayenne pepper in my purse, left there from making cheeseballs for my brother in LA.
2. Making a salad for lunch with homemade (buttermilk) fried chicken pieces on top. 
3. Smelling the
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 Half of the Front

• Picture of me and the boys on the beach when Wednesday was 6 mo. old
• Picture of hubby in High School
• Drawings my Dad did with Winston
• Random artwork by the boys
• Blue Man Group Magnet bought at The Luxor after their show
• Upside
… Read full post »

I'm just not really feeling the whole "complete composition" form of writing this morning. Random, but mildly coherent seems more appropriate, so I'm sticking with that. Good Morning, by the way! Today is The Mr. first day back at work, and Winston should have started school again, but he's going to… Read full post »

Wouldn't it be funny to put all the eyeball avatars together and make pairs? 

 My thought for the day.  There has been no puking from my children so we'll let it be a success.

Happy Sunday. Read full post »

I finally met her on New Year's Eve morning.  She and her boyfriend, after attending a debutante ball in Mississippi, slept at my parents house.  As the only female member of my brother's band, and girlfriend of the lead singer, I've wanted to befriend her since I first saw her picture.&nbs… Read full post »

Monkey girl played the saxophone.

 But what she desired was a banana phone.

She traded her horn one day after school,

and harboring fantasies of The Golden Rule,

called her boyfriend first things first

(and her mother next so she wouldn't curse).

"I got me a freakin banana phone! … Read full post »

1.  I've taken one puff off of one cigarette.  It was the only time I impressed my childhood, heavy smoking, former friend.

2.  I sleep with my hand on my stomach.  It started when I was pregnant, protecting the babies, but now I have to do it to fall asleep.

3. … Read full post »

 I was behind on everything this year.  There just wasn't any pressure to get things accopmlished.  Cheeseballs and fudge (thanks Paula Deen!) were finally conceived on the 23rd.  I have a slight cheeseball addiction: rice crispies, cayenne pepper, shredded ch… Read full post »

Words are inadequate.  I had no idea, when I first piece was posted here, what waited for me when I chanced to stick my toe in.  Now I write here more than my own place because the collective heart that beats here is so strong that my words almost always feel… Read full post »

Dear Left Tonsil,

 You and I, I'm afraid, can no longer be friends.  I realize this will be a difficult relationship to break off, seeing as how you live in my mouth/throat, but we must part ways.

When I left my parents house I thought maybe you and I had made… Read full post »

My first job after marriage was not glamorous by any means.  I was the toddler teacher for the afternoon shift at the Kindercare close to my MIL's house, where we were living at the time.  While I could totally rock some serious toddler tail now, I was terrified then.  All of… Read full post »

These are from October.  They were playing dress-up in their new jammies.  Funny boys. 

Batman, with a mask he stole off of one of the white pumpkins behind him.  It was Martha Stewart's idea, don't look at me!

His parnter in crime, Handy Manny; sporting hi… Read full post »