Monthly Archives: November 2007
Goodbye, November! I Gotta Get a Move On…
In an email I sent to my Uncle listing possible things he could get my son for Christmas (hey, he ASKED, I don’t just make up lists and send them out to people), I told him: “Anything NOT Star Wars … Continue reading
Filed under Christmas, humor, LEGOs, life, Magic Wallet
Spanish on T.V.
A commercial came on T.V. the other day. It was for Muzzy, the award winning language program that claims to teach young children how to speak a foreign language. In the commercial, the two children mesmerized by the Muzzy program … Continue reading
Like a Drug
Nearly 24 hours later and I am still floating off the high that comes from visiting with best old friends. These friends of ours, they used to live next door to us. This was in our newly married stage, pre-kids, … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving, I don’t like you. I’m sorry, but it’s true. I used to like you quite a lot, but I was younger then, and more easily impressed. When I was young my parents used to load my brother and I … Continue reading
Filed under life, Thanksgiving
“Good Morning… No!”
I spent the morning telling Snags “No!” No, you can’t wear your red Spiderman robe to school over your clothes so you can “look like Santa Claus”. No, because a robe goes with pajamas so it’s considered pajamas and you … Continue reading
The Horses Wore Blankets
I was planning to go running yesterday morning, but then, when my alarm clock went off at 5:30 a.m., I laughed and mumbled to myself something like “no friggin’ way,” and I went back to sleep thinking maybe I’d run … Continue reading
Christmas is Coming, the Goose is Getting Fat
And by Goose I mean me. Boy do I hate the weeks between Halloween and Christmas. I’ve read all the advice, how not to gain that average 5 pounds or so, but you’re reading the writing of a woman who … Continue reading
Lemon Pie
I don’t recall exactly where I came across this Mock Apple Pie recipe, but I do remember that at the exact moment I finished reading it I thought, “Oh yuck!” Then I contemplated why anyone in the world would want … Continue reading
Filed under breakfast, humor life, lemon pie, mock apple pie, recipes, Ritz Cracker Pie
How NOT to Make a Sale (Part 1 of the Carpet Chronicles)
Our dog, Pee Pee* has been finding her way around the gate we set up to keep her confined to the kitchen and out of our family room while we are away from home. She’s 12 years old and on a … Continue reading
Things He Thinks About
Do you remember those commericials that went something like “It’s 10:00 p.m. Do you know where your children are?” Well, my son is six, so I pretty much ALWAYS know where he is. If I can’t see him I can hear him. … Continue reading
Filed under humor, life, Snags, thinking out loud, thoughts
