Archive for May, 2006

This show cracks me up. Bill and I always debate about Allison’s husband. His endless patience regarding her pesky dreams, un-Godly work hours, penchant for booze, and constant sloughing her mommy duties onto him. I’m in love with the guy (Allison’s husband).  Never has a man been so tolerant of his wife’s insanity.  We all [...]

Yeah, It’s hot, the kids are on the four-six hours at the pool schedule and I couldn’t be happier. Lest you think I’m lounging, sipping tall, cool ones, stop it. The kids aren’t old enough or strong enough swimmers to allow for that type of relaxation.  But they’re happy and occupied, physically active for prolonged [...]

The father of one of Jake and Beth’s classmates is in Iraq. He locates and disables roadside bombs. Can you imagine that?  What a bad day means to him? He had two weeks leave and spent as much time at the school as possible before going back. I almost cried when I saw him. This [...]

Thirteen years ago I met my husband at Preakness. Actually it was a few hours before that.  My friend who I was teaching with in MD invited half her town to Preakness and one of the guys was Bill. My, what a day. We were patrons of the in-field.  Who would want to be anywhere [...]

Well, I have to say that although I don’t dress ready for my close-up in STAR magazine, I am aware of the trends. Though I don’t dress what would be classified as “nice,” I’m not stuck in another era either.  I just don’t spend the money among other reasons. Now having just claimed not to [...]

We have one.  The most comfortable mattress on the planet.  And I’d know.  On a given night I might be in three beds or a couch. And I feel guilty. Not so much because I have kids who call out in the night (responding by snuggling in with them renders me a “lax mom” in some [...]

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any germ phobias.  For instance, any of you cats out there open public bathroom doors with a paper towel?  How about using a paper towel to turn on the faucet and shut it back off before using a fresh one to open the door?  My personal gross [...]

I like that show… Though I’m disturbed by the open marriage thing.  It can’t work.  Even if it goes smoothly for a month, a year, ten…at some point one spouse is going to get ticked that the other’s seeing someone better looking, nude. And Lawyer guy?  Can’t stand him. But I love the show. The [...]

This is a very risky post for me…don’t hate me because I couldn’t resist… courtesy of Dlisted This post here, and that site is not for people with much sense–yes I frequent it. And yes Bill would confirm my lack of sense. I feel like I should do another post just so this isn’t the [...]

Check out Rob’s site to see what I’ve won. Oh alright, I’ll tell you. He was looking for a title for his second book and he picked mine. Unfortunately, his editor came up with the fantastic one he’s actually going to use, but I won as far as his blog competition went.  Yay me!