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WHEN WILL THE DAMAGE BECOME IRREVERSIBLE?
I’ve mentioned before how Mr. DD can be a real asshole when it comes to what I loosely term as “parenting” XBoy. Before I rant about it, I will say that most of the time he’s great. It’s just when he’s...
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HAPPY
Said last night by XBoy while I was tucking him in: ZGirl makes me happy. I can now die happy, but I hope I don’t (just in case you’re listening, karma).
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POTTER, GEORGE, WHATEVER. HE DOESN’T ANSWER TO EITHER.
I thought I would try subscribing to the twitter feeds through google.reader so I can keep up on the oh so funny things you all are saying and not feel like Bucktooth Betty up on the bleachers in my...
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TO MY MOM
My mom will never read this. She doesn’t have a computer much less know what a blog is. Let me tell you a little about her. At three years old, my mom’s mother died in surgery. Ether poisoning. Her...
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MAY ALL YOUR DAYS BE HAGGY
It was not a weekend where I was served waffles with strawberries and whipcream along with a venti cup of mocha with a splash of raspberry nor did we venture out once refreshed from a 10 hour snooze to...
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RING-RING
Don’t you miss the good ole’days when telemarketers were human? It’s not satisfying in the least to hang-up on a souless recording. I mean, where’s the angst as to whether you should hang-up on some...
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JUST TRY TO GUESS WHERE THE TRANSITIONS IN CONVERSATION ARE IN THIS POST
Everyone just needs to stop emailing me and begging for my next post. Here’s a list of those of you who were wondering if I was OK and inquiring as to my writing schedule: ______ Yeeaahhhh. OK, so...
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THE COBRA STRIKES
After a couple of weeks wondering do we or don’t we, I received a letter confirming that we would qualify for the COBRA subsidy. This is where you can go ahead and move to the next blog in your feed...
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THE PRINCESS AND THE DUDE IN THE WIFE BEATER
This is our house (pix from two years ago, before our “yard” was in). I think it’s rather nifty. It sits smackdab in the middle of 10 acres (OK, a bit towards the southern property line, just in case...
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THE LITTLE BLUE SHED
Mr. DD is the hardest working person I know. Bar none, as the saying goes. Yes, I have (and will continue to do so) complained about his inability to shut cabinet drawers and doors; wring out a dish...
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TWELVE
Yes, this was me. 12 years ago today. Yes, this was intentional. If you knew how thin and fine my hair is, you’d realize that this is nothing short of a godalmighty miracle, getting my hair to look...
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WHO’S THE BOSS?
What XBoy said: Today dad’s the boss since it’s Father’s Day. What I heard: Mom is the boss the other 364 days, so let’s give dad a pity day.
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THE PERFECT BABY SHOWER GIFT WHEN YOU HATE BABY SHOWERS
If you are like me, you dread shopping for baby gifts. However, unless you have absolutely no fertile friends, nieces, cousins, sisters, etc…which I would then say you have lucked out by becoming a...
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RACING EBAY VAN TO SPECIALIST FOR ADHD
I’ve been pretty irritated with my husband lately. Actually just on the weekends. He’s been racing* every weekend for the past 4, which goes against what I thought we had agreed to when racing*season...
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ROCKET MAN – I THINK IT’S GONNA BE A LONG, LONG TIME
When XBoy was a newborn, we couldn’t wait to see what every week would bring as far as his developmental milestones go. I kept the book given to us by our pediatrician about what to expect each month...
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HE LEFT ME
He left me Friday afternoon. He finished work early, packed and drove away. Mr. DD left us to take his dad to Boston to see family, and we sorely miss him. My phone has gone kaput on me, probably due...
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MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED
There are days that I get so angry and worked up, I can barely complete a simple task *. I am angry that I have to consider a job opportunity 30 miles away. Maybe not a big deal to you city dwellers...
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IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE (UNLESS YOU’RE TRYING TO GIVE AWAY YOUR...
I threw out a couple pairs of shoes the other day. One pair was XBoy’s that he wore into the ground over a year ago, literally since there are holes in each heel and toes. The other pair, some...
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SHRINKING VIOLET? I WISH!
Between my last miscarriage and the time we waited to be matched to a donor, I threw myself into the new landscaping around the house. Breaking a sweat alongside one of my sisters who was suckered into...
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NINE
It’s getting late and I’m crazy-ass tired and yet - I am compelled to post. Let’s keep it brief and get to the points I wish to cover, shall we? 1 – My MIL wasn’t able to get around very well this...
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