Today was, well, interesting... Every year since the kids were about 3, we've gone to the Reno Balloon Races. We drag everybody out of bed before the sun comes up, drive down to a big park with a bunch of freakishly perky people, walk around in the dark, and freeze while we watch close to [...]
The Walk Not Taken
August 4, 2012 – Posted in: Jasper, Sundays in My City, Worst Mom RandomnessSo this morning, Jasper and I get up before everybody else, as usual, and decide to go for a walk before the blistering heat sets in (Do you like how I make it sound like Jasper actually has some kind of say in all of this? Soon I'll start writing posts from his perspective and [...]
When Microwaves, Swings, and Puppies Attack
May 20, 2012 – Posted in: Accidents, Dogs, Elfie, Jasper, Newt, Sundays in My CityThe last few days have been a little crazy, so I'm just going to throw it all into one big mishmash update.• The microwave is home. A very nice man named Steve took it back to his workshop. He fixed it up there, and he brought it back here (just like the Grinch, only he [...]
Happiness is a Banana Pancake
April 22, 2012 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Food, Sundays in My City, Things To Do with Kids, Worst Mom RecipesSo I can't cook. Actually, that's not entirely true. I'm really just out of practice. This is all the fault of my husband who took over the cooking about fifteen-ish years ago. The better he got, the less I did. Now he's become one of those people who can even look into the refrigerator of [...]
The Artist Presently Known as Newt
October 23, 2011 – Posted in: Crazy Tammy, Elfie, Homework, Newt, Personal Insanity, School, Sundays in My City, The Kids are Killing Me, WritingSunday started out so well. The kids and I slept in (my husband’s working -- lately it feels like that’s all he does). The kids ate dry cereal for breakfast so I didn’t even have to make anything. And I read the paper while they read books. It was dreamy.Photo by PartlySunnyThen I gave them [...]
At Least It’s Not Macaroni
October 16, 2011 – Posted in: Elfie, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Sundays in My City, Worst Mom RandomnessPhoto by PartlySunnyThis is my latest "happy" thing to do -- a meme through Unknown Mami called "Sundays In My City." Fairly self-explanatory. I like this because even though I'm capable of taking pretty nice photos, I've decided not to put any artsy-fartsy, perfectionist pressure on myself when it comes to this. In fact, both [...]
Please Curb Your Horse
October 9, 2011 – Posted in: Nevada, Reno, Sundays in My City, Worst Mom RandomnessYou always hear about people being ticked off about dogs crapping on their lawns or on the sidewalks. And they should be ticked off. If you're a dog owner, you shouldn't be an asshole and leave a big pile for someone to step in. But if you live where I live, that whole problem kind [...]
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