So my son, Newt, does this thing where he'll say something and then repeat it under his breath. It pretty much annoys the hell out of me, but I can't really get too ticked off because I know exactly why he does it. Why do I know exactly why he does it? Because I do [...]
Sorry for the radio silence (or or internet silence -- whatever they call it in blogging). I'm not dead. Although over the last week, there were a couple of times I sorta kinda wished I was. Ah chronic pain. Where would I be without you... Anyway, I thought I should catch everyone up on some [...]
We took the kids to the Reno Rodeo for the first time this week. I think subconsciously, I've been avoiding it. I have childhood memories of being really stressed out about watching the animals get thrown around and choked with ropes. This could have something to do with the fact that prior to the "fun" [...]
Every once in a while, your kid says something that lets you know you're not totally screwing it up. We were watching TV tonight, and mine said, in sort of a "Wow, would you check out the view from the top of this Mount Everest place" voice:"I love this commercial. It makes me feel like [...]
All I have to say is, it's a good thing I have a decent sense of humor. Take this morning, for example. I'm currently sort of laughing about how my husband left the dog kennel open and let the puppy escape unnoticed to wake up the boy at 5 a.m., "do his business" on the [...]
The 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 [...]
Ah, Mother's Day. You started out so well. Jasper, the puppy, miraculously slept most of the night. Tenzin, the husband, got up with the dog and let me sleep in. Then around 8:30, Elfie, the 7-year-old, brought me breakfast in bed. True, Tenzin made French toast with expired eggs and there's a 50/50 chance I'll [...]
Tonight, the kids and I sat around the table and cried over a lemon bundt cake. A year ago, we had to put down our dog, Uno. The anniversary was actually yesterday, but we missed it (I blame the Ugly Dog incident). It was Elfie's idea to get the lemon cake. Uno loved cake. Actually, [...]
By Partly SunnyThis, is Ugly Dog.Ugly Dog was the source of great pain, anguish, exhaustion, stress, and confusion today when we couldn't find him in our friends' cabin at Lake Tahoe. After a lovely day of climate-change sledding (we didn't get very much snow this year, so there was a bunch of mud and rocks), [...]
So my husband's in the bathroom this morning, and I hear my son yelling something to him through the door. It was like watching a bad game of telephone.Husband: What?Son: Are you plopping down a stool? (The boy has always had eccentric language skills.)Husband: What?!Son: Are you plopping down a stool?!Husband: WHAT!?!Daughter: HE SAID . . [...]
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