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Go Read It Today, Thursday, April 12, 2007
Toy recall: Small World Wood Puzzles for choking hazard. FYI. This is very sad news. Always go with your heart. Go throw her some beads. Of course, this wouldn’t be discovered when spelling something like C-A-N-D-Y. “I will try to make my purchases more “Eleven friendly” in the future.” (And I had so much fun…
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A peek into my innermost, darkest, deepest soul. (Hint: It gets Jiggy in there.)
I rarely get asked to participate in memes, and it is just as well since I really cannot handle the pressure. There’s a music one going around right now, and Janet and Soccer Dad nicely tagged me with it. (And yes, Janet, I know it was a long time ago!) Here’s the problem I’ve been…
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Go Read It Today, Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Wow, what a beautiful birth story. “Ten Reasons Why It Is Theologically Unsound To Insist That Everyone With A Used Uterus Goes To Heaven.” “Maybe testosterone can produce more than genitals that are outies instead of innies.” I just stick my fingers in my ears when I hear talk of teen dating, but head over…
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Fun for all the kids together. With minimal fighting. Really, I'm not making this up.
My mom gave the boys these amazing magnety-things called Magna-Tiles for Easter. All three of them (2, 4 and 5 years old) spent the better part of the afternoon playing with them together. That right there means the toy’s creator should get some sort of award in my book. (Look very carefully to the right…
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Go Read It Today, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
OK, who has the crown? Please mail it to Jessica — it’s her turn this week. Congratulations! I wonder if the fact that the boy in this story is eleven is what is causing the problem? Maybe the laws cover older kids? Either way, it is a terribly sad situation. A botched massage? How disappointing!…
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Teachers vs. Parents. Let the sharing begin. "Hear me crying, Kumbayah!"
Robbie tends to give me the lowdown on everything going on with his friends at school, his teachers, and the classroom. For instance, he just told me that one of his teachers has a new coffee cup. He went into great detail about how it has some straight lines and some CURVY lines — ‘curvy’…
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Go Read It Today, Monday, April 9, 2007
A lovely travelogue. I see gold lamé in someone’s future! “But once the pain has passed into a dull ache, you realize you need mementos of that time.” I have no desire to “Meet the Robinsons” because one of their PR folks spammed me all the time about the movie, but this is a much…
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Yawn, sleepy Sunday…
I spent three hours yesterday morning getting my hair “done,” but I am still too spaced out from the chemicals to show you all the pictures I have. Suffice to say, that I like the way it turned out and I’ll get you the pictures on Monday! (Hint: you can see a sneak-preview in the…
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Go Read It Today, Sunday, April 8, 2007
Happy Easter “stop lukin i’s layin mah eggz” I don’t know, sounds pretty creative to me! I’m going to Alabama in my mind.
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Go Read It Today, Saturday, April 7, 2007
Product recall: Disney Princess Easter Baskets. If you’re going to boil up a mess of eggs today like I am, give Kalyn’s tips a try. Oh, and duh, don’t give pet turtles to your kids. What a sweet photo. Amanda Congdon frightens me. Is she cool? Hip? Not insane? I couldn’t even get to the…
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Go Read It Today, Friday, April 6, 2007
Food recalls: Pet treats, and more pet treats. Way to GO, One SMART, MOTIVATED Mother!! I voted, more specifically, for the color of funky, nasty, dried ketchup. “Light beer is not for me.” That’s some heavy dues for a 4 year old… Today’s Cry, Cry Again post involves a tie clip and handmade book. Hmmm,…
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Watch out for my MAN HANDS! For they are coming to get you! AARRRGH!
When I dropped Mike off at school, he pulled a green bead necklace out of his cubby. He put it on me and told me to show it to all my friends. So there you go, friends. Oh, ignore the ENORMOUS hand, but yes, in reality I am that orange.
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What's next? A combination rave and proctological exam? Star-gazing and a pap smear?
I finally got around to scheduling an eye exam so I can replace my horribly scratched lenses, and I decided to get all tricky and use the online appointment request service on the clinic’s web site. I filled it all out in the morning (plus another one for a baseline mammogram because I’m old) and…
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Go Read It Today, Thursday, April 5, 2007
“My husband doesn’t know about my blog.” Go wish the bionic kitty well! “Right before I scratched my butt.” HA! Spoiler: Deels survives. Thank you Amalah for my new favorite site. This post gave me a stroke. A pretty good update with more to come. I’m getting my new haircut and highlights on Saturday, but…
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Google to the rescue! Because spiders… who knew?
I’m in the living room working on my laptop, and I hear Robbie and Mike arguing in the background. I’m pretty much tuning it out until I hear “NO, a spider has 6 legs!” “NO, 8 legs!” And so on. So I quickly type “how many legs do spiders have” into the search box and…
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Go Read It Today, Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Product recalls: Lead in keychains, lead in children’s bracelets. Just don’t buy this crap, OK? It appears to always contain lead. Check this sweet photo that just screams “love.” The best weddings are the ones where the couples really love each other. And now some sweet mom love. I love those talks too. Yeah, that…
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I need a new hairstyle. What do you think of this?
I’m hoping to avoid the sultry pout the model is sporting, but in a pinch I could pull it off if necessary. It looks like minimal styling nonsense in the morning, and that’s a big deal for me. I’m also going to get a bunch of highlights, and that combined with this style might look…
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Go Read It Today, Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Product recalls: Pet food, and more pet food. Medical news: More data supports not giving cold and cough meds to kids under 2. Interesting new breast cancer prognosis test. I’m breaking with tradition for this first link and sending you over to an entire blog, not one specific post. There’s a blog out there that…
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Does the show "Angel" get any better? Is it worth my time?
We’re currently catching up on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” on Netflix and LOVING it. We’re up to the beginning of Season 5 and they made some references to Buffy visiting Angel in LA, Cordelia working for him, and a few other things. So I decided to get the first disc of the spinoff “Angel.” We’ve…
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Go Read It Today, Monday, April 2, 2007
MamaLoves, unlike ME, was able to find her prom pictures. A limo for 14? That party was rockin’. Another convert! Ah yes, kahlua. Truly a hard argument to mediate! Another FlyLady dropout — cool with me, though, because I think the flylady is nuts.
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Is April Fool's day going to last all day long? Because I don't think I can keep laughing until bedtime.
The boys were watching Nick Jr. and they said something about April Fool’s Day. So of course, they wondered what the April Fool was going to bring them today! After I cleared that little misconception up, I told them that they were the ones to do the fooling. I suggested they go say good morning…