what i tell people is that i’m a wee bit of a hypochondriac. what i am, actually, is fucking bat-shit crazy. stomach ache? ulcer. arm hurts? heart attack. headache? brain tumor. lower abdominal pain? ectopic pregnancy. rash? lupus. stiff neck? meningitis fingers hurting? arthritis. so, as soon as i started having problems with my eyes again…i [...]
sometimes there just are no words and if you’re dying to know where we were coming home from, check out my post on Fabulous today. I took Emily on a special date to have dinner with an old school friend.
As long as there will be children’s television programming, there will be the parental eternal questions… …why is Caillou bald?? seriously…his 2-year-old sister Rosie has a full head of hair! …why did they make Dora’s dad look like a serious pedophile? …where the hell are Max and Ruby’s parents? there’s bunny scout leader and grandma…but [...]
  the day will end in one of two ways. either i will be getting myself a brand-spanking new monitor, or i will be having a seizure. my job sure is fun… (i’m now wondering if my wonky screenshot of my wonky computer screen only looks wonky to me….please let me know…) (damnit to [...]
Rainy sundays are tough. no wonderland. no park. no swimming at Jack and Ilana’s. it’s hard on the kids and it’s hard on us. sunday morning started with a mini-mother’s day of sorts (no, i didn’t get a sleep-in) – the husband took Josh and Bella grocery shopping while i took Emily to ballet. i [...]
haley-o and i always talk about how our readers are so different. sure, there are a few overlaps, but for the most part, she has her readers and i have mine. which is great – because i love all of you guys – but surprising, since she and i fancy ourselves a lot alike. sure, [...]
could also be called project: no more babies we have this room in our basement. the furnace room. it’s a huge room that begs to be used for storage. it has our furnace, sure, and our tools (well, the husbands tools since the only one i use in the screwdriver…and that always seems to be [...]
today is my birthday. the big 2-9. my mom called last night to wish me a happy birthday early, which, at first i thought was kinda rude…since she went on and on and on about how she couldn’t call me because she was going to be in meetings all day on my actual birthday…but then [...]
my internet is super slooooooooooooooooooooooooow. has been the entire weekend. which means i’ve been, well, unplugged. no work, no email, no blogs, nothing. it’s so frustrating when you are watching a movie (the break-up) with a friend (tova) and you and discussing the guy that dresses like a Jcrew model and you remember that he was [...]
edits below!! with video! i feel like Cartman this morning. i need a Wii. must. have. Wii. you see, the thing that i’ve always hated about the xbox is that, with the exception of Guitar Hero II, there really aren’t any games i like to play. i’m not into the racing games (sorry, Fry!) and [...]
there are stoners everywhere in the entertainment world. there are the real-life stoners (like Lindsay Lohan and Robert Downey Jr. – i know, random, right? they were just the first that came to mind). there are the tv stoners (like everyone on that 70′s show and scooby and shaggy). there are the closeted tv stoners. [...]
my gym is inside of a mall. i realized early on that this was both good and bad. good because i can run those little errands, such as visiting my favorite tailor (short people have favorite tailors, of course), or picking up diapers. bad because malls are too dangerous. putting me in a mall is like [...]
sir josh is FINALLY tall enough to get a blue wristband. which means that he’s finally tall enough to go on the ghoster coaster. poor thing. but, this year was his year. we were having company for dinner and we had time for one more ride for each kid. of course, they each picked this [...]
mother’s day, my anniversary and my birthday always fall within the same two-week span. i’ve made the husband promise – from day one – that each one needs to be celebrated seperately. this year, all i wanted for Mother’s Day was to sleep late. not until 7:30. or even 8. i wanted at least a [...]
Isabella is in love. with a bunny in our backyard. it doesn’t belong to us, of course, but it usually makes at least one appearance each day. and Isabella spends about 95% of her day standing up on our couch, looking out the window. “Rabbit! whe’are you? I find you! rabbit?” (ps. the way she combines [...]
i was all set to hit publish on the thursday thirteen that i worked really hard on last night while i almost died of heat exhaustion. (can someone tell my husband that it’s time to turn on the air conditioning? we all have things that we do because our parents do them. try as we [...]
my husband makes fun of many things that i do. the way i throw my entire head back to swallow one little pill. the way i leave every light in the house on, all the time. the way i lay down in bed at 8:00pm at night and can fall asleep for the night, mid-sentence. [...]
so last night i did laundry with Ed Burns. in my sweats. in a laundromat. and we were speaking Dutch (isn’t that veerd?). i so wish i was kidding. i wish i could tell you that when i dream about a guy who looks like this it’s all hot and steamy. i assure you…there was [...]
three different kids. three different sizes. three different brands. three different tastes. we are officially set for summer. oh, well, that is, everyone except for me. check out my personal shoe dilemma over at Fabulous. Houston, we have a problem. everyone’s been noticing that in the last couple week Isabella’s hair sprouting has gone into [...]
Isabella wants to share something with you. and no…it’s not the hair she’s finally started sprouting. and it’s not the pajamas she picked out herself. she did a pretty good job, though, i must say… but y’all are going to have to wait one gosh-darn second. she’s busy taking apart her mom’s old wallet. it’s [...]
 There were way too many to choose from. These are only some of my favorites….there are many, many more!! GI Joe, She-ra, Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake…i could go on and on and on…but i won’t….i’ll only give you 13 1. Butters 2. Quagmire 3. Speed Racer 4. Angelica Pickles 5. Spongebob Squarepants 6. Eric [...]
first i saw it over at flip-flop’s, then over at fina’drea‘s and then over at Beck’s. it seems that i’m a little late to the game. it’s spreading like Lindsay Lohan’s legs. Stephanie over at Adventures in Babywearing is giving all of us bloggers the challenge of all challenges. posting a photo of ourselves…without makeup. this is [...]
recently, i bumped into a friend that i hadn’t seen in ages. probably, guessing by the size of her stomach, roughly 6 or 7 months. while staring straight at her belly, the first thing out of my mouth, because i’m ever-so-classy was: “Wow. apparently, i haven’t seen you in ages!” *crickets* *crickets* oh, fuck. red alert! not [...]
