1. raging.
    You *may* have heard of this guy. and you *may* have heard of a little book of his that is hitting bookstores very, very soon (in 26 days). and somehow I got lucky enough to score myself an advance review copy. or maybe I begged him to send me a copy. I’ll never tell. But [...]
    Filed in the bloggers | 08-Jul-09 | 14 comments
  2. It all started with a tweet.
    and then, before I knew it, I was on my way to Indiana to March for Maddie with two lovely lovely ladies, and a handsome little 11-month-old man. We hit up Target, of course, and had the pleasure of some random woman in the bathroom tell us about her awesome tanning lotion (wha?) and watching [...]
    Filed in the bloggers | 27-Apr-09 | 22 comments
  3. if only she lived closer to me…
    it’s no secret that i totally girl-crush all over Kristin from Camels and Chocolate. i couldn’t even tell you how we found each other…Working Closet, maybe? She and i share a love of good grammar and How I Met Your Mother and everything pumpkin flavored. and we even got to meet in person this Christmas [...]
    Filed in the bloggers | 11-Feb-09 | 31 comments
  4. Come and party with me. there will be beer slurpees. maybe.
    well, there were mixed reviews of the beer slurpee. some were all “hells yeah! sign me up, yo!”. others were all “what the hell is wrong with you, Ali?! i mean, DUDE! come on!” so, there may or may not be beer slurpees at my dinner party. so…you may or may not have heard about this little [...]
    Filed in the bloggers | 19-Aug-08 | 31 comments
  5. ali finally gets to new york.
    do y’all want to hear about part 2 of my trip to NYC…wherein i didn’t actually make it onto the flight that the bitches at air canada so *kindly* put me on? wherein i was told that they overbooked the flight – the one i was guaranteed on because those fuckers cancelled the flight because [...]
    Filed in the bloggers, the trips | 04-Aug-08 | 30 comments
  6. dites bonjour à mon petit ami**
    i like to read. i’m sure y’all know that. i mean, i work in book publishing….it sort of comes with the territory. and while i weed through the crappy 6th grade read-alouds by day, i try to fill my head with GOOD books by night. i recently finished reading the book Love Walked In by [...]
    Filed in The Family, the bloggers | 29-May-08 | 12 comments
  7. 25.5 cubic feet of nothing but condiments.
     go on, take a gander at this.   not sure what you are looking at? this, folks, is what the husband and i pulled out of our fridge yesterday. FOUR jars of duck sauce**. SEVEN jars of pickles. and ELEVEN containers of open mustard. this is what happens when you can’t seem to fit your groceries into your [...]
    Filed in the bloggers | 04-May-08 | 32 comments
  8. the mouths of babes…and some hot blogger action
    Yesterday, as i buckled Josh into his carseat (yes, he’s five and yes, i still buckle him. if i had to wait for him to do it, we’d still be sitting there) i noticed he had himself a stack of dimes, probably about 30 of them, in his lap. Me: “Dude, where’d all that money come [...]
    Filed in The Family, the bloggers | 17-Apr-08 | 34 comments
  9. Why Travelocity doesn’t include a forecast with your four star reservation.
    Hi. Casey here from moosh in indy. Anybody else sick of everybody all up in their business about their vacations to sunny spots with beaches and cabana boys? Yeah, me too. And I’ve had to guest post for two of ‘em in the last two weeks. It’s like rubbing tequila, a little lime and a whole lot of salt into [...]
    Filed in The Guest Post, the bloggers, the ranting, the trips | 07-Mar-08 | 17 comments
  10. These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things
    Hola! My name is Angella and I am tickled pink that Ali has asked me to guest post for her while she is away in St. Lucia. This is only my second guest post and I was not sure what I would write about at first. I could talk about the differences between BC [...]
    Filed in the bloggers | 06-Mar-08 | 8 comments
  11. THE ps. a pps. and a ppps.
    it’s a big ps. so big that it deserved its own post. on the way home from Laguardia i was seated in seat 18A. not exactly significant. it was a window. seated in 18B was a stranger. but seated in 18C was someone i know. and someone who knows me very intimately. my. fucking. gynecologist. i swear [...]
    Filed in the bloggers, the girl behind the screen, the trips | 26-Feb-08 | 23 comments
  12. 2 days in the city
    my trip didn’t go exactly as planned… my sister’s plane got delayed in phoenix and she had to sleep in airports and be rerouted several times before she finally made it into NYC, leaving me only a mere 24 hours with her. boo. she made me feed her cats their ‘wet’ food and one of them was [...]
    Filed in The Family, the bloggers, the trips | 25-Feb-08 | 24 comments
  13. come out, come out, wherever you are…
    It’s no secret. I have a mad girl-crush on Miss Schmutzie….and i even weaseled my way on to her cockroll (dirty!) what she asks, i do, no questions asked. unless she’s asking me to go to work wearing nothing but my v-string, because then i’d be asking her if she’s out of her everloving mind. but i’d [...]
    Filed in the bloggers | 03-Oct-07 | 91 comments
  14. guess the blogger’s baby. and something else – surprise! – breaks at casa de martell
    anyone want to take a guess whose daughter i hung out with last night?? it was good times singing “a pig in front, a pig behind put them together and what do you find….” oh, who are we kidding…i know you all know that it’s miss haley-o’s monkey i’m hanging with….the girl with the most famous [...]
    Filed in The Snark, the bloggers | 16-Jul-07 | 21 comments
  15. summer watches
    well, i did it. take that, Chantal! i took the plunge and watched Big Brother last night. for the first time. okay, so everything about this show is BAD. except for when the dude with the pepperoni nipples starts talking about he immaculately conceived gonorrhea. the host is annoying and had scary, scary hair. the people [...]
    Filed in The Reality TV, the bloggers | 06-Jul-07 | 18 comments
  16. i have nice boobs
    really, i do. (hey, you in back. quit laughing already. it’s tacky.) i mean, sure, they aren’t super perky like my sister’s or gigantanormous like some of my friends, but they are nice. especially considering they served as a wet bar for a total of 17 months to three different children and considering they yo-yoed in size [...]
    Filed in the bloggers, the girl behind the screen, the mouths of babes | 04-Jul-07 | 25 comments
  17. #3 answered, a nanny update, and a giggly girls night
    way back last week, before my nanny quit and life got flipped turned upside-down, i told you some things that may or may not be true. and i still owe you some answers. 3. i cannot sleep in socks. or with a blanket. or even with a pillow. and i can only sleep in a tanktop [...]
    Filed in The Other Blog, the bloggers, the girl behind the screen | 27-Jun-07 | 24 comments
  18. like waiting for Christmas times a thousand…
    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 i’m not really [...]
    Filed in The Friends, The Snark, the bloggers | 18-May-07 | 34 comments
  19. There’s nothing like a little twinkle, twinkle to start your day :)
    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 good [...]
    Filed in The Baby, The Snark, the bloggers | 04-May-07 | 23 comments
  20. haircuts and awards and farts…oh my!
    i was all ready to post a thursday thirteen this week…i was thinking worst celebrity dressers…the hardest part of this would be narrowing down the contestants. but, there was laundry to do. and dishes to wash. and blankets to be made. and book launches to miss (oh, yes, i’m not pleased about this one…but i [...]
    Filed in The Husband, The Meme, the bloggers, the mouths of babes | 12-Apr-07 | 19 comments
  21. Real moms love playdates!!
    yesterday, the girls and i went on our very first ever blind playdate. We went to Reptilia (yes, AGAIN. Isabella loves her some ‘nakes!) with the Multi-tasking Mommy and the SciFi Dad and their adorable little bunny. I’ll admit it, i was nervous. It’s easy to hide behind a computer….and pretend that i’m all cool and [...]
    Filed in The Family, the bloggers | 26-Mar-07 | 19 comments
  22. should you choose to accept it…
    my morning started VERY early. like, 2:45 early. no, i’m not kidding. it’s like i’m being punished for daring to take a couple of days off. Isabella was screaming like Dora was in her crib, ripping out each of her fingernails, one at a time. then her screaming woke up Josh, who had himself a [...]
    Filed in The Baby, the bloggers | 23-Jan-07 | 18 comments