I am a big fan of candles. Candles are good. I buy them compulsively and I burn them regularly…. especially during the fall and winter months. However, I am totally bugged when I buy a yummy, scented candle (which often is synonymous with expensive) and it burns down the middle and I have a tube […]
Archives for September 2009
Chicken breasts.
I went to a charity fundraiser with my friend Jodi last night. We got dressed up… we put on make-up… I spent more than an hour actually drying and styling my 45 pounds of hair… We were lookin’ good. Upon arrival, we headed (immediately) to the bar and each got a glass of wine. We […]
I don’t care who you are… as time goes by, your butt gets bigger.
My kids are all smart. They frequently make dumb choices, but technically they are all very intelligent. That’s why things like this just crack me up: Me: “Mitch, it is supposed to be very hot today… are you sure you want to wear jeans to school?” Mitch: “I have to. I don’t have any shorts.” […]
CSI: Kitchen
THE FACTS: I had some bananas that were getting too ripe. I had a banana-nut muffin mix. I combined the two items and baked 1 dozen muffins last night. I set them on the counter to cool and went to bed. This morning we awoke to a Muffin Mystery. Nine of the muffins were gone. […]
6 Yellowjackets and 1 Squirrel….
Ahhh. Soccer season. Fall weather (um… not in So Cal), cheering on your kids, enjoying the company of other parents (usually….) Unless you are Grant’s mom. If you are Grant’s mom, for every photo of him in the pack’o’players running after the ball…. (he’s #4) ….there is one like this. …or this…. (Who knew a […]
Well, I did suggest that you hurry up….
Scene 1: Getting ready for school… Mom: “Grant, get out of bed.” “Grant, eat your toast.” “Grant, please put down the Legos.” “Grant, please hurry or you won’t have time to play on the playground before school.” Scene 2: Walking Grant to school…. Mom: “Grant, you better hurry up or you won’t have time to […]
Spiderous Kindergartenous
Scene: Walking Grant to school this morning. I notice a huge spider. Mom: “Hey Grant! Look at that big spider up there in that web!” Grant: “Wow! He is big and is poisonous.” Mom: “No, he’s not poisonous. He’s a nice spider… just a big ole’ Garden Spider.” Grant: (after thinking a moment)…. “What’s he […]
The heart wants what the heart wants…
Scene: Our kitchen at lunch time. I have just offered Grant a sandwich…. Grant: “My heart is telling me to have ice cream.” Me: “After you have a sandwich, you may have a little ice cream.” Grant: “If I don’t have it, my heart will stop talking to me.” How do you respond to that?
Choking? You probably deserve it.
Scene: Sitting at the table a few weeks ago. Mitch begins coughing and choking. We Parents: “Mitch! Are you OK?!” Mitch: “Yes. I’m OK, I just swallowed wrong.” Grant (with a definite air of superiority): “pfft. Well, I swallow right.”
Surely, you can’t be serious. I am… And don’t call me Shirley.
Back to school week has been a busy one for everyone. Did anyone else run into ridiculousness while preparing for it? Let me share the good, the bad, and the cataclysmically stupid.. The Good: **I am uber-organized. School clothes and school supplies were purchased on sale and over the course of the summer. In fact, […]