Archive for May, 2006
4′ 3″ and Full of Sass
The other day the four of us were trying on some of the various sized hats we’ve accumulated over the years. (Family bonding, we salute thee!)
Me: Amy, who’s head is bigger, mine or Daddy’s?
Amy: Daddy’s…but you have the bigger brain.
What made this so brilliant is that she said it as a statement [...]
The Sixth Circle of Hell
Forget you, Dante. We have found the sixth circle of Hell and it does not belong to the heretics, but to something far worse.
Fair warning - This could get gross so I advise you to come back later if you are currently eating, have recently eaten, or plan to eat in the near future.
We bought [...]
This is weird.
My brother is in town for the week and is staying with us. He’s asleep on the couch right now, as a matter of fact. “What’s so weird about that?” you ask.
He’s my younger brother, eight years younger, and he’s here interviewing with a big airline to become one of their pilots. A pilot people! [...]
Pensive and brooding
It’s been a busy week. In short, one sister moved to California (which I can’t even think about without getting weepy ) and the other sister moved in with us, necessitating several days devoted to cleaning out the office/sewing room so she can have a bedroom. She’ll only be here a few months - she’s [...]
Hissy fit and then make-up
This morning, oi! Getting the girls off to school was like trying to wrestle two wet and very angry cats into a shoe box. All the clawing, hissing, and spitting - and I’m pretty sure cats would behave the same way.
I don’t really know why but my girls woke up grumpy today. Then we had [...]