The other night Steven and I went with some of his co-workers to see the Transformers sequel on the IMAX screen at the McWayne Center. Cool, right? Ugg. I don’t think The Great Wonderous People That Be thought this one all the way through. Some movies aren’t meant to be stretched across your entire span […]
Category Archives: random life
my weekends are filled with awesomeness
You know you’re getting old when people ask you, “So, any big plans for this weekend?” and you smile back excitedly and exclaim, “I’m getting a haircut!” like it’s going to be a block party involving an inflatable ball pit and drunk people. My hair appointment today is seriously the #1 thing on the agenda […]
open mouth, insert foot . . . and hand?
Over the weekend, Lydia broke out in what looked like a heat rash or fever rash. She also had a low-grade fever but for once I was not too worried and I’ll be damned if I was going to go running to the doctor for every little thing. Lydia will sometimes run a low fever […]
renton’s small children
Though I don’t usually write about it much (really, who wants to hear about cat poop), a lot of y’all know about Renton and his tendency towards traffic jams of the lower intestine. After his last doctor visit, complete with enemas, the vet mentioned the dreaded word ‘megacolon’ and suggested adding pumpkin to his daily […]
yoga for macbooks
Recently, my poor old iPod has been showing distinctive signs of a funky memory loss, very akin to Alzheimer’s. The data was there but the iPod would forget it was and I could not get access to it until I connected it back to my computer and it would go, “Oh yeah!” which would last […]
any cop I see will get a free cup of coffee and doughnut of his or her choice
And now, a most excellent follow-up to this post from earlier last year. First point of order: I never made any sort of complaint to the homeowners’ association or whoever it is that we send our yearly check to. We are apparently not the only people who were irritated. Second point of order: check out […]
the house on main
*[Ed. note: written for my aunt’s requested Christmas Theme: a memory that occurred in their house, meaning the one my great grandparents and grandparents lived in — the one they now inhabit.] ___________________________________ I have been ransacking the 8mm reel films of memories in my head, trying to come up with the best memory, the […]
I should just run a tape recorder at family gatherings
Steven’s grandfather: “Come on over here, Lydia, and sit in my lap so we can take a nap together.” Steven’s grandmother: “Where is your lap?!”
no vulgarity around the taco
The Husband and I thought that once Lydia arrived, our more swarthy habits would phase out on their own. That has proven to not be the case. After a particularly loud burp while holding the girlie, we decided we should do something to curb our habits. The ‘quarter in a jar’ trick was quickly ruled […]
wash your hands after messing with this taco
Over the past week we’ve experimented a bit with rice cereal. My God, what a mess. I’m not really sure how much Lydia is actually eating. Right now I think she has confused the concoction with bubble gum and she spends most of her energy blowing millions of small bubbles with the gooey stuff. I […]