What To Doooooooo

Ok, parents. I am mega mega frustrated, and I need advice. Pants is almost three, he’ll be three in February, and I am really really really really ready to be done changing diapers.  I am DEFINITELY a one booty mom and there’s another booty on the way, and furthermore, he starts preschool in September, and [...]

It’s A…

I thought it would be really funny if I posted a big long boring rambly thing right here and only got to the point after nine paragraphs of blather, (not that you’d notice the difference) but then I’d actually have to write nine paragraphs, so I’d like to just say: Holla! It’s a girl.

Save The Date! Blathering II, Electric Bugaloo

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Second Verse, Same As the First

Goddamit! Why does the fracking phone always ring 20 minutes after the child goes down for a nap! People! Do not call me between the hours of 1 and 5 PM!  SERIOUSLY!  Also, if I ever buy a phone without a mute button on it again, kick me in the shins repeatedly, please. It would [...]

Ten Good Things

1. It is not sunny, but it has stopped raining. For now. 2. I finished the taxes yesterday, thanks to the miracle known as Turbo Tax. Now I just have to wait for a big fat check to be deposited into my checking account.  Which is a MUCH MUCH nicer feeling than the year we [...]

Misc.

Inspired by (ok, copied from) Swistle. I might as well admit right off the bat that I am feeling cranky. 1.  Some mornings, Pants and I sleep until nine.  Some mornings, Pants wakes up at 7:15, and then I get to wake up at 7:15.  Do I need to tell you that the 9 oclock [...]

Chewy Sprees

Every time I try to write something funny or smart or even vaguely interesting, I think about all of the  mothers in Haiti who cannot find their babies right now and I have to stop writing drivel about the baby girl clothes at Target and give Pants about a hundred kisses.  Also, I let him [...]

Book Review: A Gate At the Stairs

A Gate At the Stairs, by Lorrie Moore Well, I was pretty sure I would hate this book, because everything I’d read about it said how damn good it was. Um, yeah, it’s pretty damn good. Like, my favorite thing I’ve read in a good long time good. So, plot synopsis:  Tassie is twenty years [...]

Toy Story

I hate writing about presents, as I think it’s for certain true that there’s no real way to write about presents without sounding like an ungrateful jerk, but oh well.  I’m going to try. Let me just put it this way.  Pants got A LOT of presents for Christmas, so many that at some point [...]

Before Baby

Remember when I said we barely had anything to buy or do before the next baby came because we already have so much stuff?  Turns out it’s all the stuff that’s the problem. Anyway, here’s my list of stuff to do to get ready.  We have six months or so to get it all done [...]