The System

March is almost over and so I’m getting ready to put up my “First Quarter Book List” and since people always ask me how in god’s name I manage to read so much, I figured I’d explain “The System” for a bit. First of all, I am a really really really really fast reader.  This [...]

Why You Should Never Send Your Husband Alone to “Buy Some Plants”

Waiting

Should I be blogging about this? I kind of feel like I shouldn’t blogging about this, but hey, you know, it’s my life, it is what it is. So, anyhoo, those of you who have been reading for awhile know that I am a stay at home mom and my husband is furloughed.  What this [...]

Pimp My Yard

I spent my morning shopping for a light switch guard – god, my life is so glamorous I can hardly stand it.  In other news, I would really like it if I could poop sometime this century, but hey! It’s not about me anymore!  I am just a vessel for miraculous life or whatever.  Like [...]

Things Other People Love That I Just Don’t Get

1. Dave Matthews Band 2. that whole weird hipster mustache thing 3. Liberty of London 4. Philosophy anything 5. Or that Bare Minerals stuff. 6. A Prayer for Owen Meany.  Dave Eggers.  And The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo. 7.  Tom Hanks and Bradley Cooper (haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate). 8.  ballet flats 9.  CGI 10.  weird shit in [...]

28 Weeks

36 Weeks Pregnant With Eli: 28 Weeks Pregnant With Lightning Bacon:

Dear Lightning Bacon,

I thought there were some things you might want to know before you show up on the scene. I will probably yell more than I wish I would.  If I could wave a magic wand in the air, right after I’d get rid of famine and povery and disease, I’d wave it one more time [...]

Things I Learned This Weekend

Mr. E and I should just take $1000, stick it in an envelope, and label it February/March.  February/March just HATES us. On Friday afternoon, the parking lot of Home Depot is full of old ladies, all of whom will refuse to help you jump your car. You may think the dishwasher is fixed.  It isn’t. [...]

Name That Baby

Man, I love talking about baby names. So now I’m going to try to do it without 1. revealing the name we’ve picked for Lightning Bacon and 2. without insulting anyone else’s favorite names. When we chose Eli’s name, we talked all the time about how it would be so much simpler if we were [...]

See, This is Why I Wanted A Girl