Book Review (and a Give Away!): Chocolate & Vicodin

Chocolate & Vicodin by Jennette Fulda Ok, so first of all I have to tell you that I know the author of this book, Jennette;  I met her at Blogher one year and I’ve been reading her blog FOREVER and I consider her a friend, and so even if this book was stinky, I’d probably [...]

They Put Maple Syrup On Pizza, Yes They Do

I have returned from the land of the frozen north.  Oh, did I not tell you I was going to Vermont?  Well, I went to Vermont. Also, I went snow shoeing.  It was disturbingly fun, but while I was shuffling along I felt this strong need for speed, and I decided I might be an [...]

Cuz It’s a Bittersweet Symphony, This Life

14 years ago, nearly to the day, I was sitting on a Greyhound bus as it pulled slowly out of the Minneapolis bus station, staring out at gray skies from my window seat.  Mr. E had made me a mix tape, and I hit play just as the bus started up, and this song rang [...]

This Is What 7,000 Trips to Home Depot Looks Like

I am terrible at taking before pictures.  I think it’s because I get so depressed at what the before looks like.  Or I’m stressed about how much work it’s going to take to get from before to after.  Or because I lack faith that the after is going to be much of an improvement. Which [...]

Should Be a Fun Weekend

P.S. Anyone know where to get a good deal at cabinet hardware? I wasn’t impressed by the stuff at Lowe’s.  I am looking for plain stainless knobs and then something like these from Restoration Hardware for the drawers, but I am not going to pay FIFTEEN DOLLARS for a cabinet pull… And now I have [...]

How To Check the Oil In Your Mother’s Car

I am in fifth grade, and I have just changed schools.  This is where I will first form my belief that some schools are just not meant for some children, because I come from a place where no one likes me and I am the least popular kid in my class.  We eat hot lunch [...]

Heart Shaped Rock

I have been thinking about how to write this for a long time now.  Years, maybe.  Because I don’t want to hurt any feelings.  But all I can do, in the end, is to try to write this from a place of love. Mr. E grew up in Michigan, and his whole family lives there, [...]

You’re Looking So Very Handsome This Morning

We’ve been having some…let’s say struggles. With Pants.  Of late.  He’s always been a whole lot of child, but in the last few months and weeks and days, he’s really ramped it up.  He’s been spending a metric ton of his day in time out, and it just seems like a constant struggle for not [...]

Time Suck

Well, I’m not sure how to put this for those of you buried under Blizzardpalooza or whatever they’re calling um, alot of snow falling from the sky, but here the sun is shining and I just spent about two hours working in my yard and I got hot and had to quit and come inside [...]