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I heartlessly mock my loved ones.
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Hattie -well, the second city, anyway. Plenty big for me. I talked to some guy at the Book of Mormon and he sneered at how little there was to do in Saint Louis and my response used the phrases "my home" and "hometown" so liberally that he clammed up.
Chicago: Reviews
Rev up the Judgemobile! Reviews of how I amused myself in Chicago. With others (the Hot Mom crowd) Cowboy Mouth Concert (three thumbs up): Good God, the floor at the House of Blues is a bouncy wood trampoline when thousands of people jump up and down in unison. The band was good, as always, with...
~~Silk- that was you, then! I was trying to remember who had that experience. I guess it's easier for them than saying a flight is overbooked?
Hattie-well yes, there's no wood panelling.
First Class
It wasn't even fifty bucks to upgrade to first class on the one hour trip back from Chicago, so I did. I never fly first class. I now realize if I never take Gary along on vacation I can spend that money on first class for me. Pros: Big comfy seats. First class has its own lavatory. First clas...
Friend #8 - it's getting better.
Autumn - hon, it's okay, type all you want.
The End of Mac
I think the last time Mac seemed normal was at 6 Tuesday, when he slept on my chest. Gradually over the evening he lost mental acuity. By 1 am I had entirely given up and commenced crying, and we said out goodbyes. It was sweet that he fell asleep for fifteen minutes with his face on my foot, my...
Everyone - thank you all
Updated: Dog Slump
Dog woke up at 4:45 this morning in full Weather Alert Mode. When he does this I turn on the TV and usually find there is an impending weather situation, and I calm him down, or at least try. Today's weather didn't arrive until 3:30 in the afternoon, and by then the dog had stress barfed twice H...
Jammies - I've had one more cry than Gary, so I'm getting better. Thank you.
The End of Mac
I think the last time Mac seemed normal was at 6 Tuesday, when he slept on my chest. Gradually over the evening he lost mental acuity. By 1 am I had entirely given up and commenced crying, and we said out goodbyes. It was sweet that he fell asleep for fifteen minutes with his face on my foot, my...
Bicycle - are our familiar with the Ross bike?
Murphy - actually, my fear now is the paint will stay in the basement forever.
Basement Progress
First, the junk men came out and hauled away all my carefully organized junk. I took some photos to compare the before and after. Before After Before after I know! They look exactly the same. Then I found the photo that will express how much progress has been made. Tony and Alex st...
Hang in there. It's hard to fight the emotions when you can't control the thoughts. It sounds like you're trying to do what you can on your own. There is help, though.
Here if you need me.
I've got a whole slew of half-written posts started in the Notes app on my iPhone. Sometimes its a song title or lyric, sometimes a phrase, sometimes a whole paragraph. I think of things I want to say and pound it out in Notes, and once it has left my brain it leaves completely, closing the door...
Weds November 7? Hilarious.
Waiting for Godot.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't wait for November 6th to come and go so we can get on with our lives. Four years ago I was really into the election process, I was so ready to be finished with the policies surrounding the Village Idiot that was Bush, the next four years were so fu...
My doctor just described a migrane sufferer as lying down in a dark room and a cluster sufferer as pacing in desparation. I has a friend with clusters. She tried a few therapies and the one that worked for her was hallucengenic mushrooms. It took a while before she could regulate the dose between high as a kite and suffering.
The difference a year makes.
Its September again - school has begun, the heat is backing off, the mulberry tree behind our house is shitting yellow leaves all over the deck instead of mulberries - these are all the regular signs of fall. The normal signs of Deja Vu are here, with some slight variations. Tuesday afternoon as...
I so loved this show I brought it up at kunch before the men got to the tavle. I quoted the line about how women shouldn't dictate what other women should do in bed. "What if I want to feel as if I have an udder?"
No one laughed.
I thought it was hilarious.
I am wondering about the attacks on "Girls" by...
I am wondering about the attacks on "Girls" by Jessica Valenti in her tweets and in the pages of The current New Yorker. Jessica Valenti was a guest on The Nation cruise and did not impress me (She may have been sick, I don't know) and her tweets are always full of gratuitous profanity. Lena Dunh...
Yours is SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN MINE. How did you do that?
Too good
Wilma's stollen. Go over to Queen Mediocretia's blog if you want the recipe. I am in an advanced state of torpor after eating a large amount of this.
Do Kegels, and if you already do Kegels have them check to see if you're over-Kegeled.
Next it's uterine prolapse.
What to expect when you're expecting to turn 40.
File under: Things they never told me; Things we don't discuss around women of childbearing years. (Warning: This is not a shiny, happy teaching/education/funny kid stories, share with the guys kind of post. So you can click away now, dad.) Back in November, I stopped taking my birth control pil...
Arlene - dang, and a Ge is one recommended by Consumer Reports. But I don't like the Profile look either.
Zayrina- It would be a waste. I can only see it for cooking two batches of cookies at once. I only cook for two. Plus I need that room to store cake pans in.
Marcia- no, because I am all about the induction now. Plus no one trusts your judgement after the Brillo comment.
Caroline-you are right, neither is a full oven. Do you think maybe some flattops are ceramic and some are glass?
Hattie-I fear fire. Induction people compare it favorably to gas.
Becs- induction cooks with magnets. If you remove the pot, the circuit is broken.
Zayrina- Marcia's been giddy for weeks since she found her "biomom." Not rational. Given to expansive statements.
Beth- I just read that the trick to keeping your induction cooktop clean is to PUT A SHEET OF PARCHMENT PAPER BETWEEN THE POT AND BURNER. Going out to buy right Now.
Well Done, Good and Faithful But Kind of Tacky Servant
After 24 years, my builder's model White Westinghouse range is circling the drain. It takes 35 minutes to preheat to 400. It won't self-clean anymore. The electric coils are very loose in their sockets. About five years ago I lusted for a new stove. The rest of the kitchen works fine, except fo...
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