Fish nets and cleavage for the third grade
Today it’s dawned sunny and crisp. A perfect Halloween. I can remember years when I had to wear gloves and mittens and a winter parka over my costume while trick-or-treating. Let’s just say that the outer layers really ruined the overall dramatic effect of my mouse-with-mushroom-on-head costume. I’m glad my kids will only have to […]
Masquerade
Yesterday, when wandering the cramped aisles of our local costume store, I decided that I must be a big fat loser. We arrived at Joker’s Wild to gather a few last minute items. We needed a furry pelt or some other suitable body wear for the monster O is planning to be and some green […]
Call me cavewoman
Though I’m no stranger to conflict, the fact is, really, truly, deep down, I just want everyone to get along. I particularly would like everyone who is nice enough to read my blog and benevolent enough to actually comment here from time to time to get along. So it follows that I have been stewing […]
Which way do I turn? And the week-end round-up.
Today I’m going to do a sort of week-end round-up…just like NPR but less astute or relevant.
As for Spider Mama and mini-me - they are all gone. GONE I say. Not a single spider is left hanging in the now tattered and forgotten web in my east bedroom window. There are tons of bugs […]
Biddies on the bus
The ass kicking has been called off. O woke up yesterday morning and had a change of heart. He informed me, in his most mature and serious voice, “I think I’m just gonna live with it, Mom.” And I breathed just a tiny sigh of relief before saying, “That’s fine and I respect that, but […]
I’m going to be that asshole…
Tomorrow I’m going to have to be that asshole…you know the one, the one that marches down the street to the distant neighbor’s door; the one that knocks with purpose and authority, claiming the space that is their front door step, dominating the situation at hand. Having no idea what the parent behind that door […]
Manny-o-matic and the E-bay auction
Okay, one more day of Manny because I didn’t get to comment on the E-bay thing and, also, Charles Pierce of Slate published a great piece yesterday on Manny that I just have to share. If you don’t have time to read the whole thing, this little tidbit should suffice:
“It came at the end of […]
Creeps to Come
If you live in Red Sox nation your eyes are bleeding right now and your head feels as if it’s just lightly stapled to your wobbly, exhausted, wrung out neck. It is, after all, as the nice young man with the overly gel-ed hair on Fox Television commercials tells us, October. And October is post […]
Spider Mama and her mini-me
Thursdays are writing days and lucky for me it’s a misting, damp day that doesn’t beckon me outdoors. I plan to get some real words on the page.
But first I have to tell you about my spider…
I am not an insect-phobe (I’m sure there’s a technical word for this but looking it up will be […]
Spousal Revelation
I love memes because they allow me to take up the torch that someone else has painstakingly lit and run with it. And recently both Slouching Mom and Amanda kind of passed the flame on to any of their readers willing to divulge a little information on their marriage. And now that I’ve just spent […]
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