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Air It Out 2007-04-20 15:02:00 When I picked The Mayor up from school yesterday Ms. Valerie warned me that he was swinging free, going commando (or "going to Alabama").
He had waited too long to go to the bathroom and then couldn't get his pants down fast enough.
[I don't know about you, but I HATE when that happens.]
These days, when we get home we hang out with our neighbors who are usually outside with their new Great
Popular Schmopular 2007-04-21 12:00:00 I am not a big fan of popularity contests so I have been wary of the whole Blogger's Choice Awards thing.
I was worried that I would have to choose just one blogger in each category and that filled me with angst and dread.
How could I choose just one? Oy.
Favorites. Pssshhh. So exclusive. Nasty stuff.
Then I realized that I could vote for everyone that I liked in each category.
I got all
Fat Baby Ate My Avocados 2007-04-23 12:44:00 Here at The House of Joy we have been known to rely on The Horizontal Parenting Method.
Until last Saturday, we reserved this double-top-secret bit of parenting genius for our own children.
But on Saturday we went to a birthday party for a friend's son who turned one.
There is wonderful, large playroom on the second floor of this friend's house and somehow, despite being exhausted, I ended up Read more:Avocados
Baby Shower 2007-04-27 15:32:00 Catherine at Her Bad Mother asked me to participate in a baby shower for T B (Soul Gardening), Liz (Mom-10) and Christina (A Mommy Story).
The registry requested that shower guests bring the best and worst advice received before giving birth for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or... time.
Because I'm the eager beaver of joining, I said yes before I really READ the invitation. You know, like the details and Read more:Shower
, Baby Shower
Dana has A Problem 2007-04-26 16:14:00 Awhile back we held a Hole in Your Butt Consciousness Raising Session here at The House of Joy.
Through that effort we firmly established that everyone has a hole in their butt and that the hole in The Mayor's butt is named Dana.
Dana has proved to be an endless source of joy.
Last night as we were falling asleep I started to giggle.
"What are you thinking about?" K asked.
"Oh, I was just Read more:Problem
Down with Yer Mailbox! 2007-04-25 14:00:00 Someone whacked our mailbox last night.
My college roommate Lisa grew up in the city of Chicago and she firmly believes that anyone whose mailbox sits on its own post is a hick.
She believes that to qualify as "urban" your mailbox has to be housed with a collection of other mailboxes (like in the foyer of your building) or mounted to your actual house (near the front door.)
A brief recap of Read more:Mailbox
Breaker 1-9, We've Got A Tugger! 2007-04-24 12:32:00 I am a VICTIM!
I was driving on the highway in traffic and noticed a Land Rover in the lane next to me.
The driver had his sun visor down and had attached a powerful mirror to the back of it.
He had adjusted his sun shade so that it gave everyone on the road a perfect view of his lap.
His LAP!
And do you know what he was doing? ---With his hand? ---In his lap?
Oh. Yes. He. Was.
He was Read more:Breaker
OTJ Needs A Servicing 2007-05-01 22:23:00 The DSL line to my house done up and died.
"How dare you go down on me, Earthlink!!"
Okay, there is a problem with that last bit...
I mean, "How dare you" and "go down on me" don't belong in the same DOCUMENT much less the same sentence.
I tend to lean more towards this way of thinking...
"Oh, I do DECLARE, Rhet! I seem to have dropped my hanky! Be a gentlemen and fetch it for me...oh, and Read more:Needs
, Servicing
April Perfect Post Awards 2007-05-01 16:42:00 The Nominatrix is at it again!
I just can't resist an opportunity to pass out the bloggy buttons.
Here! Have one! Yay!
This month I wanted to give props to Canape of Don't Take The Repeats for her post called Peanut butter and Nilla wafers.
This post is a window into everything that is most important to her right now.
I read her all the time and I can't wait to meet her in Chicago in July Read more:April
, Perfect
, Awards
Wedge in the Water Hole 2007-04-30 18:41:00 My friend Michele invited The Family Joy over for post nap play, dinnner and a walk in the nature preserve yesterday.
"If it's warm out," she told us, "bring swim suits for the kids because we just got a new inflatable pool..."
Well, it was warm out.
[Of course I totally forgot the bathing suits.]
It didn't matter though. Apparently, I'm raising my little people right because they took one Read more:Wedge
one plus joy 2007-04-30 02:05:00 When I picked Jen up from the commuter rail station she was dressed in an outfit that combined "hooker fabulous" with a National Park Ranger Uniform.
Okay, okay... that's a total lie.
She was dressed just as you would expect her to be dressed - she was both comfortable and stunning.
In truth, she was more fabulously HOT than your wildest imagination.
The Mayor took one look at her and fell
Anthony 2007-05-04 14:24:00 In the early 90's I ran an academic enrichment program in ten elementary schools on Saturday mornings.
I would recruit, train and organize volunteers to go into "at-risk" public schools to tutor and mentor children and I would regularly volunteer too.
The interesting thing (to me) was that hundreds of kids would attend.
Hundreds of children came to school on Saturday!
It spoke to how few Read more:Anthony
Smell My BO-KAY 2007-05-03 13:00:00 I don’t drink much.
(Okay, okay - I don't drink much ANYMORE!!!)
K doesn’t drink at all, but I’ll have the occasional glass of wine.
The problem is that I know so little about wine.
Recently, when I dragged Jen out for a drink against her will, we went to a wine bar.
“What are you going to have?” I asked her staring blankly at the list of whites and reds.
“I think I’ll have the syrah,” she Read more:Smell
Serviced 2007-05-02 22:10:00 Access to the internet is restored!
I am serviced.
FWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!
Awesome photoshop skillz dedicated to Jill at NotSoSage .
I Pass Them Out 2007-05-06 19:34:00 I am such a complete and total dork.
I missed the ROFL Awards for April.
I was all ready to nominate Lotta at Mom-O-Matic for this post, though I was totally waffling because this one was so funny too.
I even made K read both of those (and that is saying something because he has very little patience for how much time I spend reading other people's blogs when I could be earning my trip to
Wind Predicted In Nation's Capitol 2007-05-08 16:09:00 I eat when I'm anxious or nervous.
Lately, my job has had me running harder and faster than usual. I'm working on a project unlike any I have worked on before.
It's interesting and I'm learning, but I'm also nervous. I don't want to make mistakes. (And usually it is when I'm moving this fast that I make the most mistakes.)
Ever since I started being the Queen of Math Dieting and Weight Read more:Predicted
, Capitol
Saturday Night Loudness 2007-05-07 14:33:00 I'm not sure I can do justice to my Saturday
night.
Paige from The Avery Lane Experience invited me out to meet Crank Mama.
Paige, Oh, The Joys and Crank Mama
I had no way of knowing that was an invitation to be in the presence of the hottest boobs on the internet.
Oh, yes.
Those two ladies have not suffered the de-grocerification of Joy process and I was truly awed.
I have to say, boobs Read more:Night
, Saturday Night
The Good Times 2007-05-11 12:10:00 My kids missed me while I was gone.
Perhaps that should make me feel guilty, but instead it made me glad.
Usually I am the chopped liver around here.
"I want Daddy!" is the repeating chorus that The Mayor and The Rooster sing most days.
I admit, I get tired of always being their second choice.
Sometimes, when K and I are in the middle of talking and the children interrupt, K diverts his Read more:Times
Tarzan Goes To A Meeting 2007-05-10 14:06:00 I am back from Washington D.C., however, I left a SIGNIFICANT part of me behind... or a significant part of my behind...or a significant amount came out of my behind...and I left it there... or something.
I think I mentioned that the project I'm working on is the exploration of a potential merger.
The personal dynamics of the meeting were pretty fascinating.
People holding similar jobs can't Read more:Tarzan
Gamma Attle 2007-05-12 20:38:00 The Rooster is really just learning to talk.
She can say quite a bit for 20 months - or at least I think so.
One of her favorite things to talk about - now that she can talk about anything - is Grandma Seattle.
[Only it comes out "Gamma
Attle".]
The Rooster loves Grandma Seattle.
Most mornings on the changing table she looks at me and says,
"Gamma Attle!"
"What about Grandma Seattle, Roo?
Love American Style 2007-05-17 12:38:00 The other night we were lolling about on the couches in our living room after the children went to bed trying to decide if we should watch television or go to sleep.
[Oh, the STRESS of the decision making around here!]
K lifted his legs up in the air and pondered his leg hair.
[Our evenings are just THAT rich.]
“My leg hair looks kind of blonde tonight. It makes me able to imagine myself as Read more:American
, Style
The Shot Goes All Father & Son On Me 2007-05-16 12:40:00 I haven't talked about The Shot in a long time.
K is the undisputed King of The Shot.
He balls up his dirty underwear at the end of the day, calculates the intended trajectory, hurls them up at the ceiling fan and hopes they land in the laundry hamper.
[Usually they don't, but when they do there is a great fanfare and the crowd goes wild. K's arms fling up, he runs a lap around the bed. He Read more:Father
Where Has The Joy Been? 2007-05-15 21:46:00 Why, we have been to the sea!
Within two minutes of arriving at the beach, The Mayor adhered to a long standing anti-bathing suit statute -- an early piece of Mayoral policy dating back to 2006.
I found myself shouting, "SHORTS ARE OVER RATED!"
Other tourists were highly amused.
The fearless Rooster took one look at the ocean and headed straight for it.
Straight into it.
The Mother of All Meme Posts 2007-05-18 14:00:00 WARNING: THIS POST IS GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR EYES BLEED.
I have been tagged for so many memes that I feel it is time to present:
THE MOTHER OF ALL MEME POSTS!!!
MEME #1: FIVE FOR FEMINISM
I was tagged TWO MONTHS ago byTwo Knives... two Knives, two months... I got confused.
The meme asks for five thoughts on feminism and how it has changed us...
- One -
Uh... did I ever tell you about
Oh, right. Sharing is NICE. 2007-05-23 07:25:00 Last night, as a special treat, I bought myself a box of organic blackberries.
I imagined that today I would sit by myself in the middle of the work day and savor each fat berry.
Blackberries are my favorite fruit. I would eat them all the time if only a tiny box didn't cost $437 million dollars.
Oh, to live in Seattle where the blackberries grow like weeds...
My southern-raised Granny makes Read more:Sharing
I've Heard It's Nutritious... 2007-05-22 08:27:00 This morning The Rooster finagled sitting on her father's lap to eat her breakfast.
"Uh... this diaper is suddenly feeling really WARM on my leg," K reported.
"Rooster, is there something in your diaper?" I asked.
Roo nodded vigorously, "YESH!"
"What's in there, Roo?"
"CORN!"Oh, dear.
Why even eat corn?
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Send a Rooster to Schmutzie for her cockroll. Read more:Heard
Overthinking Harold's Purple Nightmare 2007-05-21 08:28:00 We've been reading Harold
and the Purple
Crayon to The Mayor lately.
Harold exists in a blank world with nothing but a purple crayon. He must invent everything around him by drawing it himself.
The first time we read it The Mayor found it a little upsetting.
Harold can't find his own house, his own window or his own bed.
The Mayor was anxious.
I know it is suppposed to be an "understated Read more:Nightmare
The Shoes Make The Man, I Always Say 2007-05-26 11:39:00 I come to you today deeply, deeply disturbed.
My internet friend William is in trouble.
There is the obvious problem with his choice of carbohydrates...
...but this post is not about his yam issues, this is a post about MAN SHOES.
I should start by telling you that William is one of my favorite male bloggers.
[Keep your shirts on, I said ONE of my favorites. Sheesh. I get around, O.K?
I Have No Thoughts or Feelings About Anything 2007-05-25 07:49:00 Last night we had dinner out with another family.
In the middle of the conversation I looked at K and blurted out,
"You're so CUTE!"
He gave me a look that said, "Um, O.K. Ms. Non Sequitur. Whatever."
The thing is, lately I've noticed that I am not in touch with my feeeeeeeeeelings.
When I get together with a friend that I haven’t seen in awhile and they ask me what I’ve been up to I draw a Read more:Feelings
Wishful Thinking 2007-05-24 06:00:00 The Family Joy was gathered in the kitchen.
The Mayor and The Rooster were involved in some made up game where The Mayor repeatedly covered The Rooster with a blanket.
The Mayor, wanting to switch the game so that the blanket would cover him, turned to The Rooster and said,
"Hey! DO ME!"
The Rooster, responding to her brother's request, said,
"OH-KAY!"
K was sitting on the kiddie play table and
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