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Don't Worry, I'm Looking After the Kids ... 2007-07-02 21:46:00 Hi. Yeah. She’s not here. Mrs. Chicky. She left. She went on vacation. And she asked me (Mrs. Fortune) to blogsit. And here I am, fulfilling my bloggerly duty. And I’m not even getting $2.50 an hour! When I got a request from my friend to fill in on this here blog of hers, I did think back to my own babysitting days. Between the ages of 12 and 17, many unsuspecting parents had the bad
I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know if I'll be back again 2007-07-02 12:09:00 My cat is still missing.
My Gram is having surgery this afternoon to remove the mass from her pelvis because she's in so much pain her doctors decided to do the surgery first instead of waiting, doing a few chemo treatments and seeing how that went.
And tomorrow I'm hoping on an airplane with Chicky and Mr. C to go visit his sister and her family in Minnesota.
But wait, there's more!
On Read more:jet plane
Where Have All The Towels Gone 2007-07-07 17:22:00 Hey there. Julia from Major Bedhead here. I started to write this cute post about how I was blog sitting and how I was going to just curl up on Mrs. Chicky's couch and revel in the clean lines and crisp spaces of her blog, but instead, I spent the day with a cranky almost-thirteen-year-old daughter and this is what you're getting instead. With my apologies to Pete Seeger.
Where have all the Read more:Towels
June ROFL Awards 2007-07-06 06:16:00 Hello there. Metro Mama here. It’s my turn to water Chicky’s plants and feed the dogs. You didn’t think she’d take off and leave you without any laughs did you!
Here are the June ROFL awards. Enjoy!
Oh, The Joys awarded Mamma Loves
Julie Pippert awarded Arkie Mama
Salad Days Chronicles awarded My Mommy's Place
O Mama Mia awarded Filtering Life
Bub and Pie awarded Mimi on the Breach Read more:Awards
A Pregnancy Refresher 2007-07-05 06:53:00 When Mrs. Chicky and I met, we both commiserated about recounted our pregnancy experiences. Needless to say, neither of us really enjoyed being pregnant. Ok, fine, we hated it.
Since I personally will never again be pregnant (cue the “Halleluiah Chorus” please) due to Hubby’s snip-snip procedure (that’s the proper medical term, right?) immediately shortly after the birth of our third son, and Read more:Pregnancy
Blog Sweet Blog 2007-07-11 08:54:00 We're home.
It's good to be home. Very good.
Imagine my surprise to get back from our trip and find that the ol' blog is still in pretty good shape, especially considering that I left it in the hands of some suspicious characters. Just some empty Doritos bags, a couple of beer bottles on the floor, and a g-string hanging from the ceiling fan.
I'm betting that last one was Redneck Mommy's. Read more:Sweet
With Visions of Rockers Dancing in Her Head 2007-07-10 06:25:00 PunditMom here stopping by the keep the Chicky nest warm while she's away! Thanks for trusting me with this sacred honor! ;)
Mr. PunditMom and I were hanging out in front of the TV late Saturday evening after taking the babysitter home and caught the last few acts of the Live Earth Concert.
Who did we see?? Roger Waters of Pink Floyd doing Dark Side of the Moon and Another Brick in the Wall, Read more:Visions
, Dancing
I Wish That I was Jessie’s Girl 2007-07-09 06:58:00 This is Fairly Odd Mother, and I have taken over Mrs. Chicky’s blog for the day. Like Binky, who wrote this yesterday, I have dogs on the brain. However, unlike Binky, the dog I think of is not by my side. Jessie
was never mine, and yet I will never stop wishing she was.
It all happened about 10 years ago at a time when my life was full of changes: new relationship, new job, new possibilities. I
This Post Is For the Dogs 2007-07-08 08:57:00 Binky here, from 24/7. I'm sitting at Mrs. Chicky's place on a lazy Sunday morning. I brought my dog Roxie along. She's padding across the floors with her wiggle-butt in constant motion as she sniffs out clues as to the whereabouts of the two Chicky dogs. I also have reason to believe she is looking for Girl Scout Cookies.
This is a welcome moment of quietude amidst the chaos of moving week. On
The Chicky's take Minnesota (part one of a needlessly long series) 2007-07-12 13:18:00 What is it about traveling that makes you feel like you just went on a 10 day bender? You'd think that after spending so much time sitting on my ass in airports, airplanes and cars that I'd be fairly rested. But nooo.
Wake me when it's time for me to leave for Chicago.
I have to give credit to Chicky, however, because that girl traveled like a champ. Sure, she had a few meltdowns on the Read more:Minnesota
, series
Don't get rid of that puppy just yet 2007-07-17 19:19:00 ...Puppies can come on a bit strong under the best of circumstances, but to a little kid a jumpy puppy can be really intimidating. To a pre-schooler they can be downright terrifying. This - introducing children to dogs - is a delicate situation that needs to be handled with care. As a parent, the last thing you want is a child (or two) who grow up with a fear of dogs and as a dog owner you
Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail us now. 2007-07-15 19:05:00 Hi.
Uh...
So, the rest of my trip. Yeah. Things to say about it. Hmm...
I do have stories, none of which would really interest you - or me for that matter, since it is my blog and all and this writing is supposed to be for me and... aw, hell. Bottom line, thinking of it bores me to tears so why subject you all to that.
Because, do you know what you see on the trip between Saint Paul and Read more:Blessed
, Acceleration
Total suck up, eh? 2007-07-20 08:10:00 "Why do all the Canadian bloggers like you so much?"
"Do they? It's not just me, I think they like almost everyone. They're just nice that way."
"I think it's all your socialist humor."
"C'mon, you know I don't write like a socialist."
"Well, you seem pretty popular with all the women from Canada."
"Really, it's not just me. I think it's easier to be nicer to people when you have all that Read more:Total
We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all. 2007-07-18 13:22:00 So the other day I was thinking that I really should post a few things about myself that someone meeting me in person for the first time - say, at Blogher for instance (9 days! 9 freaking days!! oh my christ, I don't have cute shoes yet.) - might need to know, lest they get the wrong idea from my blog that I'm actually fun in person and then be horribly disappointed when they find out the truth. Read more:better
, hiding
Because sometimes I get tired of listening to myself talk 2007-07-21 11:44:00 Michael Vick.
Public Enemy number one (in the dog world) or innocent party? Did he really not know what was going on or was he an active participant in the abuse and death of many, many dogs?
The evidence is mounting against him but most of the key eyewitnesses have also been indicted in this case. Does he deserve to be suspended from the NFL even though, according to American law, he is Read more:tired
, myself
A warning to you Muggles 2007-07-23 10:03:00 The purchase of the latest and final Harry Potter book could result in the following:
Extreme exhaustion - Due to the reader's reluctance to put the book down and, therefore, get some damn sleep already.
Migraine headache - An unfortunate side effect resulting from the constant refrains of "MommyMommyMommyMommyMommyMommyMommyMOMMY! Pay attention to ME Mommy!" coming from the reader's child or Read more:warning
Well, you wanted updates 2007-07-27 13:54:00 So sorry, can't post now. Supposed to be listening to a panel but Redneck Mommy keeps talking about her vagina. Very frustrating. How the hell am I supposed to listen with her breathing down my neck? Jeez.
And, no, I don't have a picture of it. Yet. Come back again tonight around midnight after she gets liquored up. I'll at least have a picture of her ass.
Sandra's too.
Maybe even Read more:wanted
, updates
Blogher? I don't even know her. 2007-07-24 20:00:00 I've bought cute new shoes. My clothes are ready to be packed.
(As a quick aside: is there an award for the largest bag or the most overpacked? I tend to try to pack for every situation, and since I've never been to the Blogher conference, and I have no idea what to expect, I'm packing everything in my closet. Including my pith helmet and ass-less chaps. You never know when you'll be called Read more:even know
Lost for words 2007-07-29 19:36:00 There are so many stories and pictures from Blogher '07 that I want to share with you all, but I'm afraid you'll either have to wait or go read about it from other bloggers, because upon arriving at the airport today - actually, before I even got on the plane - my life was set into a tailspin.
My grandmother is dying. I received the phone call while I was waiting for my flight that she took a
What is sure to be a disappointment to my male readers 2007-07-27 22:48:00 I don't have pictures of asses or vaginas (Wow, the Google pervs will be coming out in droves after these last two posts) and I am deeply sorry. I do have some interesting fondling/groping pictures but the parties involved would not let me post them. Party poopers.
Now, lest you think from my last post physical impropriety is to Blogher what heavy petting was to Sodom and Gomorrah and Read more:readers
A series of unfortunate and unfortunately wonderful events 2007-07-31 12:38:00 **Updated!**
Lovely, lovely people of teh internet, what is there to say besides Thank You for all the kind thoughts and personal emails you've sent me? I wonder after receiving them all what I have to give in return, besides stories of just how drunk one woman can get when let loose in Chicago. But even though my heart is still very heavy you've all raised me up enough so I can no longer Read more:series
, events
Gone 2007-07-30 08:08:00 She's gone.
She let go early this morning after what, I'm sure, was a very long night. Slipped away while most of her family was out of the room. After having eleven children and raising ten to adulthood, after loving 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and giving her everything to those around her whom she cherished she left us on her own terms. Peace at last.
I wonder if she
Thoughts on grieving 2007-08-02 08:32:00 I'm fine.
No, really, I'm fine.
Oh, thank you. But I'm fine.
Yes, fine.
Well, I'm okay. But don't worry about me. I'm fine.
Fine.
That's what you're supposed to say when someone you love dies, right? Sure, you get a grace period, an undetermined number of days to mourn, but after that you pick yourself up by the bootstraps and get on with your life. Life is for the living and all that.
More proof that inspiration comes when I'm in the shower 2007-08-06 10:17:00 To the makers of the Dove line of beauty products:
(a letter that I might have sent to the company but instead decided to post it here on my blog. I am nothing if not passive-aggressive.)
As a long time customer I first wanted to thank you for your products, more specifically your soap, which I've been using for more than twenty years, and your line of shampoos and conditioners but to also Read more:comes
We interrupt this rant to bring you the following announcement: 2007-08-08 12:52:00 I have hairy toes.
No, wait. That's not the announcement that I wanted to make.
I'm over at PunditMom's blog today, that's what I wanted to tell you. Yeah.
Also, my interview with Meredith O'Brien (Boston Mommy) of the Boston Herald about the New England Mamas blog is up. You should go read it. Oh, yes you should.
Also, also, the NE Mamas are currently looking for contributors from Read more:interrupt
A comment on comments 2007-08-07 12:46:00 (If you have a problem with meta blogging then nows the time to click that little X in the upper corner of your browser, because I feel it's time to talk about that most taboo subject in blogland - comments. And if talking about comments isn't your cup of tea, well, buh-bye.)
Let me preface this blather with this statement: I love my readers. I do. Every single one of you, and if you comment
Further proof that European dictators are just two year olds trapped in the bodies of grown men 2007-08-12 09:13:00 Funny thing about this mommy blog of mine - I can go days without posting anything about Chicky. It's not that I don't want to write anything about her, I do. That kid is an endless source of entertainment, as most toddler are, and that's what makes it so difficult to write anything about her. She's constantly doing something funny or amazing or supremely frustrating that it's hard to keep up.Two, in general, is hard. It's hard for me but, more importantly, it's really hard for Chicky. There's growing pains to contend with, like the two shoe sizes Chicky grew this summer alone. There's new words to learn. There's learning how to put the emPHAsis on the correct sylLAble, and getting phrases just right by repeating them 20 gajillion times in a row. There are social norms (in our house we don't throw blueberries into our drinking cups just to watch the milk splash) and mores (it's really not necessary to announce, loudly, every time someone burps or breaks wind) to ad Read more:Further
, European
, dictators
, trapped
, bodies
Is that R. Kelly in there, behind the flannel? 2007-08-10 12:40:00 I lead a very cluttered existence. Not only is my brain a jumble of thoughts - and it really is amazing that I'm able to write this blog at all, what with all the riff raff throwing loud toga parties in there - but my home is becoming increasingly disorganized and chaotic with each passing day. Especially since Chicky came along, and with her came all the crap you need to keep a baby happy and healthy (read: Annoyingly loud primary-colored plastic toys) but she's not the only one to blame. Through the years I've adapted to Mr. C's way of dealing with clutter: as long as there is a path from the bed to the bathroom to the kitchen and out the door there's no problem. Clutter? What clutter? I don't see any clutter. La la la laaahh.Every flat surface is covered with something - I have no idea what that something is half the time - and our closets are overflowing with more stuff. Now, stuff is a very important word here, because as I said before, I have no idea what most of th Read more:behind
A metaphor for my life 2007-08-14 19:07:00 I was sunning myself yesterday, sitting on a lounge chair next to my pool while Chicky slept, when I had the odd feeling that someone was watching me.
And there was.
A fluffy little bird (maybe a Winter Wren?) was sitting on the edge of my pool not seven feet away from me. Just sitting there. Not moving. Looking at me.
That's odd, I thought, I didn't notice that bird fly over here. I must
The playground, the playground, the playground's on fire 2007-08-14 11:40:00 This is scary.
A playground
in Arlington, Texas burst into flames when the composite wood chips, a material widely used in children's playground (and dog parks, too), caught fire. The whole incident was caught on tape by a nearby surveillance camera. Initially, there didn't seem to be a reason why the wood chips caught fire (no added accelerant or spark from a carelessly thrown cigarette, for
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