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Life in a Northern Town 2007-08-18 12:04:00 I grew up with characters. Not cartoon ones, though there were certainly enough of those in my young life, but the real-life kind. People with interesting stories and personalities. The odd, the quirky, and the downright strange. And the more idiosyncrasies they had the more I loved being around them.
For instance, I have fond memories of a friend of the family who, when we had our yearly Read more:Northern
Very" Bad Newz" for Michael Vick 2007-08-17 12:55:00 **Updated below! And you're going to looove it.**
Michael
Vick is so screwed.
And I could not be happier.
Two of Vick's co-defendants turned on him today. In court papers filed today, the two men testified that Vick provided money for the dog fighting ring,"Bad Newz Kennels", based on Vick's Virginia property, and all three men "executed approximately eight dogs that did not perform well in
A sign of the apocalypse 2007-08-20 10:59:00 I'm on a lot of retail email lists and gajillions of notifications a day about products and sales flood my inbox. I get so many that I usually delete them all without looking. But the other day one in particular caught my eye. There was a new toy that had won some prestigious editor's award for best toy of 2007.
That piqued my interest. I'm a concerned parent. I only let my kid play with
You got the peaches, I got the cream 2007-08-27 09:12:00 Okay, have you seen the promo for the new season of Martha? The one with Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" over quick cuts of melted chocolate being poured over cakes, sugar sprinkled over ripe berries, syrup drizzled over baked pears?
Def Leppard. Martha Stewart.
Talk about two thing that don't go together.
Sadly I'm completely turned on.
Def Leppard was cool when I was a kid - about
Vacationitis 2007-08-26 13:56:00 I'm all better now. I don't know if it was something I caught or something I ate but I'm leaning towards a case of vacationitis.
Wah? You don't know about vacationitis?
It affects everyone in different ways but in my case vacationitis is brought on by my natural predilection towards being a stress bag every other day of the year. I thrive on stress, I eat it for breakfast. Stress is what
More proof that God hates me 2007-08-25 09:34:00 What's the best way to follow up three days on Cape Cod, where the air was cold (for summer) and it rained at least one day?
Stomach virus!
Whoo... eh, I haven't got the energy to get excited, even in the name of sarcasm.
I've been out of commission for the past two days because of my gooky stomach, too sick to even check my bloglines. But I need to get my strength back because I'm supposed
Talk talk 2007-08-30 12:31:00 There once was a time when I worried my daughter wouldn't speak. I wrung my hands with concern, closely scrutinizing other children her age for signs that my kid was further behind than she should be. I fretted and agonized over every babble that I thought should be fully formed words at her age. I even called in experts.
Then she started speaking.
Complex sentences started flowing freely
RuPaul was right, I should probably work 2007-08-29 14:21:00 Now that the great romance of my twenties (not including Mr. C, of course. No, hon, you are the great romance of my life. Promise.) has been compared to a Lifetime movie of the week and I purged my soul on the internet, I've gotta take a detour off this trip down memory lane and take care of some blog business.
But before I get to that, I still can't believe that no one figured out the song.
Guest blawging 2007-08-28 07:33:00 Psst.
I'm not here today. I'm over at Her Bad Mother's blog, talking about one of those subjects I vowed never to speak about - ex-boyfriends. Specifically, the one who broke my heart.
With apologies to my dear husband. Honey, if you don't want to read about it, don't click that link. Don't do it. Resist.
You know he can't help himself, right?
You don't have to resist. Quite the Read more:Guest
Home is where you're forced to make it 2007-09-03 12:33:00 As part of our Fifth Anniversary Spectacular(!) - which was 24 full hours without Chicky (thanks to the in-laws), some sushi, and... you can use your imagination - Mr. C and I went to tour a house that had just come on the market.
(Oh sure, like you'd expect us to be having non-stop sex for 24 hours, right? We're not Sting and Trudy. Get a grip.)
The house was perfect in every way: Two car Read more:forced
Nobody knows me like my baby 2007-08-31 09:30:00 And I like cream in my coffee
And I hate to be alone on Sunday
And nobody knows me like my baby
- Lyle Lovett
Five years. It seems like a lifetime, it seems like an instant. Happy Anniversary, Babe. Read more:Nobody
The signs are all there, you just need to know what you're looking for 2007-09-27 14:25:00 I've said it before - I believe in signs
. I think it goes back to my Catholic upbringing. Something about all those saints finding the image of Jesus or Mary in a tree stump or loaf of bread and seeing it as the sign to give their lives to God. I saw a dragonfly. I see it as a sign of good things to come. I may be deluding myself but I think we all need something to believe in and since I
Thoughts while wondering why Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma makes me so happy 2007-09-26 11:56:00 Yes, that guy. He makes
me happy (the sappy Aerosmith song at the end of that clip, however, DOES NOT make me happy). If you laugh I'll slug you.
Try me.
The other day, my friend Jen was in a mood. I'm not going to say a bad mood or a sad mood, I'll leave it to her to decide what type of mood it was. But she was in need of reminding that good things still existed in this fecked up world.
I Read more:wondering
, Potts
The happy just keeps on coming 2007-09-24 08:45:00 I've been a total downer lately... and today is no different! We're discussing how to help our children (of any age) deal with the death of a friend or family member over here. Come share your experiences and your expertise, if you have any.
There's more upbeat posts at the New England Mamas too. We're not all buzzkills. Though, I am. Yeah.
Um...
Hey, look over there!
(runs away to find Read more:keeps
On paper wings 2007-09-22 14:27:00 I was sitting outside today reading a book, when a dragonfly landed on my bare knee. Normally I would have been freaked out by such a large insect sitting on my bare flesh, but instead I let him lounge there for a moment while I apologized for all of his relatives who were consumed whole and alive for my childish pleasure. Then I slapped my thigh and watched him fly off, good wishes trailing Read more:paper
Taking a break from alpacas to talk about asses and boobs 2007-09-20 13:30:00 If you have no interest in breasts then maybe you have a thing for shoes. I have a new review on footwear up at May We Recommend. If you have skinny feet like mine you'll want to learn more about Ryka sneakers, trust me.
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By now you've heard about Bill Maher's rant about mothers who breastfeed in public, as well as the woman who was asked to cover herself up while nursing her Read more:Taking
If you can't find the answers you can always buy them from Wal-Mart 2007-09-18 12:08:00 An alpaca farm? Really? What the hell was I thinking?
I know exactly what I was thinking...
"Oh my God, I'm thirty-five and I have no idea where my life is going or which direction I should turn or if I should have another baby or if I should be happy with the one I've got or am I going to get off my ass and start my own business and stop talking about it already and can I do that with a new Read more:answers
, always
He'll come around once he realizes the brilliance of my plan 2007-09-16 20:41:00 "Honey, let's move to Western Mass. and start an alpaca farm."
[silence]
"C'mon, it'll be great! We can raise alpacas and sell their fur! And I can finally start breeding dogs! You know I've been wanting to do that for a long time."
[uncomfortable silence]
"Maybe we can add a small boarding kennel to bring in some extra cash! And I could still teach dog training. I could do house calls Read more:brilliance
Where's Jake Ryan when you need him? 2007-09-13 12:03:00 Yo, it's my birthday.
I'm gonna party like it's my birthday.
Which is to say, not at all. My husband is 3000 miles away so it's just me and Chicky. And the dogs. Maybe I'll throw us a bacon party. That will make everyone happy.
Bacon makes everything better.
We'll be like the pigeon in the Mo Willems books, except instead of a hot dog party we'll have a bacon party. And of course we'll
Bath time with the Chickys 2007-09-12 19:08:00 "Honey, can you please sit down on your tushy."
Chicky gives me a quizzical look and sits down.
"Tushy?"
"Yeah, your tushy. That's another word for your bum."
Pops up out of the water and smacks her butt. Hard.
"Dis?" Slaps it again.
"Yes, that," resisting the urge to pinch it.
"No, Mama, not Chicky's tushy. Dats Chicky's booty."
Proceeds to wiggle her butt while singing:
"Sake, sake,
Somewhere... over my ovaries, skies are blue 2007-09-11 21:14:00 ** I've got a new review up at May We Recommend. Nina Garcia - The Little Black Book of Style. Did I like it? Did I hate it? Did it convince me to lose the mommy uniform? **
Apparently, a certain Redneck really wants me to get knocked up because this is the video she left for me on my Facebook page.
Go ahead, I dare you to watch it and not get all teary. And then tell me your internal Read more:Somewhere
, ovaries
I should just put down the M&Ms and write this post already 2007-09-10 08:26:00 On the left, information on different IUDs. On the right, a prescription for prenatal vitamins.
Einy, Meiny, Miny, Mo. Catch a baby by the toe. If it hollers let it go. Out pops...
In the spring, Mr. C and I decided to "revisit" the idea of having a second baby, but only after I cavorted drunkenly at Blogher and sowed some Quaker oats.
The term "wild" does not pertain to me anymore, sadly
July/August ROFL Awards 2007-09-07 07:00:00 Yes, Metro Mama and I postponed last month's ROFL Awards
due to, to quote myself, personal "fucked uppedness".
Yes, they're now back.
Yes, laughter is good. Especially after fucked uppedness.
Yes, I have my own nomination. Yes, she's funny. Yes, she's one hot mama (for real, day-um). Yes, her post about the stinky cheese had me laughing my quickly expanding ass off.
Yes, I think Lindsay Read more:August
Speelunking in my closet 2007-09-07 06:45:00 Remember my closet? There are some big time fashion don'ts in there (flannel? Really? Apparently I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK) but it's the closet in my spare room where I found the real beauts.
But before I show you let me say this: these are items of clothing I own that I'm way too sentimental about to throw away. They're a piece of my history - ancient history, but still history - and I
The future of the Red Sox 2007-09-06 13:54:00 Whoever said girls can't play ball has never seen my two year old in action. Chicky is a natural.
(Must have gotten that from Mr. C, 'cause she didn't get her natural athletic abilities from me. I run like a wounded chicken.)
When she's a famous athlete (and a Nobel prize winner and a rock star and President of the United States) you'll be able to say you heard it here first.
I knew Orville Redenbacher was too nice to be believed 2007-09-05 13:23:00 Now, that I am calm I can say with some rationality that I'm done trashing Whoop-dee-doo and Vick, the puppy killer.
I still stand by what I said: she was defending him. Even though she was not defending his actions she was defending his reasons for doing so, his judgment if you will. He didn't know it was wrong, my sphincter. If he didn't know it was wrong he wouldn't have lied about doing
Whoops Whoopi 2007-09-04 13:29:00 I can't believe I missed the View this morning
*banging head on keyboard*
Whoopi Goldberg started today as official moderator of the morning bitch session, and she started it off by inserting foot directly into mouth.
She defended Michael Vick.
I KNOW.
(here's a piece of the show)
On Vick's convinction for dogfighting charges: "You know from his background this is not an unusual thing for
Mama-to-be's little helper 2007-10-02 12:01:00 Yesterday, per your suggestions, I went grocery shopping and stocked up on Saltine crackers, lemon candies, lollipops, crystallized ginger, ginger snaps, lemons and peppermints. I also bought a bunch of apples (I lived on them during my last pregnancy) and started drinking chocolate shakes (yet another staple of my pregnancy diet). And I'm happy to say so far, so good. But it's still early. Read more:little
No easy answers 2007-09-30 18:45:00 **edited below**
So. Yeah. Knocked up. Preggers. Bun in the oven. Baby on board. Preggo. With child. Damn, Billy Joe, the rabbit done died.
Yeah.
I don't know how I feel about this pregnancy yet. When I found out I was pregnant with Chicky I was so shocked, even though we were actively trying the idea I would actually see a plus sign on my EPT stick never occurred to me until that Read more:answers
What 50 Cent and I have in common 2007-10-12 18:42:00 After I gave birth to Chicky, after all the bits were tidied and the craziness died down, I was offered the dinner menu showcasing the hospitals finest foods. And by "finest" I mean food of the institutional variety. Flavorless, cardboard meats, Jell-O, and crusty chocolate pudding. I was all over that menu like a starving dog.
I ordered a hamburger. The perfectly shaped patty, which in no
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