I don’t normally promote my birthday. In fact, I usually try to ignore because ignoring it = not getting older. But this time I’m straying from the normal course. Because this time it’s a Big Un. It’s the BIG Five-Oh. I won’t have another birthday this big for another 50 years, so I need to…
Tag: humor
I’m disappointed they couldn’t squeeze even MORE movies out of the Hunger Games series
Are you kidding me? That was my reaction when I saw the first promo for the upcoming release of Mocking Jay, which is the final book of the Hunger Games trilogy. If somehow you’ve been fortunate enough to shelter yourself from this series (and I’d really like to know how you did it), I’ll briefly…
Why can’t they schedule these dang lunar eclipses during the day?!
I was hoping it was a dream, but deep down (way, WAAAAAAAAY down) I knew it wasn’t. I peeked at the clock with one eye. Hey, I thought 4:15 only happened in the afternoons . . . I wanted to go back to sleep, but that desire was soon squelched by my son, who started shaking me and…
That egg roll was some kind of awful!
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not perfect. Well, on second thought, my kids would be the first to admit that. Followed closely by the many girlfriends I’ve dated. Oh, and I’m sure a reader or two. Or dozen or so. But that’s not the important thing. The important thing is that no…
I’m a slave to numbers
I knew it had to happen. It was only a matter of time. The only question was, when . . . You know how it is. You’ll be going along in life, everything seems to be smooth and calm. And there you are, just rocking along, when . . . WHAM! It hits you. And…
My son enlightens older sister on THE J WORD
I found myself in an unfamiliar place the other night – the laundry room. I try to visit it as seldom as I can, which is only hen I run out of clean underwear. (And what I’ve come to realize is that wearing underwear once – and yes, sometimes even twice, doesn’t necessarily mean that…
Son’s favorite fish dish reveals poor parenting protocol
At what point do you, as a parent, realize that you’ve (ahem, how can I say this nicely) totally flubbed up? You usually don’t need a card in the mail to let you know, plus I’m not sure Hallmark makes a card that says like “Despite you stupid parent that you are, I plan to…
My OCD is a bit OOC
I love technology. I’m a sucker the latest, bestest new gadgets that hit the market. In fact, I just bought a new smart phone. I MIGHT have it figured out by the time it’s time for me to upgrade to a new phone. Maybe . . . But even though I love technology, I’m not…
Grilling with my son
My son often likes to help me around the grill, which is kind of strange because he won’t actually eat anything that’s cooked on the grill. I tried cooking some peanut butter on the grill one time, but I’ve been forbidden from ever speaking of that incident. So it was no real surprise when he…
Son finds use for seldom used words
You know the old cliché of boys hiding under their covers in bed, reading comic books with a flashlight. Well, I think my son might be doing that. But I’m afraid to pull the covers back because of what I might find him reading. I’m a bit worried that I might catch him reading (are…
Holding together the jello 