Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesAttention Idiot Drivers
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Yes I am talking to you. Yes YOU, the one looking behind you right now thinking “is she talking to me?” - imagining that I can’t possibly be talking to you! Ah-huh. You. Right there, reading this blog posting. You know who you are.
I don’t consider myself normally an aggressive woman but I have to […]
Recipe for a Snow Day
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Yesterday it was 46 degrees in Michigan. This morning it’s minus fourteen (-14) with winds of 50 mph. There are 555 schools in the area closed. How did that happen? My children whipped up a batch of Snow Day Con Carne, that’s how. Here’s the recipe:
On the night prior to the desired snow day mix […]
Domestic Requirements
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Do you have certain rules that are required in your house? We sure do, at least when it comes to the children. Some of them include:
1. Last one out of the bed makes it. Seems pretty simple to me; no further explanation needed.
2. Always leave it in better condition than […]
Grandma Forgetsitall
Friday, January 25th, 2008My adoring fans (my offspring) have given me a new nickname. My sweet angels call me Grandma Forgetsitall. It’s that lovely? It’s especially lovely because I have young children and I’m still a spring chicken myself… nowhere near the Grandma era.
I’m not so sure I can entirely argue with the Forgetsitall part. There are contributing […]
Voices in my Head
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Dear God,
Bless this food unto our bodies. Oh wait; you created the fish, cauliflower and bulgur I’m eating, so you’ve already blessed it. So that’d be silly to ask you to bless what you’ve already blessed. Now if I were eating pizza and beer then asked you to bless that; you’d laugh, […]