Dawn of the (Not Quite) Dead

I have cabin fever.
The kids and I have been cooped up together for a week straight now, sharing germs and bottles of Sudafed while we fight our way through a particularly pernicious head and chest cold. It struck Caleb first, crusting his face (and the back of his hand, which is apparently preferable to Kleenex) [...]

A Rare Sight

These are for Jessi, who commented:

“I expect a photo of a pristine laundry room.”

Before:

After: (Although I wouldn’t exactly call it “pristine,” this is as good as it gets, chickie.)

Under the Wire

Loads of laundry washed, dried, and folded: 13
Loads of laundry still in the hamper: 5
Minutes left for blogging: 2

The Marriage Bed

The vows are spoken. The rings are exchanged. The birdseed is flung, usually with enough force to raise welts on the bride’s neck. The newlywed couple climbs into their oh-so-tastefully decorated car and drives away into Happily Ever After. They make a quick stop in an exotic vacation spot, get matching sunburns, and finally return [...]

If You Don’t Watch "The Office", Skip This Post

Point One: All I can say is that I knew that New Roy was not, in fact, new at all, but a hopelessly dyed-in-the-wool Old Roy clothed in a very thin veneer of get-Pam-back-by-temporarily-acting-like-a-good-boyfriend-ness.
So while it’s worrisome to think that Roy might take his frustrations out on Jim, it’s definitely a good thing [...]

Progress Report

With nearly two months of the new year behind us, I decided this would be a good time to check in on my New Year’s resolutions to see how I’m doing. Considering that my usual modus operandi is to chuck my resolutions altogether about halfway through January, I’m pretty proud that I even have anything [...]

Bald is Beautiful

It seems Britney Spears is taking a lot of flack from fans and industry professionals alike over her radical new hairstyle.
Or make that “no-hair style.”
The volume of the outcry, a mixed bag of concern, cackling, and condemnation, puts the importance of Britney’s follicular status roughly on par with that of Iran’s nuclear proliferation, the escalating [...]

Pay It Forward

I did it to myself.
Pay It Forward was on TV today, and I watched it. I watched it, knowing full well that by the end of it, I would be crying into the couch pillows and casting around for something to rid me of the squeezing ache of overwrought emotion in my chest*. I’m such [...]

Wake Up Call

This morning came way too early.
Paul gallantly offered to take the first shower so that I could pillage the Land of Nod for fifteen more blissful minutes. Alas, it was not to be.
Five minutes after the shower started running, a small but not-to-be-denied voice announced from the kids’ room: “Mommmeeeee! I’m awake now!” [...]

Paper Ponderings

Today I was researching the history of toilet paper (you have to be prepared for any question when you’re a mom, you know) and there, among the many useful and essential snippets of latrine lore, I came across this interesting tidbit in the toilet paper timeline:
1792: the Old Farmer’s Almanac begins publication; there are several [...]