Just in case you didn’t know, Valentine’s Day is only three days away! Everywhere I turn, I hear that this year, this entire weekend is being referred to as Valentine’s Day Weekend. So happy Valentine’s Day Weekend, everyone! If my husband does not buy me a dozen red roses, a heart-shaped box of chocolates, and […]
Groundhogs, The Bachelor and male pattern baldness.
February 2, 2011 by
Certain special days do not translate well for everyone. For example, Robbie Burns Day – does anyone who is not of Scottish heritage really want to eat haggis and listen to bagpipes? I’m half Scottish and I certainly don’t want to – or President’s Day, which does not carry over very well to countries that […]
All the cool kids are doing it!
January 6, 2011 by
And so will I – a Year in Review. Yes, I know it is the sixth of January and most year in reviews have already been posted, but I was far too busy writing about people who eat toilet paper and watching When Harry Met Sally. So what happened in 2010 over at the Boy […]
I hate you, Harry. I really hate you.
January 1, 2011 by
Happy New Year! How did you spend New Year’s Eve? After taking the kids out for a very early dinner and putting them to bed at the regular time my husband, in what can only be described as an overwhelming display of love and affection, watched When Harry Met Sally with me, while I, in […]
Be Kind Resolution, or How I Resolved to Drink More Wine
December 30, 2010 by
In the height of holiday overindulgence last week, a good friend said “I didn’t want to make New Year’s resolutions, but at this point it’s impossible not to.” I understood. I’m not generally one for traditional New Year’s resolutions, although I am feeling kind of bloated and sugar high from my own indulgences. But, as […]
This is the end, Christmassy friend.
December 28, 2010 by
It’s all over, people. I know some people leave their tree and decorations up until the New Year, some people leave them up until Epiphany, but my festive spirit and accompanying décor had been up for over a month and it was high time to reclaim the living room. Yesterday I looked around me and […]
Tomorrow is Christmas! It’s practically here!
December 24, 2010 by
Remember when you were a kid, how difficult it was to wait for Christmas and how you would get all crazy and frantic waiting for the minute you could get up on Christmas morning, and quite possibly you drove all the adults in the vicinity a little bit insane with your incessant chatter and odd […]
