So. The day after I post a story about my over-reaction to a water main break on my street, the earthquake and related chaos and possible nuclear meltdown occurs in Japan. I feel like an asshole.How do you talk to your children about such things? … [Continue reading]
I Also Hate Camping
March 10, 2011 by 5 Comments
Two days ago, Jake and I were driving home from the grocery store when it appeared that my street was underwater. An enormous ark-like flood of muddy water filled my street, and my first thought was that it didn’t seem warm enough to melt that much … [Continue reading]
I once had a poster of a fish riding a bicycle.
March 8, 2011 by 6 Comments
Yesterday, according to the internet – which is never wrong, correct? – was Booty Appreciation Day. A moment of silence, please, while we all absorb that riveting information. Strangely, Booty Appreciation Day is immediately followed by … [Continue reading]
A Tale of Two Closets
March 5, 2011 by 12 Comments
Well, it's one closet really. The other day I was making my bed and I looked up and saw this: From this view it would appear that my husband has bogarted all the closet space. All those shirts, neatly hung on the upper tier, meanwhile I have a … [Continue reading]
At that moment I knew. I knew the way you know about a good melon.
March 4, 2011 by 7 Comments
A while back, I read Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP newsletter, something I never do unless my attention is directed to it. This particular newsletter - which I cannot find archived, for some reason - dealt with how to be organized. I was particularly … [Continue reading]
Disneyland should sell booze.
February 28, 2011 by 12 Comments
The kids were thrilled that we were going to Disneyland; so was my husband, who had never been before. I was somewhat less excited given my mild crowd phobia and not-so-mild germ phobia, especially when I realized we were going to be there on … [Continue reading]
I’m Back and I’m Stylish!
February 27, 2011 by 8 Comments
I was vacationing in California for ten days, escaping the frigid cold back home. However, since cold follows me like a puppy, temperatures were far below normal in Palm Desert and Anaheim, where I was. Almost everyone I et commented on the … [Continue reading]
