My friend, in reference to The Bachelor: “Who watches this shit?”Her husband: “The same people who keep with royalty.”The Bachelor, along with pretty much every other reality TV show, really is shit. It is a horrific concept: hundreds, maybe even … [Continue reading]
Spring-ish
March 8, 2010 by 5 Comments
We’ve had a run of really unseasonably warm weather and I spent the afternoon cutting back perennials, pruning shrubs, and pulling back mulch to squeal over the teeny sprouts of my emerging very hardy perennials. Then I immediately replaced the mulch … [Continue reading]
Cool Things People (who are not me) Do
March 6, 2010 by 3 Comments
The other day, someone asked me how my bread making was going. This poses the question: if your New Year’s resolution is to bake bread, and you bake bread one time, does that mean your resolution has been fulfilled? In actuality I have baked bread … [Continue reading]
What day is it? What month is it?
March 4, 2010 by 2 Comments
I’m completely confused. I keep thinking that it is still February, yet simultaneously I believe that it is later in the week than it actually is. I’m thinking “Wow, I can’t believe how warm it is for February” alongside “I’m sure glad it’s … [Continue reading]
Statement Retraction: Groundhog Day
February 28, 2010 by 7 Comments
It pains me to do this, but I feel I must retract my statement with regards to Groundhog Day. Don’t get me wrong: I am aware that there will be more snow and frosty temperatures, but the past few days have been absolutely beautiful – puddles and … [Continue reading]
Olympic Sick Day
February 26, 2010 by 8 Comments
It was only a matter of time. I actually thought to myself that it was a miracle – a miracle! – that we hadn’t been sick so far this calendar year. It was especially miraculous because the kindergarten class has been a petrie dish of violently … [Continue reading]
Yeah, me too.
February 23, 2010 by 6 Comments
Jake, in the car today: "It's a good thing Tiger Woods is not MY dad."Me: silence, trying to digest this comment while simultaneously wondering if watching the news around the children is damaging their psyches in some deep and troubling way.Jake: … [Continue reading]
