Archive for May, 2006

Kid treasures

Monday, May 29th, 2006

I just opened Caroline’s lunch box and found:
An armrest slip cover
A piece of wood
A shell
A plastic McDonald’s toy
A small tube of glitter glue
and A small package of pretzels
Where does she dig this stuff up?

Two more

Monday, May 29th, 2006

One live recluse, one dead. The live one was on the underside of Jo’s mattress. The dead one was under Caroline’s bed.

Cute

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

In spring and summer the tree frogs around here set up a cacophony that lasts through the first part of the night. Last night my daughter woke around midnight. I went up to see what was going on, and she asked, “Mommy, how come when I’m lying here I hear those frogs giggling [...]

Brown Recluse Report

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

Found by my cat, under the toe-kick of my husband’s sink in the master bathroom.

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Thanks, no

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Ever get a “PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW” mail with 100 people in the To: field that included 2 megs worth of picture files?
Respond with a link to Thanksno.com. They say nicely what I’ve been trying to tell people for years. “I still love you, but please respect my privacy [...]

Scenes from the Pated house

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Me: *gnawing on a pork chop bone*
Hub: Are you eating a bone?
Me: *nods*
Hub: What happened to that debutante I married?
Me: *burps*
Hub: Oh.

First results

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

I got my first (sort of) grade - 10 points out of 10 for the first week’s discussion. I’ve also written my first paper in years. It was actually kind of fun. I’m totally digging on this Omni Outliner program that came with my new MacBook Pro.

Hairbugs

Monday, May 15th, 2006

Caroline brought home lice from school a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to my sister-in-law, we were able to get rid of them pretty quickly. The recipe:
Use the regular lice shampoo as directed. Let hair dry completely. Saturate hair with Cetaphil soap and wet-comb. Do not rinse! Blow-dry hair [...]

Frigging filthy perverts

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Due to the fact that apparently some perverts have been passing around the URL for my kids’ pictures on an incest chat site, I’ve removed public access to their pictures. Email me if you would like a login.

Nevaeh ot Yawriats

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

From the utterly bizarre files…
This guy taught himself to sing Stairway to Heaven backwards. He then reversed the video.