Schmoopy

I am not really a “typical” woman when it comes to a lot of things.  I don’t particularly like to cuddle or hold hands.  I tend to be cranky and temperamental.  I’m an anal-retentive control freak that is militant about a large number of household-related tasks.  I am completely lacking in sympathy and therefore make a terrible nursemaid.  [...]

Eyeballs, etc.

LASIK update Y’all.  Y’ALL.  I had several people tell me how awesome it is, how I would wish I’d done it years ago.  And guess what?  I TOTALLY WISH I’D DONE IT YEARS AGO.  In addition to the cost (which is admittedly substantial), I was mostly worried about silly things, like being required to keep [...]

A brief conversation

In a burst of housecleaning frenzy I did some rearranging and reappropriation of storage containers.  Which led to this conversation with my son. Lex:  Why are my stuffed animals all in my laundry basket? Me:  Because now it is a stuffed animal basket. Lex:  Oh.  [leaves] Lex:  [immediately comes back]  But where are my dirty [...]

Arlene*

First order of business – N told me he’d divorce me if I refer to him as Nic on this blog.  Or at the very least, take my site down completely!  I was correct in my assumption that he wouldn’t go for Nic, heh.  Betty had a good idea, but I call my father-in-law Roz [...]

Some decisions, and a movie review just for kicks

I’ve grown weary of the nicknames I use for my family on this blog.   I was feeling woefully uncreative when I first started writing here and couldn’t be bothered to come up with anything fun for N and AE. Then Miss T came along and I copped out with her, too.  I don’t use real [...]