I was watching this old documentary about The White Stripes and Jack and Meg were still pretending to be siblings and now I am mad at them for being lairs.
Gifts
May 11, 2012 2 Comments
There has been a lot of talk leading up to this Mother’s Day about how we should celebrate it on the internet. Some people want us to black it out and not talk about it at all for a cause. Some people want us to weigh in on the magazine cover that shows a blogger [...]
Double Time
May 8, 2012 1 Comment
When I found out that I was pregnant with twins I ran right out to the book store and bought almost every book I could find in the pregnancy/parenting section on multiples. I am not exaggerating when I tell you that there were only four of them on the shelf that day. It was such [...]
Why Youth Sports Are Vital
May 2, 2012 7 Comments
Somedays I cannot believe how busy we are around here. Between scouts, choir, soccer, birthday parties, piano lessons, family commitments and homework I feel like half of the time I am just diving my kids around from place to place. I know this isn’t news to any suburban parent. I was warned about this. The [...]
The Fox and the Sarah
April 27, 2012 26 Comments
If you were a fox wouldn’t you want to be as far away from an elementary school bus stop as possible? Please understand that I am talking about the actual animal, not an attractive person from the ’80s, although in either case the sentence still works.
Why You Shouldn’t Listen to The Bloggess’ Audio Book With Your Kids in the Car
April 25, 2012 14 Comments
I was so excited when my copy of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened arrived in the mail. I was psyched because I had preordered it eons ago and people that bought the paper version of the book got theirs earlier. I ordered the audio book because 1) How cool is it that Jenny got to [...]
I Missed a Hockey Game for This
April 23, 2012 1 Comment
“… So I am sitting there, in a pew, and weeping for reasons I cannot explain. I don’t feel sad at all. Can something make you cry just by being too cute? Are these pride induced tears? Is the guy behind me cutting an onion? I am just sitting there pretending that I haven’t finally snapped [...]
The Best/Hardest Job
April 17, 2012 15 Comments
In 2003 my friends had a baby. It was their first. Having no children of my own at the time I asked the new father what being a parent was like. He said “It is the best and the hardest job I have ever had.” At the time I thought it was cute and also [...]
The Late Apology
April 11, 2012 15 Comments
Yesterday I got an apology that was 22 years overdue. Sort of out of nowhere (sort of not, Facebook and old pictures stir up dusty old memories that we’ve worked so hard to suppress) a guy that dicked me over in 10th grade sent me an apology. A boy that cheated on me in 1989 [...]
Randomness Part 139: Embarrassing Things
April 2, 2012 15 Comments
Three Embarrassing Things That I Am Telling You For No Reason 1) One time I thought I peed the bed, but really my cat had poked some holes in my waterbed with his claws and that is why my underthings were all wet.
Randomness Part 138
March 31, 2012 9 Comments
Two People I Said “Hi” to in Public Because I Thought I Knew Them, but Really They Just Looked Familiar Because They Were Famous 1) Frank McCourt
Things I Learned About Myself While Scanning Old Photos
March 26, 2012 22 Comments
8 Things I Learned About Myself While Scanning Old Photos 1. I was neither fat nor ugly. I’m not entirely sure why I thought I was.
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