I have this totally stupid thing that has been bugging me. The new moms at my bus stop stand in the street. I know it sounds silly, and I know it shouldn’t be a big deal, but what kind of example is that? How am I supposed to teach my kids to stay out of [...]
Non Sequitur
August 11, 2010
The funniest joke I heard all day as told by my four year old neighbor, Todd: (Laurie and Suebob should stop reading now) Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: Diarrhea. I turned my head as his mother scolded him for that kind of talk at the table because I was laughing and [...]
Sarah Elsewhere
May 14, 2010
Why I am going to art school. Why I am offended by the iPhone commercial. A picture I took on a walk in my classy neighborhood. ————> Why the Cincinnati Bengals pissed me off. For $11.5 million, I will sell you two of my toes. Now I am off to prepare for a birthday party [...]
Need a Pull?
March 22, 2010
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in my front yard in a gigantic cardboard box. Backstory: yesterday morning we bought a shed. It is the kind that you put together, kind of like Legos for grownups except it requires hammers to assemble and is more utilitarian. It came in two huge boxes. Really big boxes. One [...]
I Googled You
March 13, 2010
“I have to tell you” she said. “I googled you and I found your blog.” If you want to know what stops my heart it is a mom in Ian’s class telling me that she read my blog. I don’t keep it a secret. I am not anonymous. I am mostly pretty proud of my [...]
Snowpocalypse Now
February 11, 2010
Yesterday my husband came in from shoveling and knocking huge icicles off of our roof. Him: I just talked to all of our neighbors. Me: Really, what is everybody doing out there Him: Janet is cursing in her driveway. Me: That sounds pretty good. Maybe I’ll go out too. Him: Well, she was shoveling. You [...]
You Want to Hear Something Totally Crazy?
October 6, 2009
My across the street neighbors decided to go away for a couple of days and I was talking to the lady that lives there about feeding their cat. It was one of those conversations that should have taken two minutes and we both ended up standing in my driveway talking about life for 45 minutes [...]
Back Door Friend
September 1, 2009
I’ve been known to drink a beer or two (or eight) every now and then.* I love beer and I love wine. I even love some mixed drinks, but they don’t so much love me. This is not my point. What I was going to say is that I come by it honestly. My mother’s [...]
It Was Cliché, but it Looked Shady
May 14, 2009
Mistake #1: I was trying to bake egg-less brownies from scratch. Mistake #2: I never looked to see if I had sugar. It turned out I did have sugar. I just didn’t have two cups of it. So I did what you do. I called my neighbor. “Hi. It’s Sarah. Can I borrow a cup [...]
Well THAT Was Awkward
April 16, 2009
I have a wonderful neighbor that lives two doors down from me. This neighbor, we will call her Janet*, works at my kids preschool. So when my carpool driver got sick this morning I called Janet and asked her if she could drive The Goon Squad to school today. She said yes. (I told you [...]
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