When Rissa has stayed up too late the night before… like last night, Halloween… the next morning is… interesting. Let’s say that she is fragile. She uses her frowny face a lot. She grumbles. She has been known to flop on the floor and emit a “Wailey, Wailey, Wailey!” Traversing the space between the island…
Meeeeh… Yesterday morning… David had been looking forward to sleeping in. 15 more minutes of it. He wasn’t carpooling because of an after-school literacy meeting. He set the alarm in anticipatory joy – there may have been some contented chortling and ‘nom, nom, nom’ noises as he snuggled into the bed. Then, the cats fucked…
So the other day after my walk, I had a small reserve of energy and I thought that I’d mow the lawn. David usually does it but I was thinking I’d get major spouse points if I did it for him. Except I couldn’t start it. I tried like 10 freaking times to yank the…
We could make our own penicillin with some of the contents of our fridge right now. Show of hands, who else only cleans their fridge out on a quarterly or bi-annual basis? As a science experiment it’s kind of cool – as a surprise when you’re opening a container – not so much. That’s why…
Okay, so Chanel No. 5 ads. WHAT. THE. POOH. Brad Pitt is the new face of Chanel No. 5? My friend Meg said that it happened, but I thought she was high. Brad Pitt? Chanel No. 5? And then I found it – a 31 second commercial that can make the most nonsensical…
We’re at another wedding this weekend with little time to write/edit (fingers crossed for sunshine around 3:00 p.m. for Pete & Kate), so may I please direct your attention to these: Shilling for Schools (How to encourage our children to pimp) YAY!! YOGURT!! (Another reason why I love my crazy daughter) and The Twitching…
Yesterday I was in a public washroom. In one of the stalls, someone had left a makeshift toilet seat cover made from artfully placed toilet paper. Woman after woman turned away from that stall as if it the Black Death were in residence. I guess they all assumed that someone had done their business and…
So it’s that time of year where schools do their fundraising and your child gets to sell useless shit to your family and friends. I’m sorry, that’s unfair. In the past couple of years, at Rissa’s school, they’ve been selling magazine subscriptions which can actually be good things. They make good Christmas presents and such. …
We went grocery shopping today at the No Frills and it was an ADVENTURE. I bribed Rissa to come by saying that she could pick out a treat. First off, we had the turquoise shopping trolley on account of the fact that we walked. Rissa was adamant that she pull it along “I…” she paused…
Okay, so I might need a babysitter. I know that I keep posting that I don’t, but I think maybe… I do. My hips are hurting… AGAIN… Because why? Because I jogged on the treadmill and now my arthritis/bursitis is acting up. (And yes, I’m only 44 freaking years of age, but I was a…