Monthly Archives: April, 2009
Never Talk to Strangers
…Unless you’re safely ensconced in a bathroom stall, and your Mom is in the bathroom with you. Tonight, I took the kids to the going away party of a good friend. They were (primarily) well-behaved, and had a pretty good time, snacking on chicken fingers and fries, and making new friends with my colleagues and …
A Watched Tub Never Drains
I can’t tell what bothers me more – the leak in my bathtub’s drain plug, or the fact that the draining comes to a screeching halt the minute I open it? Why is it that when I’m in the bath and trying to relax, all I can focus on is that leaking noise? The water …
Create a Sippy Cup in a Jiffy
Just try telling a four year-old: “Don’t cry over spilled milk.” The dinner hour is usually chaotic in my house, but tonight I was trying to multitask even more than usual. Pizza in the oven, I was on a phone call, while pouring ‘Lil Boo his Batman cup of milk. I’ve pretty much phased out …
My Eyeballs Hurt
Anyone who knows me knows I don’t sleep much. This weekend I got a lot done around my house, including (thank you, Mom and Dad) getting the new paint job done in my main bathroom. (Ooh, it’s so pretty!) I also did a lot of reading, social media exploration and research, laundry, Spyware detection and …
Product Review – Jane Max Lip2 Lip Plumper, Barely Pink
Welcome to the first of a series of lip product reviews. I was at Walgreens the other day, and I noticed the entire kiosk of Jane cosmetics was blaze orange with clearance tags. Being the makeup junkie that I am, I was drawn to the display and gravitated to a pretty, crystal clear tube of …
Shield or Acknowledge? Where’s the Happy Medium?
No matter how much you try to protect your children from some ugly facts of life, unless you keep them under a rock or hover over them 24/7, some outside influence will tell them something their young ears probably aren’t equipped to hear. So, what do you do? Quit your job to home school them? …
Use it Up Challenge Update
In November of 2008, I wrote about a challenge I was taking on. (Read the original post.) Using up the many, many, many half-bottles of hair, face, body and even cleaning products that take up so much room in my cupboards. I thought I’d follow up. It’s actually going well. I’ve knocked off several bottles …
Kids Live Here, Part 2
If you didn’t read the original post, Kids Live Here, this one won’t make much sense. After I stuck my foam letter reminder up on the window, I attacked some laundry. Meanwhile, Drue added to the message: Mom. Drue. Brett. Do. I thought it was a lovely tribute to our small but mighty crew. It …
Kids Live Here
After a “much less tragic than it could have been” collision between my kids on their scooters, we came into the house, I applied first aid, and everyone was ordered to rest for a while. (Myself not included, of course.) I looked around the kitchen, and realized that I will possibly never get ahead. I …
Ideas for AT&T to Save a Bundle of Dough
Yesterday, I got a special offer… JUST FOR ME… To get high-speed DSL internet from AT&T for $19.99 per month. I stumbled upon an offer from DirecTV shortly thereafter, and started to imagine the possibilities. Could I really get out of my Time Warner indenturement? My cable and internet cost me about $108 per month, …