Random Driblet #1: Due to the rising tide of oil in our Alabama gulf, our Orange Beach relatives, Aunt Kitty and Uncle Leo (of Toenail Art infamy) are getting involved in some activism. Because of that, they’re getting interviewed by multiple national (and international) news channels, so if you see/saw a man with super curly […]
YBUtT
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times, my kid is fascinated – no, completely and unequivocally obsessed – with “Yucky Bubble Gum Under the Table.” And, since Chris and I don’t chew gum, I’m pretty sure that her comprehension of the stuff is that it’s some sort of organic bacterial mold that grows underneath tables […]
Only
Only in Alabama would you find this postcard hanging on someone’s Refrigerator: (My Parent’s fridge, if you’re wondering. Mom said she hung it front and center because she didn’t want to forget to take advantage of that great offer from the local dump – that’s bargain shopping at it’s…nitty-grittiest.) Only a Beer WEEK could last […]
My Friend, the Television.
As I feel somewhat couchbound these days, and, therefore, am not doing much of anything exciting to blog about, I have found a bit more solace than usual in the television. (That, and a new love for painting my fingernails, something I haven’t done in a decade. Because long, thick fingernails is one of the […]
Revealing The Mysteries of the Ripe Old Age of Six.
This morning, as we were rushing around trying to get out the door to Church, Ali asked, “So. When will my teeth fall out?” Apparently, she’s been hanging around some older men. “Your teeth will fall out when you get to be about six years old – in three more years.” “Really? Why?” “Because they […]
The Princesses of the States.
There’s nothing that Ali loves more than Princesses and Princess dresses. I spend approximately 28% of my week helping her dress and re-dress her little plastic princesses, trying my best to avoid the task of putting their microscopic shoes that refuse to stay on their nearly-microscopic feet. (I try to convince Ali that Princesses are […]
Parties: The Cure for (Kid) Morning Sickness.
It’s been a very sickly house around here this week. Chris got a cold on Monday that stuck around all week, I’ve (obviously) not been feeling well at all (sorry, dear blog), and then there’s Ali. You see, she’s got morning sickness. Bad. Except it’s the all-day-sickness variety, mysteriously just like her mother’s… I feel […]
The Sequel: Newbie. Release Date: December, 2010.
So, in case I bored you so much yesterday with my Smoothie story that you didn’t make it to the end of the post yesterday, I am, indeed, pregnant! Apparently, telling the world that you’re trying to get knocked up really helps with the process. So now for all the FAQs: I’m six and a […]
A Wrinkle in Time.
Sometimes I just luck into priceless moments. Because they’re certainly never the ones I attempt to create. (For example, see when Thomas the Train drowned in a Puddle of Mud.) Ali asked if we could go out to the porch swing the other morning. We were both still in our jammies and had nowhere to […]
My Deepest, Darkest, Mommy Secret.
Okay. It’s not REALLY a secret. But it should be….because admitting this will surely and most deservedly make me the object of great scorn and derision. Here goes… Sometimes, Ali still gets a pacifier to sleep. Yes, yes, I know I tried to take it away. But… Here’s the deal: she’s three and a half […]