Our neighborhood has been taken over…by gigantic spiders. And I DO mean GIGANTIC. It started with this one, which quickly became Ali’s best friend: And then it had babies – ones who built magnificent webs, Ones whose heads eerily jerk around and stare at you when you drive past, And even apparently some die hard […]
Market Recovery Ahead for Those Who Lost Their Fortunes in the Great Beanie Baby Market Crash of the 90’s!
Birmingham has gone crazy. I don’t know if the reaches of this phenomenon are national or if it is just local – I’m hoping that all of you can tell me. (By the way, if it IS just local and at some point becomes national, I want this post to document the fact that Alabama […]
Passionistas, From a Mundane’s Perspective.
Last year when we went to Alabama’s first (in my football watching career) Atlanta season opener, we were delightfully shocked when we found out that there were not only 80,000+ football fans in downtown ATL, but there were also 40,000+ fans of a VERY DIFFERENT variety, also within a one mile radius. Dragon*Con, a convention […]
Just Call Me Sherlock of Perfume.
So, Ali and I went to the mall today. We had to pick up a few things and do a bit of “Girly” shopping. (As opposed to simply hanging out at the Mall with Daddy on Friday. I prefer to shop alone. Or at least with only a two year old companion.) On a whim, […]
Now Hiring: New Marketing Executives. Please.
I know that blogging makes me see things in a totally different light (i.e. I’m always subconsciously looking for the humor in EVERYTHING, so maybe sometimes I over-emphasize the funny factor in my own head), but I have seen some unusually odd products lately. Or maybe it’s just my warped mind. Whatever the cause, I’ve […]
The Revelations of a Birthday Party
Ali and I went to Titus’ birthday party yesterday. There were tons of friends, toys, food, and fun to be had. However, I found that there is nothing better than a Birthday party to magnify and illustrate how different quirky peculiar unique your child is. While all of the other kids were having so much […]
Follies at the Beach
We are in Folly Beach, SC, enjoying ourselves immensely on our anniversary celebration. We have found that Folly Beach is a great mixture of beautiful beaches and quirky people. And since you know that I LOOOOVE me some quirkiness, Let’s start with the people: When we arrived yesterday, I read some of our condo’s guest […]
If I Had Her Power of Association, I Would Have Done MUCH Better on Analogies on the ACT Test. . .
I’ve told you about Ali’s odd, yet “creative” ability to see somebody she knows in every picture. And I have also told you about how she asks to go look at our friend’s blogs by name. A few days ago, these two habits (or more likely “quirks”) converged. We were eating breakfast at the table […]
Either I Had a Moment of Culinary Genius or I’m Pregnant. . .
I was playing kitchen with Ali yesterday morning and reveling in the “genuineness” of her play food. I was having an internal monologue to entertain myself while she “fed” me all sorts of said food. . . Seriously. . . is that supposed to be a bagel or a doughnut?? And the Fried Chicken […]
A Monkey Tale
So we have this mystery in our family. It’s a bit of an odd mystery. Have you ever had that sensation of remembering something from your childhood that was just plain weird and totally illogical, and then one day realizing that your parents must have been teasing, or talking about something else? That may be […]