So now that I have a daughter old enough to be interested in princesses and fairy tales, I’m getting reacquainted with all of the Disney Princesses. It’s so interesting looking at them through the cynical eyes of an adult for the first time, rather than the dreamy-I-want-to-grow-up-and-be-a-Princess-too-and-I-hear-there’s-a-Prince-in-England-about-my-age-I-wonder-how-I-can-go-about-meeting-him? eyes that I had last time I was […]
Surprise Fail
I went through the drive-thru at the bank yesterday, and while waiting for my deposit, was looking around their little cubicle (is it called a cubicle at the drive-thru?). There was a schedule posted on the wall, and the title was: Surprise Teller Audit Schedule Now, being a fan of FailBlog (although I will not […]
That’s Axiomatically Bombastic!!!
As you know, I love discovering people’s quirks. And I love that EVERYONE has at least one, if not many, MANY more quirks. Our wonderful Pastor’s quirk is his love with the English language. He loves alliteration, studying sentence structure, and fancy words. And when I say fancy words, I mean he throws out some […]
Survey Saturday!!!
I do love a good alliterative title!! So Chris and I have this quirk. . . . I know, I know, we have tons. Anyway, I’m wondering if it is technically a “quirk”, or if it is pretty common. As soon as we come home from anywhere, no matter the time, the first thing we […]
Two Minutes is a Lifetime.
Ali and I were buying her a new toothbrush today, because she has managed to completely mangle hers to the point that it looks like a bird’s nest. They had a Thomas one, so of course she was drawn to it first. It had a button. And the button played two minutes of the Thomas […]
Who Needs TV To Teach Kids Violence?
Ali has a new “musical nursery rhyme” CD that is her new favorite obsession. When we got in the car yesterday, Ali begged me to “please play new CD!!”, so I put it in, and the following song started off . . . There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,She had so […]
The View From Across the Street
We had our wonderful across-the-street-neighbors, Freddy and Christie, over to watch the game last night. We had a great time visiting while attempting to avoid eye contact with the horrible carnage happening in New Orleans. One of the things we discussed was our New Year’s Eve nights. They told us that they had another couple […]
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
I’ve never understood the parting of hair. As a child, it confused me greatly. Apparently, crooked parts were a pet peeve of my Mom’s, and so she was always telling me to “go fix your part!”. Since I didn’t know how, I would just go look in the mirror, brush my hair straight back, and […]
If Only I Had the Ability to Even Come Up With a Witty Title for this Post. . .
I cannot think of a single word that can describe my complete and utter exhaustion at the moment. Why I’m even typing this now befuddles me completely. It was a wonderful Christmas day, but completely full-speed and nonstop. So, I will be back hopefully sometime tomorrow with a full recap of our day. Until then, […]
Gagging at the Gifts (Literally).
We played “Gag” Dirty Santa with my extended family on my Dad’s side on Sunday night. If I counted correctly, we had 36 people there (21 of whom were old enough and played Dirty Santa), so you can imagine how interesting that huge of a crowd made the game. Plus, the twist was that everyone […]