Dolly Parton is reading my blog. Either that or she really IS all-knowing. You remember how I told you about Dolly sending multiple books “encouraging” more siblings ONLY to us, a family with only one child? How she is obviously spying on us and trying to manipulate us? Well now she’s just plain messing with […]
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 […]
A Neighborhood Mystery is Afoot. . .
A few days ago, I walked out to get the mail. When I got there, I was quite puzzled by the sudden appearance of this: NO, not all the dirt and grime on our mailbox. That’s always been there and has no projection of being removed any time soon. A raised, green reflective dot, about […]
Blushingly Crazy Odds.
I’ve got one of my favorite posts up at 5 Minutes for Parenting today. Be sure to visit and check it out! In a metropolitan area of 1.1 million people, what are the chances of seeing the same complete stranger twice in the period of two weeks? And at two different places? Well, it happened… […]
Early Monday Mornings
So. I’m going to do a miniseries. Yes. Doesn’t the word “miniseries” immediately make you think of cheesy Sunday night television on ABC and CBS? Yes, well, I’ll try not to make it cheesy, and it will be on Monday mornings instead of Sunday night. So we’ll see if that helps. You see, it’s going […]
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 […]
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 […]
Use Extreme Caution!! Target Has Been Kidnapped by the 80’s!!
Yes! It’s true!! And truly horrific!!! Ali and I had a bit of time to kill while waiting to eat lunch with Daddy one day last week, so we browsed through Flashdance: The Store Target. It was unreal!! This sweatshirt is completely authentic. I mean, they even did the cut-out neckline for you!! And don’t […]
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 […]
A Sadly Tasty Curse.
Did you ever watch “Northern Exposure” in the early 90’s? Well, you should have. I did, but only vaguely remembered it (since I was like, uh, 9 years old when it started), but remembered enough to know that it was a fun show with super-quirky characters. So Chris (who had never seen it) and I […]