A Third Munchkin
February 13th, 2012
Yesterday the kids were taking their swimming lessons at the Boys & Girls Club. I got them in lessons at the same time, and it’s awesome: Pudding is on the shallow end of the pool learning how to swim while Punksin is on the other deep end refining her breaststroke and learning to dive. I [...]
Are You WITH ME?
February 3rd, 2012
I have decided that this year, I am doing Rebel Race. It is a 5K, but it is not your average 5K. Not by a long shot. There are mud swamps, and tunnels to run through, and barbed wire – all in all, about 21 military-style obstacles to overcome, at the end of which you [...]
The Stealth Ninja Gets Taken Out by Ducks
February 2nd, 2012
It’s 2:00 in the morning. What the hell am I doing up? I fell asleep with the kids around 9:00. Passed right the hell out. When I woke up, it was after 1:00 and the room was pitch black. So I picked up my iPhone and saw a message from the Tech Guru asking “R [...]
STFU, Kid
January 9th, 2012
I’m on my iPhone scrolling through shoes on Ebay, when Punksin comes up to me and says “What are you looking at?” “Shoes,” I answer. “Oh.” Pause. “Didn’t you just get a pair of boots a few days ago?” I didn’t answer, mainly because I didn’t trust myself to answer without using some sort of [...]
The Org Chart
January 8th, 2012
So then the Tech Guru reads the last post, and he starts murmuring, I didn’t think you had to go there. HE JUST CANNOT SHUT UP. He’s about to get fired. Let me make this very clear: I AM THE WRITER. I WRITE WHAT I WANT, WHEN I WANT. If I want to BEAT SOMETHING [...]
Annoying Thing #1 and Ewok Porn
January 6th, 2012
I’ve decided I’m going to post about things that annoy me. Just in case you didn’t figure that out from the title. No, I’m not trying to be negative or anything. At least, that’s not my intent right now. Not all of it is going to be things that piss me off. Things that piss [...]
Stand Down
January 5th, 2012
WE CAN ALL CALM DOWN NOW PEOPLE. THE MEDICATION HAS BEEN FOUND. As it turned out, the medication WAS on the kitchen counter, but if you knew how full of drugs medicine and helpful products my kitchen counter is, you’d understand why it wasn’t easy to find. The damn bottle was actually on its side [...]
The Year of Making Shit Happen
January 1st, 2012
So it’s 2012! Hello there, New Year, how the hell ARE you? Me, I’m fine. A tad woozy from meds but as you will soon learn, that’s not so abnormal. These meds are not behavioral meds, though, no, these are cough and congestion meds to clear up the mucus that LOVES to collect in my [...]
Mr. Blackwell Lives Here
December 23rd, 2011
I am not so much into stockings. Last winter, I got into thigh-high socks. I wanted to keep my legs warm, but somehow the tight-nylons-hugging-the-crotch thing seemed constricting. So I got into socks. I mean, it wasn’t like I was wearing dresses that much. Not in winter. But a few days ago I decided to [...]
So What Does This Sound Like to YOU?
December 6th, 2011
So this conversation happened in our house the other day: Tech Guru: Where are my balls? Punksin: I don’t know. Tech Guru: You guys keep playing with my balls. Punksin: The last time I remembered you with them, you were putting them in my hand while I was asleep and that’s how you woke me [...]
