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 [...]
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 [...]
My Next BFF Is Going to Be a Guinea Pig
November 21st, 2011
So we might be getting guinea pigs. Let me be VERY CLEAR on this…we MIGHT. I said MIGHT. The kids want a pet. I want a dog and so do the kids, but I’m also very aware of the fact that taking care of that dog is going to fall mainly on my shoulders, and [...]
I Didn’t Tell Him To, I Swear
November 9th, 2011
Yesterday we hied to the doctor for Pudding’s annual checkup. If you’ve been reading for any decent stretch of time, you know my theory, the Murphy’s Law of Doctors. Well, that came into play again yesterday. Having left the pediatrician we had previously because of constantly having to deal with the one asshole in a [...]
I Am Alive…I Think
November 1st, 2011
Hey, you! Have you been looking for me? At least pretend you were. Jeez, give my ego a boost. So what has happened in the last almost 2 months? Um… Lots of funny shit with the kids, that’s for sure. I mean, they are a HOOT. Punksin passed her swimming level and is now in [...]
Why I’m Freaking Out Today
May 20th, 2011
Two very good reasons: 1. Punksin is going camping with her Girl Scout troop tonight for 2 nights. I know she’ll be fine, but you don’t understand. Except for the time when Pudding was in ICU for 4 days and I had to spend the nights with him, this child has never spent a night [...]
Punksin Gets A Job on CSI: New York
November 11th, 2010
Today I felt like shit (bad cold) and the Tech Guru went out before work and got us some bagels. He got two for me, and I left one sitting there until about mid-afternoon, at which point, Pudding decided that he wanted to eat it. So I let him have it. Of course immediately after [...]
Watching My Back
June 3rd, 2010
Today Punksin and I had our first history lesson using K12. We’d previously been using another curriculum provider for history and although my bookworm self loved it, I realized that it was a tad too much reading and not enough doing-of-other-stuff. We had to do a little review to be sure she knows all they [...]
Plan’s
May 3rd, 2010
Today is disgustingly humid in my neck of the woods. I LOVE it. So, feeling happy, inspired, and downright energetic, I opted to move some furniture around and do some deep cleaning in the house. Among about a thousand things I unearthed was a notebook I gave to Punksin. Like her father and me, she [...]
Childishness
June 13th, 2009
Last night, as Punksin lay sleeping, I looked at her, astounded at the little young lady she is already becoming. She has long graceful legs, balanced, I’m glad to say, with a beautiful face that still has remnants of baby fat. I ached to hug her and hold her in my lap, to have her [...]
