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“QUICK!” Ha! Who’m I kidding? And “really important”—wooooooo, that’s a chuckler, too. I’m supposed to be working on year-end bookkeeping and reports and tallying and blah-blah-blah. But it’s been so long since you and I had a chat. And if I get the bookkeeping and reporting and tallying done . . . → Read More: QUICK! Sixteen Really Important Things from 2012 That I Forgot to Share  Comments are closed  In/Fertility, MFEO-Such, Mr. Other Such, Other Such Decor(ummmmm?), Other Such Housewifery, The Four-Why-Oh, The Other Valley Girl First, for the record, there’s this: Also for the record: it’s been 3 weeks and we still haven’t solved the riddle of The Mystery Pants. And also for the record: those shorts have shown up in the wash at least four times in three weeks. Methinks I am . . . → Read More: There’s More Than One Way To Solve The Pants Riddle This afternoon, while reading through her calendar, pointing out various dates to me: She: “Mama, the next day on the first day before the last day, are we going to do that thing again?” [Brief interlude during which my brain: attempted solving for "huh?" in yet another incomprehensible preschooler . . . → Read More: Typical Monday Talk with the Three-Why-Oh 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Awesomamaness, MFEO-Such, Recurring Motherhood Themes, The Four-Why-Oh
Like the prince who knew his princess by her inability to sleep even though 20 mattresses separated her from the pea, so it is that The Husband can tell I’m the one for him by the awkward limp a roofing nail, embedded in the thick foam sole of my slipper, . . . → Read More: Other Such Fairytale: The Princess and The Roofing Nail The Patio The biggest brown couch I’ve ever known Uncle Julio The Child’s name Using only one color of paint Not asking them for a “well done” filet Or requesting they butterfly it to accomplish that Not driving into Mexico all alone At night Moving away from Shelbyville Moving back to . . . → Read More: You Were Right About (In No Particular Order) . . . The Husband snores. More like this, actually:S-N-O-R-E-S. I can be completely across the house, in the office, with the door closed, and still hear him. Clearly. If you live in this zip code, odds are fair that you’ve heard him, too. You just might not have known it was him. Two years ago, under threat . . . → Read More: The Most Hysterical Thing He’s Done Since The Last Hysterical Thing He Did (Actually Since EVER) In late January I titled a post “MFEO-Such.” Two months later, The Husband asks me: “what does MFEO-Such mean, anyway?” First, this is the status quo. Our communication tends to run on a two-month delay. I cannot even tally up the number of times I’ve discovered some bit of information on my own, mentioned . . . → Read More: No, Really: MFEO-Such DATELINE: Saturday, January 16, OtherSuch Central The Husband, upon return from his Saturday morning coffee-and-stop-by-the-office routine: ”I have a bad feeling I’ve been robbed.” For months he had been waiting on the delayed arrival of a couple of gift cards from Lowe’s that were being processed and issued as part of a rebate incentive program Lowe’s . . . → Read More: MFEO-Such I am an enthusiastic supporter of the ellipsis, those magical dots that leapfrog over the words less important to the whole, that pause between two thoughts, that trail off, as do I, into silent thought. My affection for the dot-dot-dots began sevenish years ago when, as an editor in chief of . . . → Read More: Celebrating 1 . . . 7-12 |
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