Dear Dieree,

Todayy I came THIS close to catching prey.
Ruhmember how I used too git tertles evree day? Ah, thowse were the dayz… Crunchee on the outside and chewee inside. Mmmm, tertles.
Yeah, yer right. Tertles wuz badd for my teeeth. Annd Mom sed thay made my brethh smell like fish. Shee even sed eeting tertles made [...]

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Did you ever have one of those days when you can’t stop yawning? But your jaw aches for some reason and a big yawn makes it feel like it’s dislocating? Then you think about how much yawning hurts, which makes you yawn even more?
Have you ever wished your kid would Just. Stop. Talking? And she’s [...]

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Serendipity (N.)
Definition: finding something unexpected and useful while searching for something else entirely.
Usage: Last night on the Twitter, my friend Nick the Geek offered a pile of dog hair to anyone who wanted it.
Well, what serendipity! I had just decided on my topic for today’s post. DOG HAIR.
Now you might think that an offer of dog [...]

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“Mom. MOM. Didn’t you hear the alarm to leave for the bus stop? We’re ready to go for a RIDE!”

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Hello. My name is Bob.

Mom sez she’s sooper busy and still feelz sick.
But i thnk shes just lasy. Shee keeps fergiting to feed me her leftover penut buter.
Mmmm… penut buter….

Penut buter is my faverit fud. i aleso lik too ride in the carr.
But mom sez i cant now cuz dad sez no. He sez the [...]

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(Mostly) Wordless for Wednesday:

A still life in Play-doh and dog hair
For more Wordless Wednesday, visit 5 Minutes for Mom

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…Maybe not even raise children.
You know, I decided a long time ago that I didn’t want to be one of those bloggers who was always all, “Hey! Here’s a cool video!” And “I found this other awesome video that you’ve gotta see!”
But I promise, this is different. Cuz I did not find this masterpiece on [...]

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IT WAS A DARK AND PANT-Y NIGHT
(For Katdish: That’s what she said)

A One-Act Play
SCENE: Adults stretch out on couches in living room, engrossed in their own activities. The room is silent, as children have gone to bed. The man reads (final Harry Potter novel). The woman clicks and twitters her way around her new toy, [...]

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And yet ANOTHER way for me to bring the conversation around to bodily functions. I swear, I didn’t even try this time.
So anyway, my fellow former Cali girl Wendy at Weight What? participated in a gr8 meme full of 8s. And since I’m totally l8 in getting a blog post out and, as f8 would [...]

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You guys. I had an epiphany this week. Think you can handle it? It’s just as profound as you’d expect from me.
Okay, here it is:
The transition to summer is really hard once you have kids in school.
I KNOW! Deep, am I right?
You probably oughta write that down. Or quote me on Twitter …or something.
But [...]

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