I'm copying this idea from Autumn, who also always has something to say. Dear bitch who works at the Costco membership counter,All I asked for was a coupon book, not your right arm. I don't know why you had to tell me that a) they weren't being mailed out until 2/4 so (b) you didn't... Continue Reading →
I know most of the toys they make these days are pretty much the same as what we had as kids. I see them in the stores - Fisher Price just updating their toys to be bigger so kids don't choke on them. When I was a kid, we had tons of toys. My mom... Continue Reading →
I get flustered very easily. I lose my cool in about three seconds flat when I can't find something. Just ask Steve. He's seen it many times. At least once a week when I'm trying to leave for work, I've lost my keys or my gloves or my phone - and I voice it. I... Continue Reading →
There is this boy who has a crush on me. No, Steve's not jealous. The boy is four years old. Mason calls me things like, "my sweetest" and runs across the living room in record time when I show up at the front door. Today his mom told me that he said, "you're just a... Continue Reading →
Matinsby Louise GlückYou want to know how I spend my time?I walk the front lawn, pretendingto be weeding. You ought to knowI'm never weeding, on my knees, pullingclumps of clover from the flower beds: in factI'm looking for courage, for some evidencemy life will change, thoughit takes forever, checkingeach clump for the symbolicleaf, and soon... Continue Reading →
Confession: I am self-conscious. About many things, including the usual: stretch marks, pasty skin, crowded bottom teeth. But the most dangerous and ridiculous of all is that of my height. I have always found tall woman to be striking. They command attention. There's a reason models are tall. And I have always wanted to be... Continue Reading →
My husband's childhood was a polar opposite of mine. Sometimes I find myself a tiny bit envious of his colorful past next to my gray one. He lived in Germany, Japan, Colorado, Nebraska, Alabama... (ok, so I'm not jealous of all Steve's childhood). He moved, he saw the world, he met new people; all while... Continue Reading →
Oh the joys of having a dog. He barks incessantly every time someone walks by. This always seems to happen an hour before I need to be up for the day. He sheds all over everything. Even things that are taller than he is somehow. He hates to go outside in the snow and lets... Continue Reading →
So today while Steve and I were out and about, I requested he stop quickly at a nail salon so I could get my eyebrows waxed. He could stay in the car, it would just take a minute. He politely refused. He wanted to get home to watch the second half of the Stanford game.... Continue Reading →
I just finished The Secret Life of Bees today. Originally, I was in a hurry to finish it so I could start The Bell Jar again (love Sylvia Plath!) but a few chapters into it, I was reading even more rapidly because of the way the story unfolds and every thing ties together.Any time I... Continue Reading →
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