You know what I miss? (Other than sleeping a full 8hours straight, eating an uninterrupted meal, drool-less clothes/furniture/carpets, reading an entire book chapter page in one sitting…Wait, where was I? Oh, Right. What I miss…. I miss cursing. Good old, blood-pressure lowering, therapeutic cursing. Not that I curse all that much. Nor did I use [...]
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Every time I start to get some notion of parental superiority in my head, a hint of an idea that my child might just be better than most – that he might be a budding rocket scientist, for instance, – he senses my ego inflating and immediately corrects the situation, usually by hitting himself in [...]
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Two years ago today, the Big Man and I were getting busy… building an arch. That’s right, preparations for our wedding involved carpentry. And not the “nail the gauze to the door jamb” kind either. Some girls show up to their wedding site with their dress, bouquet, and a pail full of makeup. I? Showed [...]
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Apparently, I owe the internet at large an apology. Certain key phrases in my latest postings seem to have generated quite a bit of confusion for some people. And, surprisingly, I’m not talking about the porn surfers. You see, after my last few posts in which I may have mentioned a) WHITE PANTS (only a [...]
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We have visitors coming! REAL PEOPLE! FROM OUTSIDE! People who AREN’T related to us! (Not that I don’t love our relations, but they are kind of obligated to come. Or at least pretend they want to.) Why am I so excited? Because they are from SOME PLACE. Other than the Middle of Nowhere. Like Chicago. [...]
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Remember THIS? White Pants? ON A FARM?? Well here’s “The Rest of The Story…” (Paul Harvey? Anyone? No? Just Me? Ok then…) First, this wasn’t even a job I had applied for. I’d actually submitted my resume for a data entry position (Menial? Perhaps. But oh-so-satisfying for the Nerd in me. The one that mourns my current [...]
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In my past life, I ran a $1.2 million business, oversaw 50+ employees, gave dynamic presentations to groups large and small, and generally did my best to imitate Wonder Woman’s 80hr/week work ethic. I worked more weekends than not, often arrived home after midnight, and put more miles on my car in a single month [...]
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