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It’s about that time. Stats time, that is.

Y’all!  You would not believe the number of hits this blog gets for “Danny Glover speech impediment“.  It’s starting to rank up there with variations of “soccer mom”.  Other searches that brought people here during the month of March: “i hate april”, “i hate april showers” and “i hate the month of april” – Fair enough.  I […]

Weekend musings

I had to take AE to a “party” at his new baseball coach’s house yesterday afternoon.  The coach wanted all the parents and kids to get a chance to interact a little outside of practice, but it just turned out to be incredibly awkward.  (Much as N had predicted, which is why he refused to […]

It’s a party!

Yesterday was my 31st birthday, and we celebrated in a number of ways.  Because you’re never too old to have a days-long celebration, right?  (RIGHT.) Thursday my mom came into town to watch the kids so that N and I could go out and have some time to ourselves.  So we headed out mid-afternoon and […]

After all that fussing…

I made such a big deal on Oscar night about how I didn’t want to spend time watching movies outside of my comfort zone, yadda  yadda, blah de blah, and what did I do shortly thereafter?  Why, I sat my happy ass down and watched a chick flick. I am not the chick these flicks […]

Three conversations

Scene:  After dinner, at my parents’ house in the swamp.  One of my grandmas is trying to jog the other one’s memory. Grandma: You know.  Helen.  She’s Bill’s cousin’s wife. Mee-Mee: [thinking]  Hmm.  No, I don’t think I know her. Grandma: Yes, yes you do.  Helen Smith!  She used to go to your church. Mee-Mee: […]