Monthly Archives: June 2008

Paging Ms. Nightingale…please report to sick Kid duty

fn.jpgMy fab nursing abilities apparently come with an expiration date…..

day 1: Oh, poor BAYYYYBY! Come to mommy! *hugs*

day 2: Still feeling bad? (hm, missing summer preschool morning session…oh well) Here, sit on my lap! Have a popsicle!

day 3: Hot forehead AGAIN?! Now, where’d I put that thermometer? Look, Daddy’s home from his trip! Yay! (Gotta go to the store, Hon! Be back….in AUGUST, sucka.)

day 4: PULLLEEEZE don’t be hot. Crap. (If meds make the fever go down, you could still go to today’s preschool summer session, right?) You’re hungry? The kitchen is STILL over there, Kid.

day 5: Kid, don’t you WANT to be healthy? No, you can’t sit on my lap. Stop touching me! Don’t breathe on me! No, I don’t want to play OLD MAID, AGAIN. It’s 9am: where’s that NIGHTTIME cold medicine….?

day 6: How you qualify for a medically-induced coma? You know, just to ride it out.

For her. Or me.

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Remember those eggs in the nest?

That mama clearly has more patience:
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Learn-A-Word Wednesday: lenity \LEN-uh-tee\

noun:

The state or quality of being lenient; mildness; gentleness of treatment; leniency.

Lenity comes from Latin lenitas, from lenis, “soft, mild.”

We have a lot of lenity (a word my spellcheck is denying!) going on around here. I know because Kid a) ate a popsicle IN BED the other night, and b) ate a popsicle IN BED the next night.

She is sick.

Do you BEND on rules and offer lenity when your child is sick? Just how far is too far in the niceness arena?

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ooo, your thong is so dangerous! no, seriously.

A part of me (yeah, THAT part) always knew thong underwear was dangerous, and now there’s a lawsuit to prove it.

This Victoria’s Secret litigation raises many questions, such as:

*52-year-olds wear thongs? really? is there no age limit on thong wearing? should there be? (no offense intended. I’m 41 and I wouldn’t go near them! In our house we try to avoid MONSTER WEDGIES, and thongs, by nature, ARE a wedgie, aren’t they?)

*why are there metallic decorative pieces on a thong? I mean, how? where?

*what are ya doing with that thong to make something FLY OFF it and INTO YOUR EYE?

[hey, don't judge me---home with a feverish Kid leaves me searching for any kind of laugh]

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Make Me Laugh Monday: a comic

This is for all those moms who blame themselves for every, little, not-perfect thing around them. Let’s relax!

Cyanide and Happiness, a daily webcomic
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

Check out all the other funnies posted for Make Me Laugh Mondays, hosted by Jenny at Absolutely Bananas.

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two in the bush

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This nest was built a few feet off the ground in a rhodie bush a few feet from our front door.

We see where the term “bird brain” comes from now.

Within a few hours of taking this shot, there are now three eggs!

At first I thought it was a robin’s eggs, but (thank you, interwebs!) I’ve realized it’s some kind of thrush! Robins’ eggs are not speckled. Did ya know that?

Not sure what kind. Momma was all dull brown, with a thin, white line around her black eyes, whitish throat with thin black lines on either side down her throat. I didn’t get a good look but her breast may be whitish with speckles.

Anyone know what this is?

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