I have to give a Holla! to Mo’Nique. Yay, Mo’Nique!
Not because she gave an amazing performance in Precious which I have not seen yet but heard it’s great and it’s in my queue. Not because she won an Oscar on Sunday. Not because she’s inspired me to change my name to Wen’Dy. [...]
We had another conversation here at chez Let the dog in! illustrating the differences between the Hubs and yours truly’s marriage and others’ wedded bliss. It all came up after I went shoe shopping with a friend.
She bought some super cute (waterproof! yay!) boots but wanted to know the store’s returns policy.
In [...]
This month we installed a wood stove insert into our old fireplace. Boy, is it warm! The Hubs has us in shorts and t-shirts at night. I suspect he’s hoping I’ll put on a swimsuit next.
But one afternoon while prancing in front of the wood stove, the Kid looked at the tiny [...]
a little cattywompus, but we call it a home.
Oh, and here’s a picture of the gingerbread house we put together, too.
Ba-da-ching!
You’ll be glad to know that my gingerbread-house-assembling-skills are much improved this year. Lordy, you mean, yours truly might actually learn from her mistakes??
That or actually read the instructions.
Take a [...]
My husband, 6 year-old daughter and I went to Disneyland, and I thought it might be helpful for any of you planning a similar trip to benefit from my mistakes and poor judgment experiences.
Here are my top 9 tips for visiting Disneyland (oh, there are more, just email me…!):
1. Stay by the park, or in [...]
I am in SUCH trouble with the Kid.
Why?
Because I am a mean, terrible, selfish, cruel mom who only thinks of new ways to torture and punish her child.
Well, she said something along those lines.
What did I do now? Something so horrible, so awful, so crazy stupid when I look back on it [...]
An actual car conversation recently:
[Kid takes big gulp from water bottle in back seat.]
“Oh, Mommy, I almost just barfed!”
“Oh?” [Mommy keeps driving.]
“Yeah, but it was more like a water barf.”
“Well, THAT’S good.”
“Yeah, it’s much better to have a water barf than a regular barf.”
Kid has clearly thought through this issue.
We didn’t get to the question [...]
