Let the dog in!

Well, we have evolved from pans to bowls….aren’t you proud of us?
Ode to a Bowl
We had a good dinner, a tasty stew,
The hubs had the honors and cooked with no crew.
We ate it in shifts, as we usually do,
I got to mine first, and he noted my coup.
He offered his scraps to the pooch on […]

adjective:
1. To complain habitually.
2. A complaint.
3. A habitual complainer.
They begin to look like malcontents who kvetch about the weather so much that they don’t notice the sun coming out.
– David Shenk, “Slamming Gates”, The New Republic, January 26, 1998
Kvetch comes from Yiddish kvetshn, “to squeeze, to complain,” from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, “to squeeze.”

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Given my grumpiness lately and Kid’s around-ness with winter break, I recently decided to check out Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful by Louise Ames. It’s part of a child development series of books (Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-To 24-Month-Old, Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender, etc.). They may be somewhat dated, but […]

Lately, the hubs has been home, rather than globe trotting, so certain, er, “issues” have arisen. It doesn’t help that I’m still grumpy. Sure, Kid started preschool again, but she has today off and waged WWIII had a playdate that began like an aggravated, stalled-out engine and turned into Satan’s off-trail motocross.
But my […]

[Warning: vegetarians may want to look away.]
This Christmas we had no guests, went nowhere, and just hung out in our dishabille. Except for one project taken on by DH.
Those who know him know that my spouse, DH, the hubs, periodically amuses himself by taking on a new food project. I’d say he tries […]

We had a major castatrophe here.
A leak developed in the Insta-Hot tank under our sink. Laugh if you will, but this is IMPORTANT. After the washing machine, and the dishwasher, and the TIVO, and, well, that’s about it (and not in that particular order), Instant Hot Water is crucial to my happiness and […]

Have you seen the Rock-a-Bye Bivalve episode? It features Spongebob and Patrick caring for a baby scallop they find. Patrick takes on the “daddy” role while SB handles baby, cooking and cleaning. SB begs for a break each night and Patrick promises him the next day will be the day. Over […]