Entries Tagged as 'marriage'

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

dirty dishes: a stand-off

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 […]

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Learn-A-Word Wednesday: kvetch \KVECH\

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.”

Do […]

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

All I needed to know about marriage I learned in a child development book….

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 […]

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

is this a guy thing?

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 […]

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

do you know the sausage man?

[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 […]

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

back in the stone ages….

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 […]

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Spongebob morality tale

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 […]

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