adjective:
Extremely or unduly particular in standards or taste; fastidious; finicky.
Finical is probably derived from fine.
Finical, it’s like cynical with a lisp.
I like how it’s derived from “fine” but SO doesn’t mean it. Plus, what IS fine, anyway?
I say that box of painting supplies on the floor under the extra dining chair is fine. […]
Just the usual bedtime chat this weekend:
“And so you came out of Grammy’s tummy?”
“Yup.”
“And I came out of YOUR tummy!”
“Right!”
“I was IN your tummy when you were in Grammy’s tummy?!”
“No. Later. I had to grow up and become a lady first (snickering not necessary). THEN I could have a baby.”
(we […]
While I’m at the eye doctor’s the other day, I had to fill out a new form on medical information since over a year had passed from the previous exam.
I’m looking at what I filled out before. No medicine allergies, no cataracts. Yadda, yadda, yadda.
Then I read, Occupation: homemaker.
Huh?
In […]
Driving home, we pass the paper shop with balloons tied outside on a sandwich board. (Yes, the same place that used to give away balloons, up until that helium shortage last year.)
“I want a balloon! Can I have a balloon today?”
We keep driving.
“Mommy!”
We keep driving.
“What?”
“Can I have a balloon? PLEASE?!”
“No, not today.” […]
“A person’s a person, no matter how small!”
Yes, it opened yesterday (big) and being the movie loser lover I am, I took Kid to Horton Hears a Who.
Sure, it was colorful, silly and most importantly, less than 90 minutes long, but there was this message.
And they kept repeating it.
And while laughing nervously, I […]
Some parents worry about where their kids will go to kindergarten this fall. Not me. When you wake up each morning staring at the bricks of an elementary school, you have no doubts about where. Especially since the three elementary schools on this island are supposedly top-knotch.
While I know where Kid will […]
It’s bedtime. Time for potty, teeth-brushing and pj’s.
A door slams.
BAM!
(small female voice from inside the bedroom, shouting)
I’ll put on my pj’s, but I want you to stay OUTSIDE!
(pause)
So you won’t see my naked BUTT!
(larger female voice from outside the bedroom, shouting)
I MADE that BUTT, and I’ll look at it anytime […]
