Still Standing

November 23, 2011

For those of you who think I’ve been incarcerated for clubbing my General Contractor in the knees, it’s not so.  So where have I been?  Well, I’ve just been recovering from the anxiety of Operation Presto-Change-o, whereby the phantom contractor and his crew made a one-day cameo appearance to take out the beams that were […]

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Filed Under: Holidays, Project Colonial, That Which Drives Me Crazy 10 Comments

Holiday Shopping Tangents, Volume I

November 15, 2011

Good news:  I’ve decided to start my holiday shopping early this year. Bad news:  I not motivated and, therefore, am easily distracted.  As you’re about to see. * * * So.  A few days ago, 17 catalogs — really, 17 — arrived in my mailbox in the hopes of getting my holiday attention and dollars. […]

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Filed Under: Holidays, Places Near and Far 15 Comments

To HD or Not to HD?

November 7, 2011

Every couple has really silly things that they bicker about.  Here in Fordeville, our current ridiculous marital point of contention involves the TV.  Not what to watch (well, sometimes), but how we’re watching it. Here’s the thing: My husband insists on watching TV in high definition.  I, on the other hand, don’t care.  Mostly because I’m so […]

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Family 22 Comments

Lawyering Up

November 2, 2011

NOTICE OF LEGAL ACTION TO:            Residents of Fordeville FROM:       Señor, Head Household Pet and Chief Bacon Officer DATE:         November 2, 2011 SUBJECT:   Options Related to Legal Emancipation * * * Please be advised that I have retained an attorney to seek legal emancipation on […]

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Filed Under: Family, Holidays 19 Comments

Money in Flames: Power Outage Edition

November 1, 2011

Up until Hurricane Irene, I never had a discussion with anyone in my life about the importance of the following: –Sump pumps with battery back ups –Sump pumps, in any capacity –French drains –Generators I guess I was living the Polyanna life all these years.  But there I was this morning, at my two year-old’s […]

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, Money in Flames 4 Comments

22 Things

October 27, 2011

You see a lot of lists flying around about things people have not done or would like to do in a lifetime. Bucket lists, I guess. But this week, Mama Kat’s Pretty Much World Famous Writer’s Workshop asked us to list 22 Things We Have Done. And since I’ve been whining a lot about home […]

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Filed Under: Blogging Cluelessness, Entertainment 36 Comments

Despair, Denial and No Ketchup

October 21, 2011

The strangest thing happened yesterday. A truck pulled up to the house.  Filled with construction guys.  To work on my basement.  The basement that is almost complete.  But only in an alternate universe where “almost complete” means total lack of progress for four consecutive weeks. Potato, potahto. So it turns out I can cancel that […]

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Filed Under: Friends, Project Colonial, That Which Drives Me Crazy 8 Comments

Survivor

October 19, 2011

  I love October for its fall colors.  The greens that slowly turn to oranges, yellows and reds. But today I want to talk about the pink that is all around us. As you likely know (which is a good thing), this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  And, unfortunately, it’s also likely that you know […]

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Filed Under: Family 60 Comments

Crashing the Party

October 13, 2011

I totally owe you guys an update on the basement renovation.  And by “update,” I mean complete and total lack of any progress.  I also mean regression.  And anger.  And approaching the worst case scenario scale of the project.  Because I don’t remember signing up for the floors buckling in my living room — a […]

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Filed Under: Blogging Cluelessness, Guest Post, Project Colonial 2 Comments

Making Friends With Math

October 10, 2011

Two things that have never mixed well:  Math and me. It started with Mrs. DeBlock’s eighth grade Algebra class.  Up until that point in my life, I was always a great student without putting forth any effort.  Then my brain collided with Algebra.  It was the first time I could not understand something being taught […]

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Places Near and Far, Reviews 6 Comments
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