I forgot where I was going with this...I forgot where I was going with this...A humorous perspective on parenting, marriage, geeks, fitness, badly behaving labradors, and vegetables. Where the dog takes Prozac and wifely duties meet the fashion challenges of food stains and bloating. Justice is not sought here, only silence. 
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Anyone know a good joint psychologist?
2008-10-15 21:31:00 So yeah. Here I am four months later after taking eight weeks off of karate and my knees are worse. My right leg has decided to completely rebel and gives out when I bend my knee. The phyical therapist said that my quad muscle is refusing to fire because my patella tendon is angry. So ... More About: Humor , Karate , Good , Hapkido
Verbal Sparring. Again. This time I win.
2008-10-09 22:19:00 K. So last time I didn’t do so well in the verbal sparring. But this time? We’re getting ready to go out and I say to Steve “You’re wearing THAT?” To which he replies “I’m going to change my shorts.” Next time he walks by, he is wearing camouflage shorts and a bright orange shirt. Nonchalantly ... More About: Humor , Marriage , Time , Sparring
Whatever Wednesday
2008-10-08 22:12:00 At some point recently I must have made some kind of list of influential or popular bloggers or something of the sort. Because lately I’m being contacted every couple of days by someone new about reviewing their products or books or blogs. I’ve been asked to write articles or participate in one thing or another. And in case you ... More About: Humor , Wednesday
The chocolate cookie recipe you?re all asking for?
2008-10-06 23:01:00 Chocolate Chocolate Chunk cookies with prunes 2 pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla 1/2 cup flour 1/4 tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder Prunes: You can use baby food pureed prunes (plums) or I take prunes, soak them in boiling water (just barely cover the prunes) ... More About: Cooking , Recipes , Recipe , Chocolate , Cookie
I should have gone with Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays?
2008-10-06 11:14:00 Since the day my oldest learned to talk, he’s been quite a persistent little guy. Oh who are we kidding? The kid is a pit bull. He makes me want to blurt out “YOUR HONOR! HE’S BADGERING THE WITNESS!!” at the top of my lungs almost every day. So today he got in the car ... More About: Humor , Parenting , Children , Jimmy Buffett , Motherhood
The road to hell is paved with?.vegetables.
2008-09-29 18:47:00 You must have realized by now that our diet consists of loads of fruit and vegetables and fiber. In fact, when I’m feeding other people over a period of time, their bodies struggle a bit with the new influx of fiber and vegetables. I put pureed prunes in the chocolate cookies when my cousin came ... More About: Humor , Marriage , Vegetarian , Vegetables , Hell
The story of Nana Olga
2008-09-17 23:41:00 Once upon a time, there was a blogger named Helen. This blogger had recently received a lecture during Karate about being vigilant and aware of your surroundings. Helen noticed that there was a shifty, homeless person that had been hanging around the children’s school lately…. Oh forget it. Too hard to write in the third ... More About: Humor , Story , The Story , Olga , Nana
Whatever Wednesday
2008-09-17 18:55:00 I did not know about cheesing. Do ya’ll know about cheesing? In fact, when I saw this video this morning, I thought “Oh. Mah. Holy. Hell. Ya’ll! (cuz that’s what Ree always says) If we had known about cheesing in college……OH MAH HOLY HELL, YA’LL!” Whatever Wednesday rules: Answer the question left by the person before ... More About: Humor
Do I call poison control?!?
2008-09-15 22:39:00 I have been tired lately. Really tired. So last night when I was getting ready for bed and brushing my teeth, let me take you through my thought process: Ughhhh….. Tired……. (brush, brush, brush…….)…….????? ……..WTF? This toothpaste is bitter! EW!….(brush, brush, brush…….) EWAH!!!!!!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH THI—- (smiled into the mirror)….. !?!……WTF?! Why isn’t this toothpaste ... More About: Humor , Marriage , Call , Control , Poison
Who goes outside during a hurricane?!?!
2008-09-13 05:57:00 I think I forgot to update you all on my family after Hurricane Gustav. It took me five fricken’ days to get a hold of them! They’re ok, but were without power, phones and cell phones the whole time. It was a stressful week for me. I’ve told you before about my Auntie Cutsupalot. Auntie has a ... More About: Humor , Family
Talk of the dojo this morning: My Boobs
2008-09-11 22:58:00 Ok, so my girls have been taking a beating lately during sparring. I was looking through the Century Martial Arts Catalog when, BEHOLD (cue angel music): Ideal for Martial Arts! The Cool choice for active women. Poly/cotton lycra for easy care and best performance. Flexible non break polyethylene inserts (sold seperately) increase comfort, support and protection. Inserts ... More About: Humor , Karate , Talk , Morning
Thank you! Thank you!
2008-09-09 23:00:00 I have been honored with another award by Mr. Geek and Tendrils: That is so sweet! Thank you both so much!!!!! I even wore my prettiest Oscar dress. But when I was walking the red carpet over to my desk, I speared the hem of my dress with a stiletto heal. The stitching of the dress tore ... More About: Blogs
Pieces of me?
2008-09-09 22:08:00 No not Britney Spears. I’m talking about the pieces of me that hurt today. I can’t find one that doesn’t. Oy. Karate was rough this morning! Can someone PULEEZ tell me WHY my foot hurts? WHY?! I didn’t even kick anyone! I also passed my Hapkido belt test the other day. Two more belt tests until ... More About: Humor , Martial Arts , Judo , Pieces
Verbal Sparring
2008-09-08 00:06:00 We sometimes vary our physical sparring with verbal sparring. It went like this: Steve: Hurry up and get ready! You take the longest to get ready! Me: I’m ready. All I have to do is brush my teeth. Steve: I see. So you’re going bike riding in your tie dye t-shirt and candy cane jammies? Me: I was thinking ... More About: Humor , Marriage , Sparring
My ninja skillz are powerful, Oh Buzzy One. Do not anger me.
2008-09-05 05:35:00 You know you want them. You know you’d give anything to have the ninja skillz. But I’m here to tell you that the ninja skillz are icky……. I was sitting at the dinner table having a conversation with son #1 when a fly kept doing irritating fly-bys. So I looked up, squinted at the fly and ... More About: Humor , Ninja , Anger , Skillz
Warning! Brigadoon Vacation Rentals will threaten to sue you!
2008-09-04 22:00:00 The Sequim nightmare continues….Remember I told you about the nightmare experience we had with Brigadoon Vacation Rentals? Well you’re not going to believe what’s been going on since then. According to them, I woke up one morning, and decided to ruin their lives. It had nothing to do with their false advertising and filthy, decrepit home. Oh, and ... More About: Travel , Seattle , Washington , Blogs
Hurricane Gustav Update
2008-09-02 22:10:00 I’ve lost communication with my family in Opelousas. The power is out, phone lines are dead and cell phone towers were knocked out. My family in Lafayette is ok. That’s all I’ve got… More About: Family , Update , Hurricane
Hurricane Gustav Update
2008-09-01 23:47:00 I just got off the phone with my family in Opelousas, the eye has just arrived. They’ve already got power lines down in the backyard and a tree just fell on their fence. She thinks they might lose their carport. On the bright side, my grandmother was in the center of the house, in a ... More About: Family , Update , Hurricane
Gustav Update
2008-09-01 22:44:00 My family in Opelousas has lost power. The eye should hit them in the next couple of hours. They are telling me that they are hearing on local channels rumors that the levee (912?) that was breached in Katrina and was responsible for the majority of flooding has been breached once again. This is unconfirmed. I asked them ... More About: Family , New Orleans , Update
Hurricane Gustav
2008-09-01 07:34:00 I’ve been trying to sit down all day and write a LITTLE something since so many people keep asking about my family, but every time I sit down to write, the words don’t come. The majority of my family is right now in the direct path of the eye of the Hurricane . I’ve spent hours looking at ... More About: Family
Because that?s how I roll?
2008-08-27 21:15:00 Ooooohhhh. I am peeved today. We live in an area with an overbearing homeowner’s association. It’s so bad, Steve and I have been discussing moving lately. We could hire a lawyer again (we’ve already had to do that once) but I’m just so tired of this. Last week, I found them trimming trees in the ... More About: Karate , Home , Martial Arts , Roll
New Invention Today
2008-08-27 00:57:00 It’s called: Quiet Time. Why oh WHY didn’t I think of this at the BEGINNING of summer? So I’m pretty exhausted today. My Hapkido belt test is next week. As of last night, I hadn’t even SEEN 75% of my material, much less had a chance to practice it. So I did 4.5 hours of ... More About: Humor , Children , Martial Arts , Motherhood , Today
It?s all there in the recipe?
2008-08-25 23:56:00 Sometimes our senses can transport us back to another place, another time. Perhaps we catch a scent of a cologne that reminds us of a grandfather who died more than two decades earlier, or we hear a song that brings back our high school prom like we’re standing there swaying awkwardly all over again. I discovered that ... More About: Family , Children , Recipe , Motherhood
Et tu, Brute?
2008-08-21 23:04:00 Forgive me Father, for I have sinned….. Last Christmas my mother in law gave my kids this toy. It blows this huge puff of air and you can feel it from across the room. So while my cousin was here, her ten year old daughter came downstairs with it and said “Look Mama!” and so I ... More About: Humor , Family
I caved under pressure?
2008-08-20 21:44:00 No wait. I had amnesia. A concussion? Ok let’s face it, it’s been busy this summer. Then I got overwhelmed with the number of comments that had to be answered. Then I hurt me self, arrggggg (son #1 used to say “I hurt me self” when he was two and then Steve would go “ARGGGG” because ... More About: Humor , Family , Travel , Children , Seattle
Death of a Clown?
2008-08-07 22:51:00 I see there has been an uprising around here with demands for entries and such. I’m only one person, people! I’m not a machine. If I were a machine, I wouldn’t be sitting here trying to type with my right arm in a sling. Yes, you read that right. The only part of my body ... More About: Humor , Family , Louisiana , Karate , Death
I?ve fallen into the swamp and I can?t get up?
2008-08-02 07:00:00 I’ve been visiting my Grandma again in Louisiana . I got in at 4 am. CarnageSIS and Greenbean3 you can stop posting “missing” flyers. lol. I had no internet access in the swamp. ;D We’ll return to your regular programming shortly. More About: Travel , Fallen , Swamp
Slap Fest
2008-07-20 08:35:00 The other night, Steve may or may not have made a very sexist comment. He will say he made no such comment, *I* will say it was so appalling, I tried to slap him. He blocked the slap, so I tried with the other hand. He blocked that too. For a visual of exactly what ... More About: Humor , Marriage , Fest
Modern Marriage
2008-07-17 19:59:00 I found this 1930’s marital quiz on Tina’s blog. It’s how you measure up to 1930’s standards as a spouse. I have to confess, I am probably more traditional than most modern wives with southern traditions like cooking, and being able to serve a crowd at a moment’s notice. I can sew and when the kids were younger, ... More About: Marriage , Modern
Keith Richards in the doghouse?
More articles from this author:2008-07-17 06:39:00 I forgot to tell you guys what happened with the dog after Steve came home. If you recall, I was serving him Peanut Butter and Crazy Sandwiches with a side of downers the whole time Steve was gone. The first night Steve came home and went outside to feed the dogs, Simba staggered out the ... More About: Dogs , Keith Richards , Keith , Richards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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