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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Whatever Wednesday
2008-07-16 18:50:00 We’ve missed a few these, huh? Sorry about that! I gotta rant about these damn neighbors again. This morning at 6 am, our lovely neighbors started hammering and sawing, right outside my bedroom window. After multiple conversations, they are still letting their dog pee and poop all over our lawn. My lawn is spotted with their dog’s ... More About: Wednesday
Finally made it to the home front?
2008-07-14 20:42:00 Oy. We’re home. Seems like I was gone FOR-EV-ER doesn’t it? The kids dubbed this vacation the best EV-ER. They said Hawaii couldn’t hold a candle to Sequim. Wow. It certainly is beautiful and we explored all over the Olympic Peninsula although there’s still more we didn’t get to. We went kayaking out to the Dungeness Lighthouse ... More About: Humor , Travel , Seattle , Washington , Fishing
The Landlord Speaks?
2008-07-06 06:23:00 So I got a phone call today from the owner of Water’s Edge regarding this entry. He called to apologize for the condition of the property. He said that he and Brigadoon Vacation Rentals were going to refund me 1/3 of the rental fee I paid (which certainly helps remove some of the sting I feel about ... More About: Travel , Seattle , Microsoft , Washington
Sequim Redux
2008-07-05 08:38:00 We moved to our new location yesterday. Driving up to the place, the sign said Mobile Home Park, 55 and older. And let me tell ya’. I was freaking the hell out. OMFG. I alternated between praying and rocking back and forth in the fetal position. To my utter shock, the place is actually nice ... More About: Travel , Seattle , Washington
Brigadoon Vacation Rentals- Use at your own risk.
2008-07-02 05:09:00 So we headed back over here to Sequim for vacation on Saturday. I have to admit, I was really excited. I found an awesome rental right on the beach. Go ahead. Look at the link. I’ll wait. It’s important for following the rest of the story. Unfortunately it was only available for 5 of the ... More About: Humor , Travel , Seattle , Washington , Vacation
Physical Therapy: Day 1
2008-06-26 18:41:00 She needs to be killed. Somebody PULEEZZZZ. OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! Steve says I’m moving slower than my 89 year old grandma. And that’s being nice. And after she examined my wrist that was healing? It’s all angry and pain woke me up all night again. So let’s recap: Angry, angry wrist; check, Angry, angry, angry knees; check, ... More About: Humor , Physical , Therapy , Physical Therapy
Whatever Wednesday
2008-06-25 20:10:00 Ha! Back to our regularly scheduled programming here. Steve’s home finally from his nearly month-long traveling. And Dooddddeeee. He snuck up on the plumbing. Because the plumbing ALWAYS breaks while he’s gone. It was trying. It was thinking about it. The kitchen sink AND the shower have developed a slow drain in the last few ... More About: Humor , Travel , Marriage , France , Home
Your prayers worked, thank you!
2008-06-25 07:11:00 After three frustrating phone calls with Nurse Biotch (God, I hate that woman!) I managed to get a call back from the doctor himself this afternoon. The cadaver injury with all the words in it was explained to me as a ding or dent in the cartiledge caused by trauma- a direct blow to the ... More About: Life , Doctors , Karate , Prayers , Martial Arts
Advice to the masses:
2008-06-24 06:41:00 If the Doctor or Nurse won’t call you back and give you your MRI results even though they’ve had the results since WEDNESDAY? Don’t go to the MRI place and pick them up yourself. Cuz you will freak. the. hell. out. Um yeah. So that’s what I did. I went and picked up the report. Because my ... More About: Advice , Doctors , Medical
Conversation with my Grandma
2008-06-23 08:10:00 Me: And then…. (interrupted by kids screaming with laughter and cutting up) Me: (hissing) Boys! I can’t hear myself think much less Grandma talk! Grandma: Awwww. Sure sounds like they’re having fun! I can hear them laughing! Me: Sigh. They’re farting on each other, Grandma. Grandma: Hee heee heeee. Sounds like they’re having a lot of fun though. ... More About: Humor , Family , Children , Conversation
Oh! And if funny snippets wasn?t enough?
2008-06-22 22:17:00 Yesterday I got head butted by an ill-tempered goat!!!!!!!!!! WTF?! I’m just standing there at a friend’s house, minding my own business, when all of a sudden WHAM!!!!!!!!!! I yelled “HEY!” Brought both fists up and yelled “You ill-tempered goat! Bring it!” While she said “It was just a friendly little love butt…..” ... More About: Funny
Funny snippets?
2008-06-22 21:49:00 Steve calling from Paris: Steve: I got tear gassed by the police last night! Me: WHAT? Steve: Yeah I got tear gassed by the Paris police. I’ve never been tear gassed before. It was SO COOL! Then when I went running this morning and it kicked up dust, my throat started burning all over again. So I got ... More About: Funny , Humor , Harry Potter , Karate , Martial Arts
Fear and Loathing in Seattle?
2008-06-21 06:12:00 The kids always ask to help me water the garden. Except they usually end up watering ants walking along the concrete cracks or a spider in a tree or worse, each other. They always end up muddy and wet and the flowers are still dry. So tonight I let them water knowing they were going ... More About: Humor , Life , Dreams , Children , Seattle
Serving up a peanut butter and crazy sandwich. With a side of downers?
2008-06-18 07:13:00 The dog doesn’t like to take his Prozac. In fact, he can be really ornery about it. And when he and I get into a power struggle, it gets ugly. Like the other day. I gave him his Simba-be-cool pill, and he had the nerve to spit it back out, so I called him an asshole, ... More About: Dogs , Peanut , Crazy , Side , Butter
Bee on a bender
2008-06-17 06:06:00 This morning while waiting for the bus, the kids and I were watching bees on the rhododendrons. There was one bee in particular that seemed to be having a little trouble. He was trying to walk on the flowers and kept falling off and flying all wonky. When he fell off and landed on his back ... More About: Humor , Parenting , Children , Motherhood , Bender
O.M.G!
2008-06-16 23:30:00 ARGG! Went to the knee doctor today. I’m sure it will shock you to know that my knee is really messed up. I have tendonitis in my hamstring tendon, bursitis in the front of my knee (that was the burning pain that I thought might be RSD moving to my right side. Thank GOD it’s not.) ...
The post-sleepover report?
2008-06-15 20:17:00 When son #1 turned 8, we let him have a sleepover. It was a total nightmare. Well, less of a nightmare than ones he’s gone to, but still a nightmare. The kids went to sleep between 1am and 2am and were up at fricken 5 am. I was ready to start killing them one by ... More About: Children , Post , Report , Sleepover
Green IQ
2008-06-15 19:40:00 Thank you Tendrils for this link! Your Green IQ is just about as good as it can get. Congratulations! Now it’s time to just keep up the good ecocentric work and continue to promote the health of this planet. I’m doing my part, how about you?
T minus 7 hours and counting?
2008-06-15 06:22:00 Until Steve leaves me alone with a slumber party. Of course I’m not panicked. Why would you think that? No, no. I’m good. Really. I’m fine. Why do you ask? More About: Humor , Children , Marriage , Motherhood , Hours
Feeling sorry for myself?
2008-06-13 18:32:00 For the last few months, I have been training through multiple injuries and health issues. My Karate belt test was last night. I was making a final run-through of my kata yesterday morning and something popped and then my knee buckled. I’ve struggled with a left knee injury (bucket handle meniscal tear and RSD) for the last ... More About: Martial Arts , Feeling
You know what that place is, right?
2008-06-12 06:41:00 I’m trying to find a flight and every time I find one I think I might like and then take a look at where my connecting flight is, I then have to grumble about where my connecting flight is. Steve, the comedian, keeps saying “Well you know what that place is, right?” And I say ... More About: Humor , Travel , Place
There are boy moms and there are girl moms?
2008-06-10 05:31:00 I was talking to my friend, Rita, the other day at the dojo. Rita does not have children yet. Someone else from my karate class, Mary, walked in with her daughter and I said to Rita “AHA! Mary only has girls, doesn’t she?” Rita said “Yeah, she has a daughter, how did you know?” and I said “Because ... More About: Humor , Children , Girl , Moms
Ah yes?
2008-06-09 18:32:00 It’s June, been in the 40s all week and raining hailing now, here in Seattle. I bet you’re jealous. Because I’m thinking the rest of the world is suffering 90 something degree heat and getting sunburned. No chance of that here, folks. Still freezing my ass off. It’s winter in Washington. Steve’s coming home tonight for a ... More About: Humor
Signs of NOT Aging and other random science?
2008-06-08 22:19:00 Who ever said “A watched pot never boils”? Because I just watched a pot of water boil. Ok, I waited until I saw a few more little bubbles than when I first started watching, got bored and dumped in the pasta. But honestly, it was going to start boiling ANY second. It’s just my attention ... More About: Science , Humor , Karate , Random , Signs
Dear John,
2008-06-07 00:17:00 I wrote a Dear John letter today. No really! I wrote a real, honest-to-God letter. Who writes handwritten notes anymore? I swear I’ve forgotten how to write!! It’s becoming a lost art. I wrote to each of my coaches for baseball, thanking them for their help. One of them just happened to be named John. But ...
Whatever Wednesday
2008-06-05 06:10:00 Although I have not received my scores yet, my judge told me that I passed my Hapkido belt test tonight. YIPEE! My Karate belt test is next week. I did hurt my wrist tonight when my partner did a takedown that had me landing on my left side, but hopefully it will be better in the ... More About: Wednesday
There?s gang wars happening in my ceiling
2008-06-04 18:27:00 I’m gonna just go ahead and say it. We have a rat problem. Luckily, the rats are not in the house, but they are in our garage and in the ceiling crawl space. We have battled these rats for three years. We had tried hiring Orkin, who set out a bunch of glue traps, but ... More About: Humor , Wars , Gang
Tongue Kissing Buffalo in Sequim
2008-06-02 05:00:00 We went to Sequim, WA last weekend and we loved it so much, we’re going back this summer for our vacation. We decided we’d leave a smaller carbon footprint this year by exploring Washington instead of traveling halfway around the world. And to our surprise, there was so much to do in Sequim, we didn’t ... More About: Humor , Family , Travel , Seattle , Kissing
We?ll miss you, Harvey Korman!
2008-05-30 04:12:00 In memory of Harvey Korman, I give you this. It’s my most favorite skit EVER (including SNL skits.) It’s as funny now as it was then and still gives me a big old belly laugh. More About: Humor , Miss , Miss You
Soooooo, what are you doing this August?
More articles from this author:2008-05-29 23:14:00 I am totally walking around with that pick up line today. Our dojo is having an intra-school sparring tournament in August and teams will consist of two fighters from each belt rank. So I’m walking around the dojo today trying to recruit team members. Today I sidled up to the scariest dude in the dojo. I’ve ... More About: Humor , Karate , Martial Arts , Hapkido 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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