November 2009
24 posts
Mom works for a Large Retail Employer
It’s pretty sad that I have to worry about her getting trampled to death tomorrow.
For every moment I am thankful on Thanksgiving, I am equally ashamed of and appalled by my fellow Americans on Black Friday.
Considering buying a Used (2007) Prius....
Bad idea?
Best idea ever since gas prices are low right now and people are idiots and pouring all of their demand into SUV’s and lowering the prices of substitutes like fuel efficient vehicles and and I have a degree in economics and see all kinds of evidence of consumer behavior douchery?
Worst idea ever - Maybe I’m the douchey consumer this time?
Okay idea?
Any caveats we might...
WatchBabies hugging avatars
Happy Sober-versary, Dad
Dad would have been 20 years sober today, assuming that he remained living and didn’t take a drink over the past 7 months and 12 days.
If he were here, I would have sent him a card telling him how proud I was of him. How I knew it wasn’t easy to do what he did. We would have joked together that one year from today, his sobriety would be able to buy booze.
In 2001, the year before I...
CorrelationCausation and all that, but I'm still... →
OMG Podcasts of college lectures....
Sorry, I know it’s like I’m first discovering fire years later than the rest of you.
As Number Five said in Short Circuit: “MORE INPUT!”
“If a person doesn’t only ask ‘What can I do?’, but actually...”
– Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister, All Souls Unitarian Church - Tulsa, “Who Cares?”, October 11, 2009
Two weeks ago: What can an iPhone do for me?
Today: OMG I hope I didn’t forget my charger! Podcasts! All day!
So I’m mostly using the technology that was available Christmas 2001.
If you know of any good podcasts that I might be missing that wouldn’t show up on Top 10 lists anywhere, please let me know….ashankle atIdon’treallycarethatmuchaboutspam gmail.
Emerson fell off a roller coaster toy at daycare
Big bump on head. No trip to doctor, based on judgement of daycare assistant director.
Veteran parents: Any signs to watch out for in a 20 month old? Seems like if she’s not fussy or throwing up and is acting like herself she’s probably fine? And if she gets a headache she’ll cry to let us know?
Papa John's website was down so we had to order by...
What is this, Soviet Russia?
Dreaded "I dreamed this last night" post
My brother received a call that Dad was still alive and in some sort of hospital or nursing home. We went to see him and he was pretty out of it and was needing full time care. We asked the staff what was up, we thought he was dead since April. They said there was some sort of mix up at Southwest Medical Center and the cremation place - they didn’t really check to make sure he was dead...
Always love it when my husband hits LIKE rather...
“There’s nothing that frustrates a woman more than the sight of a man doing...”
– Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister - All Souls Unitarian Church from He Said,She Said (27 Sept 2009)
Awesome sermon. Taken as a whole, it is not male-bashing at all. A LOT of really good stuff about how different brains work and how each type of brain can frustrate the other type.
This explains...
“Thanksgiving sucked less due to your presence.”
– Me, in an email to my brother last year asking for his Oreo Balls recipe
Car accidents really stick with me
A friend of mine from church lost her 5 year old in a car accident. A girl I lived next door to as a kid lost her sister. A friend from high school lost his mother. A student in my high school and his mother burned to death in one. Even when I just hear about one on the news such as the big pileup on the Oklahoma Turnpike this summer, I feel pretty low until something else fills that part of...
“You’re just doing that because Merlin Mann told you to do that.”
– Me, last night
One of my biggest pet peeves
Not directed at anyone here, though a post reminded me of it.
I always get angry at people who suggest that women thank their husbands for making an effort around the house.
To me, routinely thanking someone implies that they have gone above and beyond what they are expected to do. If you’re supposed to be splitting household tasks 50/50, why should I be thanking somebody if they finally...
I seriously have so much anger and resentment in my bank of feelings right now. There are so many people in my life who don’t notice or appreciate anything. People who think they are too good to do their share. People who can’t see anything from any other point of view. People who don’t realize when I’m overwhelmed. People who expect things from me when when they know...
How do you find time to write a novel?
All weekend, the only time I felt like I had for myself was the 30 minutes I cross stitched. Oh, and the five minutes a day I was in the shower.
I’m working on volunteer stuff at 10:45p.m. - in what used to be the middle of the night for me. Any sort of activity that is not related to washing dishes, paying bills, reading to/playing with Emerson, cooking, making sure Em doesn’t...
