Archive for September, 2006
The one and only sofa king
Thursday night’s debacle confirms it. I cannot cook.
Don’t misread: I didn’t say that “I don’t like to cook”, “I’m not good at cooking”, “I’m a lousy cook”, or any other permutation to that effect.
I.
CANNOT.
COOK.
As you may have read before, Kyle’s the cook in this house. He may be messy, but he’s damn good [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 30th, 2006 tagged The king of beers, Who me? | 20 Comments »
If they could see me now, those New York friends of mine…
I’m riding on the trail, twenty miles at a time.
I’d like those city folks to see for a fact
That we’ve got prairie dogs and snakes here, not rats.
All I can say is WOWEE – look at that blue sky,
Gold leaves and grasses waving ‘cross the prairie wide.
Former city girl – holy cow!
They’d never believe it [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 28th, 2006 tagged Home on the range, Look at me, look at me!, The city that never sleeps | 24 Comments »
Nine years, five states, two children, one marriage
And we still laugh like this every day.
Happy anniversary. I love you.
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 27th, 2006 tagged The king of beers, Who me? | 31 Comments »
Curiosities
Updated below with up-to-the-minute balloon picture!
Who made my beautiful new banner? Izzy did. (Thanks again Izzy!)
How am I doing on my puzzle? Quite well. (See pictures below.)
How can this balloon – which we took home from a birthday party on Saturday afternoon – still be afloat? I DON’T KNOW. [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 26th, 2006 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Look at me, look at me! | 21 Comments »
You were the white kid?
As a child, I spent four years learning Mandarin Chinese. I was the only white child in the school. I was also probably the only one who had ASKED to attend.
When I asked to learn Chinese, my mother had no idea where I might possibly be able to do that. She found [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 25th, 2006 tagged Round on the ends, high in the middle, Who me?, Youthful indiscretions | 34 Comments »
Too much Aunt Alexandra, not enough Scout and Jem
Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was.
“That makes the Ewells fine folks, then,” said [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 22nd, 2006 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Repo woman, The king of beers, Who me? | 29 Comments »
Butt-numbingly good
I’m seeing a lot of angst out there lately.
I’m not immune to it either. The last few weeks, I’ve been inexplicably grumpy and more of a recluse than usual. I owe e-mails and phone calls. I’m sure many of my friends have written me off, and I wouldn’t be surprised if some [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 21st, 2006 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Who me? | 29 Comments »
Don’t knock it ’til you try it
I have never been an adventurous eater.
Apart from my love of fish (eating them, that is), I was not inclined to try new foods – either as a child or as a young adult. Most of my reticence was due to pickiness: I didn’t like onions or mushrooms or peppers or olives or tomatoes [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 20th, 2006 tagged Who me? | 26 Comments »
Where do the dollars go?
Friday night, I chatted with a friend whose daughter started high school this year. And even though I felt like a terrible old fuddy-duddy, I couldn’t help shaking my head at how much things have changed since I was in high school.
My friend is exceptionally down-to-earth – the antithesis of the suburban social-climber. [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on September 19th, 2006 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Round on the ends, high in the middle, Who me?, Youthful indiscretions | 18 Comments »
If you flatlined, who would be waiting to taunt you?
Remember the movie “Flatliners“? Kiefer Sutherland, post-Lost Boys and pre-24. Julia Roberts, post-Mystic Pizza and pre-Erin Brockovich. Kevin Bacon, with long hair (ew). William Baldwin, having not yet punched out the paparazzi – no wait, that was big brother Alec (hell, they all look the same). And that other dude, [...]
