Archive for January, 2007
Can I do it? Yes, I can!
The first time Tacy got sick, I stayed home from work to care for her. I had a conference call scheduled for that afternoon, and since I expected that she would be napping, I didn’t reschedule it.
Naturally, she woke from her nap about fifteen minutes before the call started.
So I sat at the computer desk, cradling [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 31st, 2007 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie, Who me? | 20 Comments »
ScheheraMom vs. SanctiMommy – The latest fictional battle in the Mommy Wars!
I hadn’t even seen all of the post-Today Show fallout when I posted my piece about Scheherazade. I’m astounded at just how unintentionally timely I was.
I’d like to thank Meredith Vieira and Dr. Janet Taylor for calling attention to yet another way that we mothers can judge each other. More fodder for the Mommy Wars! [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 30th, 2007 tagged Bwahahaha!, Daring you to disagree | 28 Comments »
Who loves disco? Babies do!
Check out my review of Baby Loves Disco over at my brand new reviews blog!
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 28th, 2007 tagged Dirtying up other corners of the web, Home on the range | 1 Comment »
Generation X Scheherazades
More than thirty years ago, my mother awoke suddenly in the middle of the night. She discovered my brother, who had climbed out of his crib and found his way into her desk drawer, with nine thumbtacks in his mouth.
What fantastic blog fodder that would have made! “OMG I’m such a terrible mom!”
And what an [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 28th, 2007 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Daring you to disagree, Who me?, Youthful indiscretions | 13 Comments »
SOS = Sick Of Snow
I’ve shoveled my share of driveways.
If the snow fell overnight, my father shoveled. But if the snow fell during the day, the responsibility was on my brother and me to ensure that the driveway was clear enough that our parents could make it to the top.
And it was heavy, wet midwestern snow, where each shovelful [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 26th, 2007 tagged Home on the range, Look at me, look at me!, Round on the ends, high in the middle | 17 Comments »
Sometimes the good guys win
And sometimes even those of us who claim to have tremendous attention to detail need to be reminded to read every word in an e-mail, including a signature block which includes a new title signifying a sought-after and well-deserved promotion.
It’s high points like this that help me forget the times that our rollercoaster bottomed out. Onward and [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 25th, 2007 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Home on the range, The king of beers, Who me? | 13 Comments »
Happy birthday, dear CJ
Dear CJ,
Today you are two years old.
The past two years have been a wonderful adventure. I daresay that you’ve taught me more than I’ve taught you.
Your curiosity and genuine excitement as you explore are contagious. I look more closely at everything, no matter how mundane, as I see it through your eyes.
I marvel at the [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 24th, 2007 tagged Kids say the darnedest things, Look at me, look at me!, Miss Mousie | 28 Comments »
Talk about glass houses and throwing stones…
I haven’t been this mortified in a long time.
Last year, I complained of how I didn’t receive RSVPs from a few parents of children we’d invited to Tacy’s birthday party. I still grumble inwardly a bit when I see the offending parents and they look right through me as if they’d never received an invitation to my [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 23rd, 2007 tagged Miss Goosie, Who me? | 21 Comments »
You’ll eat it and you’ll like it
Don’t want to argue, I don’t want to debate
Don’t want to hear about what kind of food you hate
You won’t get no dessert till you clean off your plate
So eat it
“Eat It”, Weird Al Yankovic
Weird Al couldn’t have said it any better.
I’ve heard that what a pregnant woman craves is what her child will enjoy. [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 21st, 2007 tagged Miss Goosie, Who me?, Youthful indiscretions | 29 Comments »
Skate or die
Nearly nineteen years ago I saw Christian Hosoi skate at an NSA vert contest in Dayton, Ohio. Scooped up the stickers his team threw into the crowd afterward. And then moshed with him at the party that night.
Moshed. Slam-dancing, you pervs.
And if you’d told me then that someone would someday send me a DVD chronicling [...]
