Archive for June, 2008
I would if I could, but I can’t so I won’t
Imagine that your daughter did something so hilarious and yet so horrifying that you knew it would make for fabulous blog fodder in the short term, but for utter humiliation in the long term – long term defined here as the years spent in public school.
That same day, I told the story to my mother, [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 28th, 2008 tagged Bwahahaha!, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie | 23 Comments »
All the parenting expertise I need is right there in my feed reader
Last year in mid-May (yes, just about three weeks before we found out about Oliver), Kyle and I loaded up the last of our baby items into my in-laws’ car for them to take to Kyle’s brother, his wife, and their new baby.
While I wish we would have hung onto items like the high chair [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 26th, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree | 20 Comments »
The top ten gym annoyances
Watching personal trainers yap and yap and yap. You carry on a conversation with your clients while they’re supposed to be exercising, and then you CHARGE them for it? Get a psychiatrist if you want to chat, and pay THEM.
Watching someone do push-ups, moving only his head. Get down on your knees until you’re [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 25th, 2008 tagged Bwahahaha!, Daring you to disagree, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Home on the range | 10 Comments »
Out with the new, in with the old
I’m going to break up with my cleaning service tomorrow.
I pay someone else to clean my home and then bitch about it on the Internet. Poor, poor me.
Kyle hired them when I was a month away from delivering Oliver. I was huge and exhausted, and I could hardly bend over to pick up [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 22nd, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Who me? | 20 Comments »
Never wore a bikini in Biloxi, but I’ve still got the blues
Edited below
I’ve worn a bikini both when I was at my heaviest (not including pregnancy) and at my most slender.
When I was 22, I put on several pounds. I’m not sure of the precursor, but I do know that I wasn’t really aware of it until I got some film developed and looked at [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 20th, 2008 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Look at me, look at me!, Who me?, Youthful indiscretions | 11 Comments »
Deleted faster than you can say “link exchange”
If there’s one thing about blogging that I find even more annoying than spammy press releases, it’s requests for link exchanges.
I’m not talking about individual bloggers. Most personal bloggers know better than to ask for a link exchange: “I’ll link you if you link me, okay?” It’s just not the way it’s done. [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 18th, 2008 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Daring you to disagree, Dirtying up other corners of the web | 15 Comments »
What a country!
We were on our way to Tacy’s “sailing off” ceremony when we heard.
My first thought was, I must have heard that wrong. Kyle hit the brakes, and we turned to each other and said in unison, “WHAT?!”
We listened to the newscaster relay the unbelievable: Tim Russert was dead after a heart attack that afternoon.
As we [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 16th, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Inside the Beltway, Who me? | 15 Comments »
Come sail away
I look to the sea
Reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
- Come Sail Away, Styx
What a difference a (school) year makes.
I didn’t really realize how much she’s grown until I put the two pictures side by side.
It’s been an amazing year. Six [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 15th, 2008 tagged Home on the range, Look at me, look at me!, Miss Goosie | 7 Comments »
Don’t let the pigeon hatch on my balcony!
Yesterday, I took my triathlon training back onto the trail, where they’ve added a bunch of signs about what to do if you encounter wildlife.
I’ve already run across – not literally, thank god – several critters while out on the trail. I’ve dodged deer and coyotes on the road, and I’ve discovered snakes and [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 13th, 2008 tagged Bwahahaha!, Home on the range, Inside the Beltway, Who me? | 12 Comments »
Look at my beautiful chlamydia!
All the pretty flowers! (Please…click this link so that you can get the joke too.)
Seriously, there are at least 100 blooms on the two plants (one pink, one purple), plus 100 more buds getting ready to bloom.
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Okay, I said I was giving away $25 in Build-a-Bear Bear Bucks, but after reading the entries, I have [...]
