Archive for November, 2008
Help, I need somebody
Friday afternoon I was busy being thankful for my beautiful children who had behaved beautifully while I purchased a beautiful nearly-brand-new piano when my mother called to tell me that my father was in the hospital.
She took him in Wednesday morning after he’d spent the night in terrible pain without any relief no matter what [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 30th, 2008 tagged Who me? | 21 Comments »
Thankful for three
I’m thankful for so many things this year, especially given the state of the union (which is most definitely NOT strong). Sure, I’ve got plenty to worry about, but there’s so much that’s going very well.
We’re gainfully employed and able to pay our bills. We’re all healthy (and we have health insurance too). We have [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 27th, 2008 tagged Look at me, look at me!, Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie, Olliepop, The king of beers | 13 Comments »
Spitting image
Since he was born, we’ve marveled at how much Oliver looks like Tacy did as a baby. Most striking are the deep blue eyes they share – still not sure where those came from – but their expressions and mannerisms are eerily similar as well. Every day I look from one to the [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 25th, 2008 tagged Look at me, look at me!, Miss Goosie, Olliepop | 22 Comments »
The birds and the bees
A few weeks ago I read a post by Sarah and cringed. She reported that: one, her son nearly slammed the toilet seat down on his penis – the thought of which still makes me shudder – and two, he didn’t remember the talk they’d had about the birds and the bees two years [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 23rd, 2008 tagged Miss Goosie, The king of beers, Who me? | 6 Comments »
And my whole blog flashed before my eyes…
mothergoosemouse.com went dark on Tuesday, somewhere around 10am MT.
I still don’t have a complete explanation from my former hosting service as to what went wrong, but apparently it was my fault. At least that’s what the woman on the other end of the phone kept telling me…something about a database of mine being hacked [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 21st, 2008 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Who me? | 14 Comments »
Motrin = Schooner Tuna
Carolyn: Well, frankly none of this stuff would influence me, all right?
Male executive: Come on, Ron. She doesn’t know a tuna fish from a Cheerio.
Female executive: Damn good thing we don’t have the Cheerio account.
Carolyn: Well, when was the last time any of you people were in a supermarket?
Anyone else remember the movie “Mr. [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 18th, 2008 tagged Bwahahaha!, Daring you to disagree | 4 Comments »
Making a mountain out of a middle finger
If the girls had just met me in the cul-de-sac like we’d planned, this would have never happened.
But as it was, they loitered outside the school for several minutes before they started walking. And because I still had to pick up CJ and get her to soccer practice, and I had a howling baby [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 17th, 2008 tagged Bwahahaha!, Home on the range, Who me? | 24 Comments »
Gifts to my PANK
A few months ago, Jory des Jardins wrote a piece at BlogHer.com that I really loved – all about the acronym PANK.
PANK stands for Professional Auntie, No Kids. I’ve had two PANKs myself; one is Herman Anne’s mother, my Aunt Linda (who is obviously no longer a PANK, according to the strict definition of [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 15th, 2008 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Who me?, Youthful indiscretions | 5 Comments »
Don’t let the mommy stay up late!
First of all, I’m not even tired.
Okay, that’s a lie. I’m really tired. Exhausted, even. Not quite as exhausted as some of my friends, but pretty wiped out nonetheless.
I probably get a good six or seven hours each night, but it’s broken up. CJ comes in somewhere between midnight and four [...]
Published by mothergoosemouse on November 11th, 2008 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Who me? | 13 Comments »
The irreplaceable, inimitable mother
There are a lot of great dads out there – some are better than others – but even the greatest father will never be a mother.
There’s something innate to motherhood that makes it impossible for men to wholly embrace. And it’s that same something that makes it impossible for men to adequately appreciate what [...]
