Archive for the 'Home on the range' Category
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Three months and ten to go
Pounds, that is.
I’m having a little trouble getting back into my old jeans as quickly as I did after the girls were born. Ten pounds isn’t much, but on a five-foot four-inch frame, it’s enough to keep me in elastic waistbands. Which is depressing, so I try not to think about it.
This weekend, I […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on April 29th, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Who me? | 22 Comments »
Insulation
Yesterday we visited a friend who had checked himself into a drug and alcohol treatment center. Fortunately, this treatment center happens to be in the mountains - ideally located for a day trip of hiking and sightseeing - and so we made a day of it.
When we arrived at the center after our hike, I […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on April 21st, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Who me?, Youthful indiscretions | 13 Comments »
What’s under HER skirt?
We gave our two weeks’ notice at CJ’s pre-school last Friday.
At least one of our kids has been attending this pre-school since we arrived in Colorado nearly three years ago. It came highly recommended by Stacey, whose own son had attended since he was six weeks old. I filled in when they were […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 31st, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range, Miss Mousie, Professional butt-wiping AKA child care | 40 Comments »
Elimination day at the zoo
Yesterday we went to the zoo, as has been our Easter tradition since 2003. As we were packing up, I called upstairs to Kyle, “Toss down a spare outfit, will you?”
“Think we’ll need it?” he called back.
“Remember what happened at the zoo when CJ was Oliver’s age?”
A striped sleeper landed on my head, and […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 24th, 2008 tagged Baby makes three (kids), Home on the range, Kids say the darnedest things, Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie | 22 Comments »
Ride like the wind
My first bike was an old orange and white Schwinn with a banana seat, and my brother’s first bike was a black and yellow Huffy. We learned to ride in our backyard, and then practiced at the top of our driveway and on our back patios before hitting the hilly streets of our neighborhood.
Our […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 7th, 2008 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Home on the range, Look at me, look at me!, Miss Goosie, Miss Mousie, Round on the ends, high in the middle, Who me? | 10 Comments »
The Anti-Gym: reprehensible or responsible?
The first I heard of The Anti-Gym was a radio ad in which one guy castigated another guy for having “man boobs.”
I remember chuckling incredulously to myself, thinking “Did I hear that right? Man boobs?” Radio ads rarely get my attention, with the exception of the Bud Light “Real Men of Genius” […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 15th, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Home on the range | 4 Comments »
Twenty questions (okay, just three)
Where did I get those boots?
Hypothermia, anyone?
Do you steam and scheme, or do you just scream? Would you stop screaming if you won a $250 gift card to Williams Sonoma?
Published by mothergoosemouse on October 22nd, 2007 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Home on the range, Look at me, look at me! | 4 Comments »
It still takes me by surprise
The first snow of each year, that is.
Look! My chlamydia is covered in snow!
Extremely grumpy about this development - the casualty of 2007.
But the casualty of 2005 is hanging in there.
Tacy is crying because she has no boots - her Blommas from Vincent have not yet arrived, and last year’s boots were incinerated due […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on October 21st, 2007 tagged Home on the range, Look at me, look at me! | 25 Comments »
Not a helicopter parent. More like a stealth bomber.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for all of the kind comments and wise words yesterday.
When I was a child, I walked a lot of places in our suburban neighborhood. Starting in first grade, I waited for the bus by myself, and I walked home from the bus stop by myself. In spite […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on October 5th, 2007 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Daring you to disagree, Dirtying up other corners of the web, Home on the range, Miss Goosie, The king of beers, Who me? | 16 Comments »
Really, the bike riding was enough of an adventure, thanks
So when Tacy and our next door neighbor, who walk home from school together, arrived home yesterday afternoon, Tacy was red-faced and in tears, choking out unintelligible words even before I could get the storm door open.
Given that she can turn a skinned knee into an ER-worthy crisis, I remained calm. And between the […]