From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Favorite Body Part

June 20, 2009

What is Your Favorite Nicki body part? Marinka: Her front paws. They are furry and cute. Daughter: Her tail. It is long an cute. Young Landrinka: Head. I mean, face. It is cute! Husbandrinka: I am an adult. I don’t have a favorite Nicki body part. I was sure Husbandrinka was going to say ears. […]

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Aren’t You Sorry That We Got the Cat?

June 18, 2009

It looks like Husbandrinka thinks that we are on a sitcom where the tag line is “aren’t you sorry that we got the cat?” I’m certain that it will be renewed for many seasons and you should probably pre-order your DVD now. Like the other day, Nicki shat on our bed. Now, I admit that […]

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If You See Me At BlogHer

June 18, 2009

So I’m going to BlogHer in July, are you? If you are a non-blogger, BlogHer is like a blogging convention is where bloggers (people who like to express themselves via the written word and avoid all unnecessary human interaction) get together to meet and greet face to face. Personally, I plan to participate via Twitter. […]

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Time

June 17, 2009

I woke up today with a heavy heart. Metaphorically speaking, of course, although it wouldn’t hurt to have it weighed, I suppose. I’ve been thinking about my kids. They are in recovery from the school year and waiting for camp to start and we are spending the days doing things together. On Monday, we went […]

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Bottle

June 16, 2009

When the kids were little, some days my mother would pick them up from school. The best was when she would talk to the other parents and report back to me. Because she never remembered anyone’s name, her reporting back was always really fun. Like: “So the thin one that always smells of alcohol is […]

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Hypothetical

June 16, 2009

If your friend John calls you on your cell phone over the weekend, while you’re at your son’s baseball game and you don’t pick up because you are busy cheering or maybe gossiping with other moms, and then he calls again while you’re on your way home, and you don’t pick up because you are […]

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Vacation Math

June 14, 2009

School’s out and I’ve been busy designing a program of fun and education and so far, I’m hitting a lot of resistance. My daughter seems to have gotten the whole “BUT IT’S SUMMER VACATION” thing down for whenever I suggest anything that is not “have another snack!” or “you still have some functioning brain cells, […]

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Quotes from the Yearbook

June 13, 2009

Sometimes people Twitter quotes. I’m guessing it’s because they find them to be super profound and want to share the wisdom with the masses. It reminds me of high school yearbooks. I had a mini anxiety attack when I realized that I’d have to put a quote under my picture in the high school yearbook. […]

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