I used to blog at theweirdgirl.com. All of that writing lives here now.
Keen’s Fan Base
Keen is out of town this week on training. And I know he's DYING because he can't see his son. As he says, "It's like my very own fan base." [...]
Lazy Ass
I am trying to switch schedules this week. I’m going to attempt to get my ass up earlier in the morning, or at least earlier than my son, so that [...]
The Visitor
There has been a new guest appearance in our household recently. It popped up so suddenly I really didn’t expect it. I call it… the attitude. It’s a steely eyed [...]
Fun for the Whole Family
After watching much too much Noggin, it occurs to me that there is an untapped after-market potential that could produce unprecedented revenues if the producers at Noggin were wise enough [...]
It’s Raining… (insert favorite cliché here)
So a chunk of our ceiling fell in yesterday. Don’t worry, it’s a small chunk, about a foot square I figure. But still. Now we have a moldy, musty, gross-looking [...]
Catching Up
I got tagged with this meme by Matthew at childsplayx2 a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t realize I had been tagged because that was when my back was [...]
In Need of Advice
I have some questions I’d like to turn over to the general public of parents out there. I’m hoping you all can lend some experience, wisdom, insight, stories or even [...]
Mutual of Omaha Presents…
The elusive snotmonster is a wily creature. Once our team tracked down a likely specimen the beast fought aggressively to avoid capture, squirming violently and sounding its distinctive grunting-nose-whistle. Avoiding [...]
The End of the Weekend
Well, all the family/holiday stuff is done. Thank goodness. It was, in turn, fun, exhausting, teeth-grittingly aggravating and all the usual family crap. I have heard people say that they [...]
Mmm, Fiber
I JUST NOTICED this rather shabby-looking corner of a gift under our tree that my son has apparently been using as a chew toy. Considering the many layers of mastication [...]
Cookies!
Today I got a batch of Bite My Cookie’s scrumptious treats. And let me tell you, they are fucking good (that’s better than sex good… or maybe snack-right-after-sex good)! Yum [...]