7 Quick Takes Vol 24 »
By Milehimama on Jul 15, 2010 in 7 Quick Takes, Big Family, Laugh or Cry | 7 Comments
By Milehimama on Jul 15, 2010 in 7 Quick Takes, Big Family, Laugh or Cry | 7 Comments
By Milehimama on May 9, 2010 in Big Family, Laugh or Cry | 2 Comments
I’ve been stalked lately. I have a poltergeist. Not just any poltergeist, it’s a snacking poltergeist. Oh yes, my friends, feeding time at the zoo Mama’s house has gotten ugly. My poltergeist is a maniac. A half eaten apple mocked me from the stairs. I stumbled on it at night, when no one should be [...]
By Milehimama on May 6, 2010 in Big Family, Laugh or Cry | 5 Comments
Last week, in my quest for bestowing TMI on my tweeples, I sent this message: Wearing capris. Trying to decide if I should run and quckly shave the bottom half of my legs or just change into jeans. #tmi ? Sorry. After careful thought -after all, you shouldn’t impulsively wield a razor willy nilly- I [...]
By Milehimama on Apr 27, 2010 in Health, Laugh or Cry | 12 Comments
A week ago Sunday, I had a migraine. Now, this is noteworthy because I haven’t had one in years. I used to get debilitating ones in high school, but after Miss E was born they went away. Until this week. Now, the headache is gone but I’m experiencing weird smells. Monday night I kept smelling natural [...]
By Milehimama on Apr 10, 2010 in Laugh or Cry, featured | 18 Comments
By Milehimama on Mar 24, 2010 in Laugh or Cry | 1 Comment
I was attending my husband’s father’s memorial service. It was a hard day. Hard because my father-in-law’s girlfriend pulled the plug, without calling family. I found out she had all the tubes removed by accident (I happened to stop by for a visit, and managed to rush home in time to send husband dear to [...]
By Milehimama on Feb 22, 2010 in Laugh or Cry, Progeny | 11 Comments
We are in the market for a new couch. Not a fancy, hand tied by vestal virgins from reclaimed Tuscan driftwood furniture, just something decent that the family (er, the WHOLE family) can sit on. As you can see, we are in desperate need. We currently have a cream colored leather (er, bonded leather aka [...]
By Milehimama on Sep 30, 2009 in Laugh or Cry, works for me wednesday | 8 Comments
Duct tape. Whole books have been written on how to use this magical substance for everything from making a wallet to making a laser. Or maybe that last one was a MacGuyver episode, whatever. My life is held together with duct tape. Hit the mailbox on the way out of the driveway? Duct tape will [...]
By Milehimama on Aug 3, 2009 in Laugh or Cry | 12 Comments
**Update** We got our van back on Aug. 12, 46 days after the original repair failed. The mechanic paid for everything, even one item that wasn’t a transmission problem…but 6+ weeks is a ridiculous amount of time. Gird your loins, mah peeps. 2000 words of complaining coming right up, served with a heaping side of [...]
By Milehimama on Jul 27, 2009 in Discombobulated Homekeeping 101, Laugh or Cry | 8 Comments