August 21, 2008 – 8:55 am
It was bad enough when I learned that one of BD’s current teachers had gone to high school with HS. At least she was two years ahead of him in school.
Then I got to chatting with teacher who helps coach BD’s field hockey team. She, too, knows HS.
Because he went to school with her sister. [...]
The Name Game (stolen from Groovy)
1.Your rock star name (first pet, current car)
Midnight Mazda
2. Your gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe)
Mocha Sandal
3. Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal)
Blue Cat
4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born)
Elizabeth Batavia
5. Your Star Wars name [...]
We attended a wedding this evening. The bride has been a friend of HS since kindergarten. In fact, this is the first time we’ve attended the wedding of one his friends.
Not too surprisingly, HS and his girlfriend opted to sit with a bunch of his high school friends instead of his parents and [...]
When the phone rang this morning a little before 8, I was pretty sure it must be BD calling from school. I couldn’t be sure, because I was in the basement, and the phone there doesn’t have caller ID.
Just to be on the safe side, I turned off the volume on the TV so she [...]
The good news is that I don’t have carpal tunnel syndrome (or as BD calls it, “carpool tunnel syndrome”) after all.
Instead, it’s something a bit more exotic. I have what’s called a cervical rib (found only in somewhere between 0.5 and 10 percent of people, depending who you believe). In my case, the little [...]
My Mother’s Day gift is still in transit, but when it gets here, I just may be the coolest mom in the entire state.
I’m getting this.
April 29, 2008 – 10:19 am
Go check out my friend Liz’s giveaway at This Full House Reviews. It’s a cool little video flip camera!
Then when you win it, we can share custody. Right?
As of today, I am one.
Eat your heart out.
April 15, 2008 – 12:43 pm
I have never had a sense of style. I like clothes that are comfortable and inexpensive. Dressing up means putting on my black jeans and a sweater instead of my blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
Since I usually work either at my boss’s home or my own, work clothes are not a priority. [...]
