I recently added some holiday music to my iTunes collection. This will probably irritate me to no end when it’s April and random keep playing “Mele Kalikimaka” but for the moment it makes my heart happy. Random semi-related anecdote: My work friend Eddie sometimes sings–LOUDLY–while we’re working our very early morning merchandising shift. Everyone is tired and grumpy and the… View Post
1) We stayed out late last night, huddle around a fire pit in a former acquaintance’s back yard, reconnecting with old friends, roasting marshmallows, laughing. One half of the only other married couple present pointed out that it was the first time they’d been around so many people their own age, just hanging out, in FOREVER…and it was true for… View Post
I deep-cleaned my kitchen and living room yesterday for the first time in it’stooembarrassingtoadmithowlong for two reasons: 1) I haven’t had the energy or desire to do anything housewifely since I got pregnant and was falling asleep every half hour and wanting to vomit just as often, and then we went out of town for several days for Thanksgiving, and… View Post
My mom took scraps from the homecoming dress she made for my cousin and turned them into this sweet thing for Miss Chloe. I don’t know who was more delighted by it: Chloe, who kept laughing, grabbing the rustly skirt and kicking her feet up, or the rest of the family, who were all cracking up at how happy she… View Post
(n) a word or phrase that is misinterpreted when heard, usually with an amusing result I love this word. I can’t remember where I heard it, or why I know its origin*, but I do and I am so glad. Because, you see, I frequently misinterpret song lyrics. FREQUENTLY. So it’s nice to have a name for the weird phrases… View Post