Queen of Rambles

I was a very bad girl today and made good use of my seam ripper. My bumpectomy stitches were driving me nuts, so I took a notion to get rid of them. I resisted temptation for about an hour before I gave in to the inevitable and cut them off. Normally I […]

I have been in Super Cleaning Ninja Mode today, not that you can tell by looking at the house. I was so tired of having big ziplock bags full of ice cube shaped baby puree that I thought I might have a conniption fit and throw the whole lot in the garbage. Instead, […]

Who knew you could be so productive on a holiday. After two months of saying “we have to get a crib, we have to get a crib” we finally realized that there was no way in hell we were going to be able to cart a crib home in the car. We could […]

I must smell really good. I’ve been bitten many times today and it’s making me a little paranoid. MisterE is going to earn a new nickname. Chompers would be appropriate. I am actually getting a little concerned about his biting habit. It’s no longer confined to just the nipples. Any bit of […]

It’s never a good idea to make creamy salsa dip* if you aren’t sure you’re going to an event that requires creamy salsa dip. You end up eating a ton more creamy salsa dip than any one person can handle and your stomach hates you for it. It almost makes a person want […]

If you walked over to your neighborhood park and saw two policemen with bullet proof vests hanging out in the gazebo what would you do? Assume they were just slacking off and continue on your merry way? Look around for the criminals that are surely hiding in the bushes then high tail it […]

I woke up with a decidedly alien look this morning. At first I didn’t notice. I just thought my face felt tight, but I didn’t have time to look in the mirror and examine every molecule of flesh. Funny how the flesh molecule examining goes right out the window when you have a […]

What a glorious day.
My bumpectomy went really well I guess, but now my head is throbbing. Throb. Throb. THROB. I have had a headache on and off all day and am trying my hardest not to go hog wild and scratch the heck out of my wound. You should see […]

I often forget that I live in a bi-cultural household. Mike has integrated into American society with very few glitches. He speaks almost perfect English. He doesn’t insist on shopping at Ikea or eating raw fish*. He doesn’t even insist on walking to the grocery store.
I’m always thrown for […]

In the nine months that we’ve lived in Germantown, we’ve only trekked into DC four times. Two of those times were this weekend. We’re just wild and crazy party people.
Yesterday we hit the road and headed out for a night of Swedish bliss. One of Mike’s old co-workers landed a job in […]