Queen of Rambles

This has to be quick since I am sleepy. You know I can’t just throw in the towel and forget it. Not blogging makes me insane. Maybe I need a therapist. Our Swe-Irish friends arrived today after a very long wait on the plane, a very long flight, a very long wait in Immigration, and [...]

In an alternate reality, our friends’ plane was not stopped with fire engines on the tarmac and they arrived here safe and sound. In our reality, they never got on the plane so they won’t be arriving until tomorrow. No matter the reality, we are as ready as we’ll ever be. We even managed to [...]

I think I lost my mind. Remember my goal of being vivacious? I may have vivacioued myself right into the nut house. I have an overly defined sense of responsibility. I think it comes from being an Aries. I want to be the boss, but I also want to make sure the job gets done [...]

I just finished watching the Lost finale and my head is spinning. I don’t understand anything so I have a feeling I will be spending every spare moment reading all the forums, trying to get a handle on what happened. And? I have a huge headache. Trying to understand the mysteries of Craphole island is [...]

For once I’m not the grumpy one around here. I really do think Erik is sick. He woke up really late this morning and proceeded to have melt down after melt down. I moved his seashells out of his bed in middle of the night because they looked uncomfortable. Meltdown. I flipped the TV on [...]

Though I’m not a Trekkie or Trekker or whatever it is, I am a casual fan of the series. I am slightly more than a casual fan of J. J. Abrams, so Trekkiness must be had. Nothing else could motivate me to find a real babysitter, so I guess Mike has a thank-you letter to [...]

We didn’t go grocery shopping this weekend and I didn’t get to the store today, which means I was scrambling for dinner. Every once in a while I try to do a “clean the fridge/freezer and make something creative” meal which feels like a free meal because I didn’t plan it, but which is not [...]

We had a fondue party for Mother’s Day, only it wasn’t really for Mother’s Day. It was a Girls’ Day In that happened to fall on Mother’s Day. I guess being celebrated as a mother would be nice, but it is not something we really do. Mike did pick up some flowers and I bought [...]

I am cracking up at my son, as usual. He’s never been interested in stuffed animals, though he does have one puppy that he’ll tolerate in his bed. He’s never had a blanky or anything like that. When he was younger he had my boobs. He still likes them. Just yesterday he was patting them [...]

After a week of rain, the sun is out but we’re still all wet. Sweat wet. Ugh. Gotta love summer around here. I’ve got my giant linen tents out and ready to wear. Not attractive, but cooler than t-shirts. We spent about three hours at the park and now I have some fantastic raccoon eyes. [...]