Category Archives: life in our house

Weekends Before and After: Two Haikus

THEN Dinner, drinks, movie Hang out ’til the wee hours Sleep in, lounge, repeat NOW Pizza, skating, juice Home by eight and jammies on Up at six, repeat

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Potty cross training

The Seat Uppers are quickly outnumbering The Seat Downers in this house. Potty training is heavily underway, with the number of successes outnumbering the number of wet pants. The Seat is up more often these days because Bug is learning … Continue reading

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I’m not the only one who’s addicted

We might be in need of a Netaholics Anonymous twelve step program. Of course, if we found one, I’d have to give up Yestertime, and that could quite possibly cause the END OF THE WORLD.

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This is my blog post at E-Four-E p.m.

Last night my sister came over to babysit Bug so that Lorso and I could go see Spirit of the Marathon. Bug luuuuuuurvs his Aunt S, and was anxious for her to arrive, so to get him to stop whining … Continue reading

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Time to invest in a humidifier, perhaps

Last night we finally broke out the space heater for our Siberian bedroom. Our house was already dry as a bone with the heat on, but this morning when I woke up, I felt like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall … Continue reading

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Quick, go get milk! And bread! And candles! And batteries! And beer!

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The quest for underpants

Super fast I just want to say that if your name is Carol Grise, please for the love of God pay your bills so that the debt collectors will stop calling my house and shaving a year off of my … Continue reading

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Why Bug doesn’t get a say in the naming of our next child

I’m changing a particularly heinous diaper and Bug is chattering away about a small stuffed elephant that he has resurrected from his often neglected stuffed animal pile. “Mama, look at this baby elephant, he’s so cute!” “He is cute buddy, … Continue reading

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Sick Days in the land of Yestertime

I’m feeling much better today, and the proof is that I’ve gotten off the couch more than four times already, and it’s only 1:30. Stellar. At first I thought I would have squat to blog about today because yesterday consisted … Continue reading

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Why it’s ok that Bug’s favorite song has the F-word in it

First of all, because it’s an Indigo Girls song. And they’re pretty much awesome. And second of all, because it’s a cinch to edit out any swear words by yelling “EARMUFFS” really loud. Thank you Vince Vaughn in Old School.

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