Oh! To be a man! Thanks to the moron, my car has been in the shop since just after Christmas. DH has been taking me to work. I’ve either bummed rides or taken the bus home for the last two weeks. Taking the bus isn’t for sissys! Apparently, one needs to know NorthEast from NorthWest… Continue reading →
Today we had a teleconference with our immigration lawer’s legal assistant. She was prepping us for our Green Card interview. She ran through the list of all the forms we were required to bring with us, many of the questions we might be asked in the interview, and telling us to bring “extra” stuff to… Continue reading →
What a boy wants, what a boy needs… DH finally got around to cleaning out “those bins” of junk that have been vexing me since we moved in. Yay! He found a 10 year old floppy disk with a copy of a document titled “What DO I want?” (in a woman). He was twenty two… Continue reading →
I hemmed and hawed for years, then I finally did it. I have pink hair. The husband, he has not disowned me! We’ll see about the boss tomorrow morning. UPDATE! When I checked DH’s site this morning, he had updated my avatar… its pretty accurate. And no, the boss didn’t fire me either.
Pink Hair. If I want Pink Hair does not mean I’m Staid! I want to be perfectly clear. Staid is a of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious. “Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober.” I drank more at Blogher than I did in seven total years… Continue reading →
Mommy Bloggers Jr. I had a friend from out of town come to visit me this weekend. While I was waiting for “her,†I wondered: at what point does a blog become a mommy blog, by mommy bloggers jr? Is it when you start blogging about peeing on little plastic sticks? Is it when you… Continue reading →
Mpeg Recorder: MiniMartha bought us a way-too-snazzy-to-actually-use digital camera when we got married. I let DearHusband spend our honeymoon figuring out all nine hundred and seven features. Me, on the other hand: it was hard enough to learn to point and click, let alone point, click AND UPLOAD! Today I found a reason to figure… Continue reading →
Liberace: Good Bye, Fare Well Ladies and Gentlemen, Libarace has left the building! We did it! We finally ended the place setting madness! MiniMartha hooked me up with a 20% coupon for a Mikasa outlet store, and I went to town. The poor boy who asked if he could help me find anything got a… Continue reading →
Dear Moron, I noticed that last night, you indulged in a great deal of recreational vandalism. While I admire the perseverance you displayed while trying to break into my car, I have a couple of suggestions to help you be more successful in your career of nonviolent crime: I believe I am qualified to speak… Continue reading →
It only took a month, but I’m officially out of my old rental. On the way to turn in my keys, I had to stop at IKEA to return a dozen teapots that we didn’t end up using. Who goes to IKEA at 8:30 on a Monday night? Who? Who? Who? I could not belive… Continue reading →
Moving Madness! Its the hap-happiest season of all! Ian will tell you how he misses having an actual “fall” with leaves changing into beautiful colors. He’ll tell you how much he doesn’t miss shoveling a driveway or scraping ice from a windshield. There’s a Canadian joke that the two seasons are “winter” and “construction” because… Continue reading →
We’re merging lives, we’re merging lifestyles. Still working out what brand of toothpaste to buy and which night is laundry night. A foriegn object was introduced into our home. Its an inconsistant and sneaky little contraption called a “snooze button.” At first, it was a cute little novelty. The alarm goes off at 5:30, and… Continue reading →
I’m too cheap to keep up the times. I’ve survived most of the way through 2005 just fine with my 13″ tv, vcr, single-disk dvd player, and cellphone (not camera phone, not blackberry, not pda, or newfangled walkman/cellphone combo). Get this people, I commute home, I DRIVE AROUND CALIFORNIA while I listen to the fm… Continue reading →
Ok, yes, I am the first to admit that I’m just a little (no comments from the peanut gallery, please) Type A Personality. This is a fact of life. I deal with change by searching for (obsessing over) a solution, setting (obsessing over) a goal, and then work hard to (obsess over) achieving that goal.… Continue reading →
Okay, so I get the ’til you die’ part, and I was prepared for the ‘respect your man’ part, and I was getting used to the part where I should attempt to concoct a healthy dinner at least once a month. I’ve accepted the fact that I now own lemon Pledge and obsess over dishes.… Continue reading →
Wedding Traditions: Occasionally I see blurbs about the origin of wedding traditions such as wedding rings, bridal bouquets, and crossing the threshold. But why in blazes do we need a white pile of architecturally correct complex carbohydrates? I’m a pretty decisive person. I wanted the pretty little gift-box cake with the perfect fondant corners and… Continue reading →
how to make me happy – wedding edition Eww, i have to live with a *Boy* 1. Print 5 drafts of a shower invitation – to make sure I like my choices. 2. Take up finger painting to cure boredom while assembling the ceremony programs for my wedding. 3. Wash two weeks of my really… Continue reading →
Christmas in July Its that time. the invitations are out – the United States Postal Service is now burdoned with the task of bringing us wedding gifts. so far, we’ve received some impressively packed servingware. MiniMartha keeps telling me how lovely it will be to have all of those things when i “entertain” because that’s… Continue reading →
Budget Bride Blog: Moving, Marriage, Morning Sickness and Mortality You ever have that dream? The one where you’re screaming and nobody can hear you? The one where you’re eloquent thoughts are in English – but the only words coming out of your mouth are in Bork? The one where *the* wedding checklist grabs the back… Continue reading →
BlogMe UPDATE: Chadie tagged me so I can now be cool and answer questions that someone actually wants answers to! Here are Chadie’s interview questions: What do your family and your children like that you are blogging? Do they want you to write about them or they don’t like that? Well, we have “no kids,… Continue reading →
Am I Really That Ugly? Or Am I really that old? Am I really *that* old? Is it really *that* time? BlogHer is tomorrow. I’ve been packing, running errands, and shopping to for the trip. I usually sport the “Lazy Au Natural” look. I really don’t feel like spending my life in front of a… Continue reading →
I set my alarm for 4:00 a.m. on Friday morning, because I had a 6:30 a.m. flight to San Jose. I woke up at 2:00 a.m. (earlier than I ever woke up for christmas morning) and COULD NOT SLEEP. I was too excited to get to Blogher ‘06 later that morning. When I got to… Continue reading →
I’m a teacher… now what??? Ok, so the first trimester (of teaching!!!) has been kicking my butt. Every spare minute of free time has been spent pouring over lesson plans, handouts, books, software, and the internet. I’ve gotten fat from spending every spare minute sitting at the computer. I’m rarely home to cook dinner, let… Continue reading →