Jethro: “”Why are there titties on the infomercial?”
Me: “It’s the Genie Bra.'”
*Overly excited women discuss a poor woman in a boring black bra that doesn’t support.*
Jethro: “You have that bra.”
*Death stare*
*Later*
Jethro: “It’s titty spanx! Spanx for boobs…”
Me: “Turn it.”
Jethro: “TITTY SPANX!”
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Me: “Field of Dreams? Again?”
Jethro: “You no want the remote, you no bitch.”
T’eeny-tiny baby toes.
Maggie snuggles.
FaveRed Starburst.
A good manicure.
Jethro rolling over in cuddle on a Saturday morning.
Feeling like I accomplished soemthing at the end of the day.
A new episode of Dr. Who. Or NCIS. Read More
One of the things that make my run worth it is my music. Whether it’s the driving beat or the encouraging music, these songs are my running buddies.
“Time Bomb” and “Four Leaf Clover” Old ’97’s – I’m a Dallas kid, so the Old ’97’s are my people. Although it makes me feel like I should be at a St. Paddy’s Day parade with my beer in hand.
In a time when people use conspiracy theory to hide racism,
when major geological disasters happen and are forgotten scant months later,
when our government is at war with each other, as well as other countries, without remembering why,
when women still make 77 cents to a man’s dollar…
we at least have this.
…so I can get caught up on school. And collect all that amazing knitting info from you guys so I can start learning to knit!
Seriously, you people are amazing. I want to invite all of you to my house so we can knit and eat snacks and you can play with my puppy.
Not soon though, she needs a bath and grooming. And lately her breath has been funky, I think Jethro is letting her eat cat turds again.
But just look at this face.
But just so you don’t think I love you, I give you my favorite YouTube video of all time. I watch this when I’m in a mood, you can’t not feel better. The kid’s probably like 12 now, but he’s made my life better. (This one especially goes out to sarah_fae. Because she had a bad day the other day and I didn’t think about this in time to send it to her. I’ll try to suck less in the future, m’am…)
I have always wanted to learn to knit. Well, maybe not ALWAYS, but it’s been up there as one of those crafts I’ve wanted to master. It just seems so comforting, to be sitting in front of a fire, sipping cocoa and knitting a sweater.
Though if we’re gonna be real, it’d be more like me sitting in front of the TV with a beer and knitting a very long scarf because I can only do straight lines.
I did learn to knit once, briefly, for a summer repertory show. I played a dingy 50’s housewife and I had to sit in a chair and knit while my husband filmed an interview with an alien. (Don’t ask.)
I learned to knit a scarf and I even worked on it at home so it would look like a work in progress and not just something I did for 4 minutes in the play. I was very proud of myself, until my director gave me a note after rehearsal that said, “I love how you made the scarf all crooked and strange; it is such a nice character touch!”
Apparently my stitches were too tight and the scarf had a definite curvature to it. Read More
Alrighty, my darlings. I’ve compiled the interview questions, now I need you to do something for me. Again. (I’m so needy.)
If you’d like to be interviewed, please comment on this post and pick ten numbers between 1 and 50. The questions are numbered so those ten will determine the questions that you get. I reserve the right to ask extras, because this is my game and I make the rules.
I originally said that I was going to interview bloggers, but if you have a Twitter account or Facebook I can link to, please feel free to sign-up also! This is about getting to know each other and making friends. Like the Care Bears.
If you sign up, I’ll be emailing you shortly with your questions. Don’t feel like you have to be fabulous and amazing, just answer them. That’s so much more fun. Yay for friends!
Through We Heart This, I discovered a new program for beauty products called Birchbox. And I’m so in love.
Now, this is not a paid review or even an unpaid review. Or even really a review. I just joined Birchbox, got a bunch of cool stuff and immediately wanted to tell all y’all. So if you’re a product whore like me, and don’t mind pic-heavy posts taken with a crappy iPhone camera (I’m getting a real one, leave me alone….) keep reading.
Y’all, I don’t know about Couch to 5k, but I’ve hit Couch to Less of a Lazy Bastard and it is AWESOME.
C25K is a running program that gradually gets you ready to run 5k (or three miles) on a regular basis. I use “Get Running,” an app on my iPhone, that plays in the background of my music and then a nice lady from New Zealand prompts me when to run and walk. You start out running for 1 minute, then walking for 1.5 minutes, then repeating 8 times. That little tiny bit can kick you butt if you’re not used to it. And I was NOT. I never really played sports in school and in college the most exercise I got was sword fighting, tap-dancing badly and keg stands. (Theatre kid.) However, my dad has always been a runner and has tried to get me into it with little result. Usually because he was a drill sargent and I was a 12 year old fat kid who just wanted to read a book. Apparently this running thing is in my genes, because now? I kinda love it. Read More
Dear Guy who let his dog drop a deuce on the sidewalk and left it there,
I hope you get herpes.
-A good dog mommy
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Dear Lady on the phone on a park bench,
If you’d been paying attention, a sweaty stranger jogging by wouldn’t have had to pull a cigarette butt out of your toddler’s hand.
It’s called parenting. Try it.
You’re welcome,
-Sweaty Stranger Read More
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