My little thief took off into the parking lot, elephant keychain in hand. No one was going to stop him! He was going to have his GEE-DEE elephant! Now, I don’t know about y’all, but in my family, you DID NOT steal. My parents were not into corporal punishment, but I knew that if I stole something and got caught, woe be unto me. Also, it’s wrong to steal when it’s not food or smokes. … Read More Le Petit Voleur*
The Lady Dynamite theme song is how I feel as both a human and a parent. I felt this before COVID and I feel it intensely now that COVID has hit and I have a child under five. I am faced with impossible decisions daily. If you are a parent, you know what I mean:
I don’t know what I’m doiiing more than half of the tiiime.
Now, if you’ve ever been a parent in Vermont, you know that kids are named many strange and interesting things. I’ve come across a young’un named Syzygy, and another named Ebenezer.… Read More Pre ‘kay?
Oh, to have time! The irony of writing a blog about being a mom is that right now, Mom Things are taking up all my time, so I can’t write. But I will soon. I also have to tell you real quick that I dreamed about people making baby diapers with birdseed fillings. It didn’t… Read More Irony
I have no idea. I really don’t. I don’t know what type of clothes to wear on my body. I mean, I know the basic rules of clothes on a body:
1. They should be weather appropriate.
2. They should not smell bad.
3. They should probably not be see-through.
4. They should not be so tight that they cut off circulation nor so loose that they fall off. … Read More What to Wear?
We have a third member of the family. His name is Carl, and he lives in my son’s nose. Carl is a booger that’s taken residence in Boychild’s right nostril. He’s been around for about three days and we cannot get him out, despite many attempts to blow him out.… Read More Put a Little Boogie In It
Fussy Pantz 