Archive for April, 2008

The end of the day shuffle

The end of the work day is the busiest time for me. Not just because I support a west coast base and I live in the Midwest (I swear those California people must go surfing all morning and don’t actually start working until after lunch), but it’s also when all my kids’ activities happen.
I work [...]

How I know it’s Spring

Remember the days when you would talk about the weather because you had nothing else to talk about. Weather was better than awkward silence. Well now we talk about weather because it’s insane. A week ago we were sweating in tank tops and shorts. It was 80 degrees out. Yesterday it was just a few [...]

Sunday Linky Love

We are giving away a $150 gift certificate to Zappos over at Weary Parent. Do you need some new shoes (and honestly, who doesn’t?) head over and enter the contest.
Lee has a ways to go before his mancave can compete with this man’s mancave, but at least Lee didn’t have to mow anybody’s lawn in [...]

What do a small alien phoning home, John Travolta in skimpy shorts and a big yellow bird have in common?

This week’s Friday Flashback theme is movies. Her Bad Mother tells us to write about our first or most memorable early movie memory.
I have a couple of early movie memories.
When I was eight-years-old, I remember standing in a really, really, really, really long line to go see E.T. Did I mention the line was long? [...]