Archive for the ‘domestic’ Category

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Housewifely Pursuits

A while back, I wrote a long post about my post-marriage trauma over the housewifely arts. And then Blogger ate that post. But, in a nutshell, it was about how I was trying to get back into cooking, …

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Posted in domestic, my sex life on 12/14/2006 07:53 pm
 
 

Thursday, December 7, 2006

You go, little girl.

The other day I was in Target, walking around like a zombie, and I heard a toddler girl making noise in the toy aisle. She said stuff like, “Mama” and “Ahh!” and “Uh!”

Then, I swear …

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Posted in domestic on 12/07/2006 09:45 pm
 
 

Monday, December 4, 2006

Mission Not Accomplished

I’m doing this so that y’all (people who know me in real life, plus anyone else who might care) can see how my real life actually goes. Remember last week, when I had a list of 8 …

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Posted in domestic on 12/04/2006 09:12 pm
 
 

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Acheiving Inner (Intestinal) Harmony

Why does Coke go so well with greasy food? Is it because that’s the liquid people use to remove car battery corrosion?

There’s nothing more gastrointestinally awesome, to me, than pizza followed by a can of …

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Posted in domestic, Houston on 11/30/2006 03:11 pm
 
 

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Things I Want to Somehow Do This Weekend

1. Have a romantic evening with my boyfriend Friday night. It’s already planned – we’re going to a sexy restaurant and then a movie.

2. Buy a new (used) car. A mini-van, …

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Posted in domestic on 11/29/2006 10:14 pm
 
 

Monday, November 27, 2006

Manufactured Drama, Part 1

I never do the Black Friday thing because I hate crowds, especially crowds of grasping, mannerless conformists. Not that I’m saying everyone who shopped Friday was that. But I think you know what I mean.

However, …

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Posted in domestic, stories, venting on 11/27/2006 03:00 pm
 
 

Monday, November 27, 2006

Thanks!

This year I am particular thankful for the following:
1. I’m not poor.
2. I was born in America and not, say, Afghanistan.
3. I was born in reasonable good health, with decent DNA.
4. The same is true …

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Posted in domestic, parenting, photos on 11/27/2006 12:00 am
 
 

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Today

The pollution is making a shadow like smoke on my wall. It’s kind of pretty, actually.

My boyfriend (Tad) got a new job somewhat near mine, so we’ll be able to have lunch together again. I’m very excited about …

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Posted in domestic, insects, pop culture, venting on 11/09/2006 10:39 pm
 
 

Monday, October 9, 2006

An Intuitive Fortune Cookie

So this weekend was supposed to be two things. One: a weekend apart from my boyfriend, because we spend every single weekend together, usually, to the point that I neglect my other friends and my chores. …

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Posted in domestic, karaoke on 10/09/2006 02:48 am
 
 

Thursday, October 5, 2006

Thwarted and Informed

The plumber and I can’t seem to get synchronized. His people called the wrong number. He came here, but without the right tools. He came back, but I was at Target and forgot to leave the key …

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Posted in domestic, venting on 10/05/2006 06:43 pm