The eighth circle of hell

I spent a good portion of my day cleaning my house. My mother, step-father, sister and two nephews arrive tomorrow morning. They’ll be staying here for three days, which will no doubt necessitate a complete re-cleaning as my nephews are two and a half and seven months old. My house is not really a dirty [...]

It’s bad luck to hurt your parents on their anniversary, right?

Tomorrow is my parent’s 25th wedding anniversary. Well, it’s not actually tomorrow. It’s technically on Tuesday, but who throws a party on a Tuesday? And when I say my parents, what I actually mean is my dad and step-mom, but they’ve been married since I was seven and I see my step-mom way more often [...]

Madame Esmeralda reveals all

Straight from the pages of my travel journal: Day 2
 
The first adventure was actually surviving the Adventure Inn,* and we have almost done it! All I have to do is shower and we can throw the keys at the front desk and run like hell towards today’s adventure at the House on the Rock.
 
After [...]

We’ve all come to look for Americana

My family is slightly nomadic. While growing up in Southern California, I attended seven different schools (1-8) in four separate towns. We lived in Anaheim the longest, but even there we bounced around from apartment to apartment. I’m not really sure why we moved so often. I chalk it up to a certain sense of [...]

Chuck E. Cheese, where I still rule!

Tonight I ventured where no sane adult should even tread: Chuck E. Cheese. As much as I love the game of ski ball, mediocre pizza and giant animatronic animals, none of these drew me here. I went because every time my mother-in-law comes to visit, she repeatedly hounds my husband and I to “help out [...]

The reason I hate Florida

My sister emailed me some rather upsetting news today. Apparently my great aunt, who is 93, blacked out in her living room and took a spill. Her fall landed her in the hospital for four days where she heard her carotid arteries are blocked. This was not a surprise really, for as long as I [...]

Harry Potter and the leaked secrets

Tonight the adventure ends. What started as a way to pass the time in Eee’s apartment one weekend eight years or so ago, has finally resolved itself in the comfort of the marshmallow chair in the living room of my own house. It’s odd that the anticipation I felt yesterday as I checked the mailbox [...]

Leaving the baby behind

I got to go out today! Granted, I leave the house most days, but usually to head to places like Target to pick up more formula, Marsh to get groceries or Lulus to catch a quick chai with Eee. All of these outings always require my latest accessory: the baby. Today I get to go [...]

The worst roommate ever

Since I joined up, MySpace has afforded me the chance to get in touch with old friends, old loves and answer a heck of a lot of surveys which all seem to want to know my favorite beverage (Diet Coke with lime), whether I’ve been kissed today (yup) and if I someday want to get [...]

Stocking up for nuclear winter or going back to work, whichever comes first

My kitchen has been surrendered to my latest mania. It’s actually rather ironic that I not only have cookbooks, but subscribe to two cooking magazines and actually have things like capers, shallot salt, four different types of oils and three different vinegars, all which get regular use in my recipes. Before I met my husband, [...]