It’s really not funny…except it is!

Ok, so I absolutely, 100% know this should not amuse me, but I can’t help it, it does.
Last night, in a pseudo-attempt to guilt trip my dad for not visiting since my son’s birthday (and as a reminder that I want him to come up after my surgery), I called my dad. My son was [...]

Father knows best?

I love my father. I truly do. Sometimes I just wish he’d listen to me.
Not that I actually think that is ever going to happen. It doesn’t matter that I am in my 30’s, own my own home (and am closer to paying it off than he is), have a stable career, a good marriage [...]

Breaking people’s hearts

I broke a young girl’s heart tonight. Not on purpose, but it was unavoidable and I knew it. And I’ve known it for quite awhile too.
I absolutely hate giving bad news to people. Especially when they are people I generally like. But every year, I inevitably have to hurt someone and although I know what [...]

gems of human speech

Ok, so this is the best line I’ve read so far in a research paper:
subject: why tanning is a problem in society today
actual student sentences: 
“It is worse than drinking alcohol. This can kill a person for life.”
I just really, really, really want to know what doesn’t kill a person for life, because that’s what I [...]

True Friends

I think I might just have the best friends in the world. Now, I don’t mean this to be some sort of contest about who actually has the best friends in the world. Nor am I going to decide on which of my friends is the best. This is more of a general, “man, I [...]

He’s too young for fart jokes

Tonight I was reminded once again that I have a son.
When I first found out I was having a little boy, I’ll admit, I was sad. I wanted a little girl to dress in cute dresses. I wanted to introduce her to all the toys I loved as a child. I wanted another shopping partner [...]

High school all over again

So I went to prom this weekend. Not as someone’s date, seeing as how that would have been not only wierd, but probably illegal, but as a chaperone. This is not the first prom I’ve chaperoned. I’ve actually gone to two others. Once, I was the head teacher for the prom committee and had to [...]

My new toy

As part of our single handed attempt to stimulate the economy, I bought an HP mini laptop (my husband got an iPod). This was the same weekend we bought the treadmill and a new comforter set. No, it wasn’t a tax return. Instead it was finding out we had to pay about $2000 less in [...]