Category Archives: domesticality

Rambo Gardening Techniques and Punk Firefighters

Posted on May 17, 2010 by The Daring One

My approach to gardening this year is to kill kill kill everything in sight. I wanted to plant some things but there is no room in my yard for useful vegetation because it’s all been taken over by crazy soul-sucking … Continue reading →

Posted in domesticality, nintendo, scaring the neighbors | 6 Comments

Pigs and Robots are Smart

Posted on August 9, 2009 by The Daring One

Dinner. Tonight. Canned soup. Crackers. Cold cereal for desert. Best dinner conversation in possibly the last 2 years. Dan was at a meeting. I managed to find some canned soup that was less than 2 years past its Best-By Date. … Continue reading →

Posted in domesticality, family fun, food, kid stuff, scaring the neighbors | 8 Comments

Mother’s Day Is In the Water

Posted on May 10, 2009 by The Daring One

Maybe it’s just in the air. It’s definitely all around us and through us and it’s fun and LOUD and festive and at times obnoxious. My mom always used to say that what she really wanted for Mother’s Day was … Continue reading →

Posted in all about me, aspirations, domesticality, he's so fine he blows my mind, holidays, save me from myself | 11 Comments

Digging Out

Posted on April 15, 2009 by The Daring One

Today I moved, I really moved for one of the first times in 4 months. Magoo was at preschool a 20-minute walk from our house and there was a smattering of sun peeking through the clouds. I was out of … Continue reading →

Posted in all about me, blick, disasters, domesticality, preg-nancy | 16 Comments

Sorry

Posted on April 9, 2009 by The Daring One

I was lounging around on Sunday, napping upstairs in my room when Dan went downstairs to help the kids with something. An hour later, I wandered downstairs and found them like this: Playing the eternal game that makes everyone cry … Continue reading →

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Could I Be More Mean?

Posted on April 2, 2009 by The Daring One

I have set a limit of four days on this: It’s been three days and today I gave warning. The Stuffed Animal Utopia of Bliss must be dismantled by tomorrow night. “But the animals will be so sad.” “But you … Continue reading →

Posted in disasters, domesticality, kid stuff | 20 Comments