Ever since I was a kid, my family has been spending the 4th of July down at my grandmother Margy's house in Long Beach. ( Read more... )

( Cut for talking about food and dieting. )

Why the fuck can't my mother say "you've been acting depressed" without it coming with heaps of guilt ( Read more... )

My mom is being passive-aggressive again. First she was upset with me because she couldn't make my favorite coffee cake because it calls for sourdough starter, and after she threw mine away, I decided that it was a waste of time to start another one unless I had a specific plan for using it as soon as it had matured ( Read more... )

OMG, my mom is singing along with "Deutschland Uber Alles" while she watched Pan Am.

She's turning into Grandmommie.

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Quite a lot, if you're my stepmom ( Read more... )

Neffie #2 may only be 9 years old, but he's acting like a teenager; whining, stomping, throwing fits. (His uncanny resemblance to Anakin Skywalker doesn't help.)

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... and I want to be all "How awesome for you!" but I'm feeling more like "How awesome ... for you."

The fact that she gave me a hard time for using the phrase "opposite-sex marriage" really doesn't improve my mood on the subject.

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My sister just got engaged, which led to my mom ranting at ME about how wrong he is for her. (Meg's 33, btw.)

I'm doing my best to stay out of it. Here, have some cats doing funny stuff:

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So much for everybody being happy that I've got an interview. My mom looked horrified when she heard that it was for working in a school cafeteria. But dammit, I'd rather do that than work in an office or, worse yet, have to call people to ask for money.

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