As a mother, I do some things very, very well. I won't list them all here, but my children are loved and fed and clothed and they only get the occasional beating.

But among the List of Things That Carrie Does Poorly, the Tooth Fairy tops the list. You can read about that here, if you like.

Ugh. The freaking tooth fairy. UGH.

( The Tooth Fairy is lackadaisical, lazy, and may have a touch of dementia. )

I've wondered about the strange phone calls we've been receiving lately ( Read more... )

( Political stuff under the cut )

So. Easter is coming up.

The good news? Lent will be over, and we can all eat the Cadbury Eggs and Reeses Peanut Butter Cup eggs and malted milk ball eggs that will be in our Easter baskets. And we can celebrate Jesus' ressurrection.

*waves to Jesus* Thanks!

The bad news?


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You know I have a penchant for telling cute kid stories ( Read more... )

I'd forgotten how much I love shopping for props.

The look on the lady's face was priceless.  I'm at a thrift store, a kind of nice one, actually, looking for items that we need for The Lonesome West.  I'd been looking around for a while, and  a clerk came over to me and asked, "Are you looking for anything specific?"

I smiled and answered, "Yeah.  A ( Read more... )