Sent an email to Elder Son's Algebra teacher a week or so ago, questioning the apparent total lack of homework for the two weeks prior ( Read more... )

And my son is ( Read more... )

This whole fucking year is fired.

Money, money, money.

Let's see - the car has gotten a new transmission, went through a whole not-starting drama that took two visits to the dealership over the course of four days to resolve and left us with a HUGE burned place where a battery tipped over and spilled acid all over the rugs, had the tires replaced ( Read more... )

Daddy wasn't attentive enough during Younger Son's bathtime last night.  He pooped, and then stayed in and played for a while.  POOP SOUP ( Read more... )

I make a lot of my decisions in life based on a kind of weight-based value judgement ( Read more... )

At midnight, on October 22, it was 68 degrees here ( Read more... )

cuz whenever he falls asleep in my arms, he sleeps with one eye open.

Even when I close it, it just sorta slowly drifts back open.  Icky.

'Course, this distrust could be because just as he was working out what those long things at the end opposite his head are for, we torture him by strapping him into his carseat for a 7+ hour drive to Eureka for the ( Read more... )

I have Psoriasis.  As far as it goes, I have a very mild case - I get what look like calluses or extremely dry patches on my hands, mostly my fingers (and one on my scalp).  The ones on my hands get EXTREMELY dry, and eventually crack open through all the layers of skin.  When they get bad, the only thing that helps is to slather the spot with my ( Read more... )

With Christmas coming up, (which, yes, of course we celebrate, right down to watching Santa's progress around the globe on the internet -  yah, I'm kinda early, bear with me...), and my delight in using WAY too many lights to decorate my house, I return once again to "that thing I'd like to have."

I have for a long time wanted a poster or even a ( Read more... )

My son has the CD  Silly Songs with Larry, that we got for him despite my aversion to the god message in Veggie Tales.  Especially good is the Pirates who don't do anything, and Song of the Cebu.

I describe myself as a pagan, but I don't actually worship, ever, since it's religion that I'm disinterested in, not worship or spirituality.  So, let's ( Read more... )