Meredith had a friend over on Friday night, and this was a Big Deal, because it was the first time we’ve ever had one of her friends over for the night. I picked the kids up from school, I took them straight to the theater to see Gnomeo and Juliet (which they loved and I [...]

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Every time the outside temperature goes up (or down) by forty degrees or so, I start feeling the urge to buy new threads. And that’s sort of funny, because Fluid Pudding New Threads can be summed up as follows: Every spring/summer I purchase five short sleeved t-shirts to wear with my skirts, and every fall/winter [...]

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It has been a busy few days at the Pudding Ranch. Last Thursday we had Parent/Teacher Conferences at school, and those went pretty well. It appears that Meredith takes after me in the Disorganization department, but what she lacks in order she makes up for in creative writing. Harper rarely eats her lunch (as evidenced [...]

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I throw in my sponge! (My make-up sponge.) My inconsolable soul able to weep these tears no more. No more! I hereby draw the line. (Around my eye!) ((With a felt-tipped applicator that gives me ultimate control.)) Oh! My mumpish existence. If you blur your perception, a fish appears to be consuming my bulbus oculi. [...]

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So, a few days back we celebrated the ten year anniversary of Jeff’s proposal. That night, Jeff and I found ourselves in bed together (it was time!), and we began talking. Me: Well, it looks like our ten year anniversary is coming up, and according to the website I’ve pulled up on my iPod, you [...]

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Do you guys know Isabella Golightly? She lives in Australia and despite the fact that she has never had a proper fish taco, she’s absolutely delightful. A few weeks back, I visited her Etsy shop and ordered a flatpack for schlepping around my keys and phone and cash card when I go to the gym. [...]

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Fluid Pudding first came into existence back in September of 2001. Since that time, I’ve been asked for a headshot something like six times. Maybe. AND, if we were to play the association game and you were to say Headshot!!!, I would come back with Distressing! or TheCraterousPoresOnMyCheeks!! or IrritableBowelSyndrome!!! Anyway, last week it came [...]

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Meredith: Mommy, do you know what Hypohogia is? Me: I’ve never heard of it! Meredith: Hypohogia is a rare made up condition where a groundhog throws up and coughs so hard that its teeth fall out. I saw it on the news. With this condition, groundhogs sneeze so hard that they fall to the ground. [...]

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