I once made the statement that you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a gifted kid. After saying it, I sort of regretted saying it, as I tend to regret many of the things I say out loud. (“Quarter Pounder with cheese, mustard, pickle, and onion” is an excellent example of this. Also, the [...]

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If you’re not a knitter, you need to know this: Several knitters out there kick off new knitting projects during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, with the goal of finishing those projects before or during the closing ceremonies. Some knitters take this quite seriously—joining knitting teams and signing on for certain “events” depending on [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, Harper went to school and wrote a note to me on funeral home letterhead.
Obviously, I love this note for many reasons.
I plan to stash it away in a light-fast, non-bleeding, and acid- and lignin-free box to heighten the chance that my great great great great granddaughter will discover it while constructing some sort [...]

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Although I probably watch entirely too much television, I don’t really have any shows that I Absolutely Cannot Miss. (My fingers are crossed behind my back right now, because I sort of can’t miss Days of Our Lives or The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I justify my viewing of these shows in the [...]

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My calendar this week is filled with words, and most of those words have something to do with freelance work.
(Thursday contains the words Stendhal Syndrome. I’m not sure why I wrote that, but I do love the concept.)
Sadly, today features the following phrase: MC home sick.
Did you know that Meredith has GERD? She had it [...]

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Lately, Meredith feels she is not getting enough respect.
After much consideration, she has determined that throwing a party will be the best way to gather her housemates and confront them in regard to their general lack of respect.
Therefore, a Give Meredith Respect Party is being thrown. (Gifts are appreciated, but not required.)
If the proper amount [...]

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A little over a year ago, Jeff noticed that he was paying our trash people more than once each month. (And when I say Our Trash People, I mean the environmental service that comes to our house on Thursday mornings to haul away the things that we DIDN’T recycle. I’m still wearing my Birkenstocks.)
Anyway, when [...]

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In the past 48 hours, I’ve seen some pretty wicked photographs of birds with diarrhea. I have taken on a freelance project, and that is a very good thing.
This particular freelance project is all about animals and their diseases.
Tarantulas go bald. Birds have anorexia. Amphibians vomit.
Meanwhile, I have about 4,392 things running through my head—projects [...]

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ETA: We have a winner! Congratulations, MommyMae!
A few months ago, I mentioned that if you follow me on Twitter, you’ll notice that I finish nearly every one of my thoughts/tweets/whathaveyous with #momspotting. I also pointed you toward the awkward video I made to introduce myself AS a Momspotter.
When the Momspotting gig began, Rita Arens wrote [...]

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Okay, internet. You helped me before. Will you help me again?
It looks as if the Pudding Family will be embarking on a situation that will require us to stand in front of over 100 people in church tomorrow morning.
(We’re going to be singing “Eye of the Tiger.”) (Not really.)
Anyway, because I rarely leave the house, [...]

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