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And? Boxes suck! And? I lost my voice? And? My internet connection. So? Windstream can suck it. But! I’ll be back soon! Until then? How have you been?

Can someone please explain to me why on G-d’s green earth I have 16 boxes of Jello in my pantry that I now have to pack? Also? 3 tins of cream of tartar? Was I having some sort of meringue crisis? WTF? And did you know Tabasco sauce can, indeed, go bad? Yes. Ew. It [...]

People. Well, you warned me. And it was just as you said. LOTS of work, and only some money. But? It was more money than I had when I woke up this morning, so yay for that. The sale was to start neighborhood wide (which, seriously, was like 50 houses) at 8:00am. At 7:20am there [...]

Well, today I signed my name 9 gafrillion times. I sold my house and bought another one. We did it. We pulled it off. And I’m mentally exhausted. Happy, but mentally exhausted. Last night before we fell asleep, I told Husband how strange it felt. Today I sit in my house, but it is no [...]

The boxes have arrived. And my back already hurts. But, I’m PACKING and that is good. A few things: 1. Husband and I have bought two different houses. The house I think we’ve bought is clearly not the one HE thinks we’ve bought. It’s not so much that we differ on the decor as we [...]

Dear Poppy, I cannot tell you how much I need your help at this very moment. The last time we talked, you told me about a special picture The Swimmy made in school. It is a piece of paper that has an outline of a bird and, with the help of her teacher, she used [...]

Finally. Anyone got any boxes?

Last night was The Swimmy’s parent-teacher conference thing. You know, 15 minutes of, “Here is what [Insert kid name] is working on. We tested his/her reading, and …” blah blah academic blah. So, she’s fine. A bit chatty, but fine. One of the things the kids are going to start doing is learning their “math [...]

I would like to announce that I am a genius. Maggie said so. I ordered Maggie’s very amusing book a few weeks ago. (And, really, you should, too. Just sayin’.) Patiently I waited for it to arrive. (Okay, maybe not really. Maybe I had forgotten I had ordered it what with all the house selling, [...]