Forget all the cousins that he got to play with, or the 10 gallons of fruit punch he drank, or the marshmallows they roasted over an open fire to make smores, or the fact that he got to stay up until 10:00… This is what Number 3 took away from our family reunion… #3 “Uncle […]
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I hate emptying the f@#?ing dishwasher
I don’t want to go into the kitchen today. On a normal day we load and unload the dishwasher 3 times. Yesterday it was at least 5, because there were about 4000 dishes covering every surface of the kitchen from Saturday’s party. I spent my Sunday loading and unloading the dishwasher. Oh, and sweeping shit […]
One more in the books
Family Reunion Summed Up In 11 Pictures panting joking chugging drooling, slobbering, and slurring visiting refreshing impressing horseshoe-ing more chugging roasting collapsing And my favorite quote of the day: “Susie, I used to think you were the crazy one, but now I think it’s her.” I gladly relinquish my crown…
Today should be interesting
Big family reunion at our house today. Some family members got here a couple days ago. All the kids love Uncle E, who lives in Georgia. But Number 3 has a couple of concerns. “Mom does Uncle E know what bathing suits are?” “Yes, he knows what a bathing suit is.” “Does he know what […]
It must be great to be a dude
Before I was a mom I was most proud of the work I did as a teacher. Now that I have kids, I am most proud of them. Of how funny they are. And how cute they are. And how talented they are. And how smart they are. I think it’s probably similar for many […]
consider yourself warned…
In one of my first posts I talked about the sorry state of my mom’s underwear. She wasn’t exactly psyched. I explained to her that as far as I’m concerned, everyone is fair game. At some point, each of my family members is going to end up in here… My husband has complained about the […]
