Archive for December, 2008

I won a trip!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!

Its so freaking warm today, much better than that crappy DC “no snow but cold as fuck” weather we’ve been having. Ahhhhhhh!
Oh, wait, no, I must be high again, because I’m still home, surrounded by kids and its 63 degrees outside. It can’t even be a pretty 63 degrees – it has looked like it [...]

Bread Geeks

So, our official “Christmas” isn’t until Sunday when the eldest child returns from his adventure in the great Southern US, but we went ahead and gave out a few presents to the remaining children and one for each of the really big kids – the adults.
I got a breadmaker. The only thing more exciting to [...]

Dear Santa,

I’m going to cut to the chase here, since we’re both pretty busy fictional characters. I’ve not been the best person this year, but I’ve not been the worst. Its been a long, hard year and I can at least say that I am grateful for all of the lessons I have learned, even if [...]

Post Abortion Stress Syndrome

I came across this site while looking for different perspectives on women’s health issues. I am pro-choice, and I have had to use my right to choose personally. In my experience, there was not enough counseling before or after the procedure. Abortion is one of those things “we just don’t talk about,” because its such [...]

So, I’m bringing sexy, er, High School French back

Did you notice? Of course you did, because its right up there in big, bold print. It looked nicer than “feminist mom” and I was having a nostalgic day, thinking about my crazy French teacher. I suddenly can’t remember his name, but he used to crack me up. He used to pick on one of [...]