Entries from May 2009

May 15, 2009

Sandwich-Object Permanence

Remember that one time when R and I went to the Apple store for my phone-fixing appointment but I forgot my phone and sent R to my apartment to fetch it–only to find it in my pocket? Good times. I’d like to report that since that very day, I’ve never made R search for something [...]

May 14, 2009

This Momentary Compost Pile

You know how sometimes you get the urge to “better” yourself by learning about a topic through researching it on the Internet or reading a book? I decided to do that with marriage. Because hello, I could write my OWN book on UNmarriedness.  I’ve had 29 years of practice.  It ain’t rocket science. But marriage? [...]

May 12, 2009

Of Doggy Business, Skinny Jeans and Picture Hanging

Here’s a list of once-started-but-never-finished blogs that are swirling around in my head: ~  I will take Emma outside to do her business 45 times but she will not do her “big business” until time #46, when I have waited outside in the pouring rain, in my pajamas and slippers, wearing a facial mask and [...]

May 1, 2009

Mulanahontas

Tonight I argued with a 4-year-old over a game of Disney Bingo.  I was insistent that the arrow had landed on princess Pocahontas.  R’s niece insisted it had not.  She kept shouting that it was NOT Pocahontas! Whatever, I thought. She’s four.  I’ve been doing the Disney princess dance long before her fancy pants strutted [...]