Here's how to make my crock pot spaghetti sauce. I'm writing it down in case anyone else wants it, and because I've gotten it right and don't want to forget it ( Read more... )

Sarah, trying to do her puzzle:
Me: Do you want some help?
Sarah: NO! I AM SO MAD!
Me: [...]
Sarah: I NEED A TIME OUT! [marches into her bedroom, stands facing her bed, arms folded across her chest and her head down, fuming.]
Me: [...]
Sarah: [coming out of her room] It's okay, Mama. I calm down now.

Well, then. Clearly my services are no longer

As weird as this sounds, it is crazy delicious:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tomato-peach-salad-recipe/index.html

Sarah and I had a bad morning. I couldn't sleep well because I had an annoying coughing thing going on and Sarah woke up at 6:30 this morning, which is a good 90 minutes early. Then she had a tantrum in the shower because she didn't want to get out. I reached in to get her, and she squirmed away ( Read more... )

So since I hurt my back, I have found that heels are Very Bad for back pain. This week I have ordered and returned no less than four pairs of shoes from Zappos, trying to find a pair of flats that 1) fit; 2) are comfortable; and 3) are cute and professional-looking. I can apparently achieve two out of three but no more. I am annoyed. I am still ( Read more... )

Today was not a good body day. First, I went to the mall to get some jeans. I love the Lane Bryant Right Fit Yellows, because they're made for people shaped like me--i.e. straight up and down and without discernable ass. They're comfy, I don't have a saggy ass, all is good with the world ( Read more... )

So, last week, I got hideously sick. I got Sarah's stomach flu, and I'll spare you the gory details except to say that I threw up so much and so violently that I sprained a muscle in my back ( Read more... )

My TiVo thinks I need a lap band. There's an ad on the main TiVo screen for Realize lap bands, and they have a special little commercial I can watch. It's the only gastric band that includes the REALIZE mySUCCESS(tm) program, a web-based clinical support tool. (Mixed case makes you lose weight, apparently ( Read more... )

So on the way to run around and do eight million things before Sarah's birthday party, I saw a car with a license plate frame that said "1000submissives.com" on the top and then "I'd rather be choking you out!" on the bottom. There is no handy emoticon for how that made me feel. If I don't know you, don't tell me what you'd like to do to me, okay ( Read more... )

FL, are these shoes horrible ( Read more... )