I want cauliflower.

I need cauliflower.

Right this very moment.

Steamed with butter.

Maybe some garlic.

Maybe some cheese sauce.

I want cauliflower! 

Annika and I saw an owl last night. We've never actually seen a real live in-the-wild owl... Just captive owls... We were driving away from my parents' house around 10:30 p.m., we came up on an intersection and I saw an animal on the lawn of the house across the street. At first I thought it was a large cat, then I thought it was a raccoon, then it ( Read more... )

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I just bought 2 tickets to the True Colors tour! They had a memorial day weekend special, tickets were $10.03 (plus $10.79 in fees). I think I'll take Annika, it would be her first concert. She's too young to know how uncool it is to go with your mom, and I'm too old to care how silly I look dragging my kid along ( Read more... )

My child was acting strangely last night when we were running errands. We usually spend a lot of our time in the car arguing about the music. We only agree about 50% of the time and whenever I put in a CD that she doesn't care for she complains and complains and complains. Last night I just wanted to listen to Tracy Chapman, the CD was already in ( Read more... )

 I took the kids to the Zoo on Saturday. Annika and I got to touch stingrays. That was awesome. I expected them to feel smooth, like vinyl, but they felt almost furry, like velvet. Annika also touched a horseshoe crab, but I'm askeered of things that look that prehistoric. Ezra got to splash his hands in the salt water, effectively scaring away any ( Read more... )

My  kitty is crazy. I'm still trying to figure out her name. My problem is that I have to convince Annika to like it, and I have to stop asking other people for honest opinions. She was almost named Sassafras last night, but then my sister met her and said she's not really a Sassafras, and so now she isn't. Just like Annika would have been an Ember ( Read more... )

I got my kitty yesterday. She's a calico/tabby/bengal mixed up kitty. She was completely freaked out by the whole Petsmart adoption experience and spent all evening hiding. This morning she was running around, meowing, and jumping on everything, but she still wouldn't let us get near her. I expect her to warm up to us soon. I'm trying to find a ( Read more... )

Ugh, I hate homework in general. I hate it that Annika still needs assistance from me to complete her homework. I hate math words problems. I doubly hate math word problems with extraneous information. I triply hate math word problems that teach bad math. I also hate grammar homework. Yuck!

Example:
Suzy Buttface observed that in her school 236 ( Read more... )

I took the kids to Scarborough Faire on Saturday. It was a beautiful day, sunny with a high in the low 70's. My mom fronted me the cash because I'm actually flat broke until sometime this week. She was happy to help because it meant a whole day off from taking care of Ez.

Ezra always gets a lot of attention... Some of it is because he can be quite ( Read more... )