Reading The Phantom Tollbooth aloud to Z, I found more evidence why I probably won't ever be a voice actress (no matter how fun it seems, or how much I'd like to try).

I've been doing the voices all differently for fun, and even though I'm home alone with Z and no one else can hear me, I still feel self-conscious and embarrassed ( Read more... )

I decided I needed to learn to sing some lullabies in order to soothe the screaming infant, and I remembered this one that I'd heard in high school but hadn't thought of since. I bolded my favorite lines.

April roses, tiny sparrows ( Read more... )

Here, have some lyrics. I've heard this is what parenthood is really like.
I was fine ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wonder if I could do a food blog with all the stuff I cook. It's probably doable, but I can't be arsed ( Read more... )

I just need a place to write down the ingredients for a salad dressing I made the other day, before I forget what I actually did ( Read more... )

Me: We should play a game where I say an element and then you have to say an element that starts with the same letter that mine ended with!

Hubs: Uh, okay?

Me: Hmm, except most elements end in m, so there's not a lot of options. You could say something like Calcium and I'd say either Mercury or Magnesium, but for Mercury the only element I can ( Read more... )

Me (to hubs): Do you want to get a onesie that says "the babe with the power"?
J (hubs): What power?
Me: The power of voodoo.
J: Who do?
Me: You do.
J: Do what?
Me: Do you want to get a onesie that says "the babe with the power"?

Lol.

I needed a place to brainstorm dipping sauces for corndog muffins. C&C desired.

• Curry mustard
• Curry mayo
• Ketchup, chopped sweet pepper (from our yard), mayo
• Mayo, sriracha
• Horseradish, mayo, ketchup

My mother-in-law won a contest and got to be on local TV!

Check out the segment here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtXfHXOLLLU

Today, I stubbornly refused to eat lunch because I'm sick of... well, eating lunch.

Is that weird?