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Crafts for kids?
Yes, I will post this in one of the parenting communities too but I know I have some way cool parents on my f-list, so am asking here too ( Read more... ) -
Funny Things My Kid Says
I am fat. We all should know this by now. To aid in drying the jigglier bits of my body, I like to stand in front of my tower fan post-shower. Ciaran saw me doing this and asked me how the fan helps dry people off, so I did a brief scientific lesson on "the air makes the water evaporate and that turns into a gas that goes back into the air, ( Read more... ) -
Adult Fail
This Is Why I'll Never Be An Adult is the inspiration for my icon, for those of you who haven't seen it already.
It is hysterically funny. It is also me down to a T (and her most recent blog post about her mentally-challenged dog had me laughing out loud at the reception desk at work, so...) -
Friends List Update
As per my last entry, have tidied up - looks like a lot of folks are now inactive, so if I thought you were inactive or perhaps just uninterested, I went ahead and unclicked.
If that was in error and you DO want to read here, apologies and please let me know! -
Dresses
Considering that it's been seven YEARS since I last wore a dress, the fact that I bought TWO WHOLE DRESSES this weekend is a shocker. Unlike the fabulous fats over at Fatshionista, they are maxi dresses (I don't care if short people are only supposed to wear short skirts) and I need a new pair of sandals to wear with them to work, really, but I'm ( Read more... ) -
mosaic me
I would love to make a life-sized mosaic of myself, full of gorgeous tiles and patterns.
It is cost- and space-prohibitive, but wouldn't that be the neatest thing? -
Go Japan!
Ciaran has been fascinated with the Olympics (despite NBC's ridiculous 3-hour delay for those of us who live LESS THAN THREE HOURS FROM VANCOUVER AND IN THE SAME BLOODY TIME ZONE) and since the opening ceremony has declared that "I'm the BIG RED DOT!" (aka, Japan). He gets madly excited whenever he sees the Japanese flag and can now find it on the ( Read more... ) -
Sewing project
Dear Sewing-Enabled Friends ( Read more... ) -
Parenting Woes
Why, oh why is my son addicted to making scary-looking Lego guns and firing them at everything? He knows better than to pretend to fire at people (instant time out) but he keeps building them ( Read more... )
