This morning I posted my review of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief over at Swag of the Day. I wanted to like it. Really, I did.
*PITA = Pain In The Ass Life Lesson #476: no matter how move-in ready, your “new” house will be filled with idiosyncrasies that will eat up your time: The tiny kitchen whose cabinets force you to learn a new way of creative storage – like putting pasta in the hall closet because the water heater [...]
Here’s what’s going down this week: 1. We are moving on Friday. 2. My grandparents are moving too. 3. At work the plumbing is all messed up and it’s crazy town over there. Yesterday the water was shut off and we had to leave the premises to relieve ourselves. So I just didn’t drink any [...]
In December of 2008 my beloved friend Jinous succumbed to lung cancer. She was the healthiest person I ever knew. She ate healthy foods, she took healthy vitamins, she practiced yoga, she meditated, she wore magnets in her shoes, and she was religious in that mysterious and exotic way that Muslims are religious. In typical [...]
Um, yeah. I have 505 comments on the Wii Fit Giveaway. It will take me a whole week to deal with this between kids, work, and packing. Anybody have a tip about how to easily collate comments with WordPress? Oy!
Last night my boss treated me to another live taping of American Idol. This week it is the final three, and as I type this the results show is on. I’m not watching it. I don’t like to watch it live on TV because of the commercials. In person, the commercial breaks are the best [...]
My new Mac finally showed its true colors this morning. I bought it several weeks ago on a Sunday. The whole family went to the Apple store at the Northridge mall. I marched right up to the counter and told the staff what I wanted, and they sent a salesman out to help me. He [...]
1. I’ve been going to Zumba once a week since late November. I have only missed it for sickness, holidays, and Neil Gaiman. 2. Now my friends are going to be mad at Neil Gaiman, because I often beg out of things by saying “Sorry, Thursday is Zumba night, no exceptions” and they will say [...]
By recycling my old electronics: I saved112 lbs of carbon emissions From entering the atmosphere! What’s this equal to? = 19 = 4 = 1617 = 744 Powered by All Green Electronics Recycling
In my move to WordPress and my general resolution to pare down the clutter of my online obligations, I considered leaving the BlogHer Publishing Network. You may recall that the ad widget (to the right) did not appear until just yesterday. Well, the “White Trash Mom Easter Basket” got such amazing traffic from the network [...]
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