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Random Grumbles

The Five-Alarm Bitch

February 25, 2010 Random Grumbles

I’m not so accustomed to the tantrums.
I know the differences in personality and development between one child and his or her sibling(s) can be as vast in difference as apples and marshmallows. Oliver, my first, wasn’t usually prone to tantrums. I found him fairly reasonable for a child his age, and didn’t usually [...]

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Grrrrrrr…

January 31, 2010 Random Grumbles

When we pulled up the counter tops, (the only thing we were committed to changing in that kitchen this time around, besides the appliances) we saw the cabinets needed changing because a bad plumbing job (by a previous owner) ruined the cabinetry. So as we’re shopping for cheap-but-not-cheap-looking cabinetry, we removed the old, and [...]

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I Guess Someone Needs to Tell Me Christmas is Over

January 28, 2010 Random Grumbles

My Christmas tree is still up. I know.
Don’t look at me like that.
I’m not the sort of person who normally leaves the ornaments and things up this late into the month of January. Nay! My mother was here over two weeks ago, and I begged her to help me de-trim the house. [...]

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Ten Bucks

January 19, 2010 Conversations With Oliver

Like most other people in the world, this disaster in Haiti has been weighing heavily on my heart. Oh my lord, this situation is beyond desperate. Beyond!
After the 9/11 incident, I learned that I need to let these kinds of crises seep into my brain slowly. Never again will I sit down [...]

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Getting Out of the Funk

January 15, 2010 Random Grumbles

I’ve been inside my head for months now. It’s made me a bit paralysed about writing stuff.
In part, I think it’s because I’ve been reading a lot of blogs. And I mean A. Lot. Of. Blogs. On one hand, I feel so squishy and warm inside about being accepted with open arms [...]

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Sometimes Stupid Facebook Games Are Fun

January 8, 2010 Random Grumbles

A few days ago, I received a note in my FB inbox for ladies only. It was a request for each of us to put the colour of her bra in her status update. Just the colour… nothing else. The idea was to confuse the menfolk, and to spread some breast cancer [...]

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Just Do It.

December 31, 2009 Random Grumbles

Over the years, I’m finding I’m less inclined to make resolutions for the New Year. I think it’s in part because I’m a bit of a slacker, and I loathe failure. Heh.
It’s also because since my birthday is about a month before the ball drops, and I’ve already been thinking about my New [...]

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Chinky and Weird

November 18, 2009 Random Grumbles

Over the last several months, I’ve become friendly with some peeps and Tweeps/creeps in the cyber-world. Mostly, these are other bloggers, living in other cities, so we’ve not (yet) met in person. This matters little when you talk about “caring.”
Reading the stories about daily life with work and family only affords a person [...]

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Taming the Goddamned Dreaded Fitted Sheet

November 5, 2009 Random Grumbles

Everyone I know hates this job. Like, loathes it. Because fitted sheets are a wadded up ball of mess, with seemingly impossible asymmetric properties that make your entire folding experience a misery. (As if it could ever be a joy – oy.) The pillowcases are a snap, of course. They’re small, [...]

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