Archives for December 2005

Ever have one of those days where you wake up, look in the mirror, and think "What the heck happened to me!" Well, that happened today... What's left of my hair just decided to do it's own thing without any consultation from me. You know, it's funny but Katie Jo used to have hair exactly like this when she was an infant. Anyway, somebody tagged me so here are my response.First: Tell five things about yourself that others don't know.1) I have only been in love twice in my life. 2) I cannot tolerate a zit. If I see a big ol' zit on a friend who refuses to get ride of it, I have to fight an urge … [Read more...]

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Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - It seems like we've all got it to some degree or other. I recall that one friend of the family can't leave the house for anything without unplugging all of the hair dryers, curling irons, clothes irons, etc - TWICE!My dad could never stand to allow a telephone cord to be tangled. No matter what he was doing, he always had to stop and untangle the cord. And that is even true when we were at restaurants, auto garages, grocery stores, wherever! And you have to remember that I'm talking about pre-cell phone days here, so every phone had a cord.My … [Read more...]

Yes, my son is becoming more manly by the moment. He's had a little greasy Latino-looking mustache thing going on for a few months and I'd been pestering him to get in front of the sink to take care of it. Well, he finally went to work on it. He did pretty good for his first time with no nicks of any sort.Remember how exciting it was when you first got to shave? You felt so adult. It was kind'a like that with driving too. You couldn't wait for any excuse to get behind the wheel. "What's that mom? Need some more Tic Tacs? I'm on my way!" But like so many other of these rights o'passage, … [Read more...]

...comes in through the roof at my house!Yes, we had another dreaded bathroom toilet leak last night. Y'see, this is actually the good Lord's way of keeping me humble. I'd been feeling pretty good about the job I'd been doing as Mr. Mom lately. None of the kids had been late to school, missed an appointment, went hungry, or lacked for clean clothes, towels, or linens. I was starting to feel, well, that I had a bit of control over the domestic agenda. But the Lord likes to keep us from getting big heads, so he sent this specific tribulation my way. Here's the story...We'd had a very full and … [Read more...]