Thursday Thirteen: A T-Shirt Anthology

September 24th, 2008 at 9:39 pm » Comments (11)

Do you know how I have this mild obsession with collecting salt and pepper shakers?  And angels?  And fourth-grade valentines?  And refrigerator magnets? 
No?  Well, um, I believe that my 19-year old son, Gus, has inherited the same evil, obsessive collector-type gene.  Of course, it could also be the impulsive-shopper gene, or the pack-rat gene, or [...]


Lulu Really Does Do Laundry (And Gives Away Things, Too!)

September 22nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm » Comments (17)

Cue the horns, y’all.  For the first time in the history of this blog, I have decided to actually write about the item for which Lulu’s Laundry gets a gazillion smattering of hits a month.  Yes, people, I am talking about laundry.  Lulu’s Laundry.  And egads, does she have tons of it.
In fact, I have [...]


I’ll Take a Box of Cosmopolitan with a Side of Colin Firth, Please

August 19th, 2008 at 2:32 pm » Comments (11)

Y’all…there is a God.  And I know this because you can now drink Cosmopolitans right out of a box!  And guess what?  The alcohol is in it!
 
A box o’ Cosmo.  Cosmos in a box.  Cardboard cocktails.  Any way you put it, the Sex in the City gals would die of utter shame.

But on Saturday evening, [...]


Just Put Me Out to Pasture Now

June 18th, 2008 at 9:51 pm » Comments (11)

Y’all, if I didn’t know better, I would say that I was becoming a complete hypochondriac—but with good reason.  And scientific evidence.  Remember {{post id=”eat-right-exercise-regularly-die-anyway” text=”the list”}} that I posted a week or two ago about the things that are currently ailing me?  Well, howz about we just add mitral valve regurgitation to that list, [...]