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Lessons in marital courtesy from my preschooler
Earlier today while we were visiting a local park , Husband was messing around with some wifi access. Beans and I walked away to go check out an outdoor dinosaur trail, knowing that Husband would...
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Stumps-isms from just the last 90 minutes of our Tuesday evening
“My best friend in the whole wide world is Miss Rachel’s daughter. What’s her name again?” If I were Miss Rachel’s daughter and overheard Stumps expressing this thoughtful, touching, and heartfelt...
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Pretty much the greatest thing that ever happened in the city where I live
(photo credit: WRAL) Punky Coletta (who has a most entertaining blog, SlimeGreen) posted recently about a barrel monster sighting in the midwest. This gave me a serious case of nostalgia. Some lunatic...
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I have always always wanted to make one of these.
Truth. Struggled with the watermark, but still a respectable result for my very first (and quite possibly last) attempt at creating a meme. Filed under: just keeping it real, just pics, parenting,...
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Stumpsisms of the day
Stumps will ask me “Why?” nineteen times in a row and still not be satisfied with my answer. Since I am not quite ready to surrender to earning the very special Mother Of The Year award that is...
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An open letter from your friendly neighborhood hiring manager
To the Hopeful Employment Applicants Whom It May Concern: The python tattoo that wraps constricts around your neck (you badass) is best kept under cover until at least the second interview. (If you...
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“…Intimacy! That’s the you in me…”
I can neither confirm nor deny that tonight’s Top 10 List items are true stories of romance from the House of Stumps and Beans. ********************************************************************* You...
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It’s not just us, is it?
Because who doesn’t come home after a long hard day of napping, eating, and soiling oneself and immediately intentionally collapse into a faceplant on the kitchen floor? Filed under: Beans, children...
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To mistreat a child. The nerve.
Within the House of Stumps and Beans, a full-fledged theatrical tantrum is occurring at this very moment. The words being tearfully, hysterically, and repeatedly screamed are “Nooooo!!! I don’t want it...
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For very special occasions, such as her 60th birthday…
…they sometimes let Mother Catlady out of the institution. (pretty certain this couple is featured in the first few minutes of Mullholland Drive, dropping Naomi Watts off in Hollywood after she wins a...
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