wahoo! i just got some great news from sister #3. seems she and tony FINALLY got a great offer on their house in glencoe. which means they’ll be back here, a few blocks from me, in may/june.
free laundry, the peanut so close, what more could a girl want? well. . . besides sister #2 [...]

i’ve developed some sort of weird spasm in my right eyelid. i haven’t a clue what it could portend. it’s probably a tumor or stress related or something. i do know that it’s damn annoying.
so can i just hate the snivelling, wishy washy, pouty, afraid person i’ve become over the past week? blech, that girl [...]

susan, you’re gonna love this.
max and i were studying the map he got from the zoo on saturday.
“what’s that say?”
“meerkats of the kalahari.”
“what bird is that?”
“i dunno, a macaw?”
“does that look like a macaw? it’s a flamingo.”
“sorry.”
“so are there any animals you don’t like?” i asked him.
“he’s a afraid of cows,” jaycie volunteered.
“of cows?”
“they [...]

i just have to say, that i am in love withBookFilter. if you love books and reading, head on over. it’s like metafilter without the snark.

i was exhausted when i went to bed an hour ago. i could hardly keep my eyes open. but the minute i turned off the lights, my mind started. and, well, here i am.
i’m hurt and i’m angry and i’m so incredibly sad, it’s pathetic. i feel like i’m owed an explanation, but i [...]

i’m mightly lonely tonight. i spent most of the day cooking and cleaning and keeping myself and my mind busy with mindless, physical labor. but now i’m exhausted, in that smug, self-satisfied way that means i did stuff. however, my mind is spinning. thinking and wondering and pouting and wanting.
i’m wondering which of these [...]

last night i spent the evening babysitting max and jaycie. i was consummate bad babysitter. jaycie kept falling back on one of the chairs, over and over and over and over (and over) again. it was driving me batty, as i was trying to read the very latest ikea catalog. finally i had a enough.
“stop [...]

getting up at 7:30 on a sunday morning can make one awfully productive.
not sleeping (still) blows.
when you go to target and tell yourself that you can spend $200 and then only spend $80 is like a delightful surprise.
finding christmas candy on the shelf in the entryway, not good.
having laundry done, ruby washed and gassed up, [...]

last night at the bowling alley craig’s kids sam and ellen were marching in around the entire bar shouting “halleluiah” over and over again.
today, i saw a little girl at tj maxx and more wearing a lavender velvet dress a size two small, opaque white tights, and GIANT red rubber rainboots.
can you hear that? that’s [...]

wise old owl, how many games of SpeedMarbles does one have to play until their numb enough to go to sleep? the phone doesn’t ring anymore and i can’t sleep. is 5:30 too early to show up at work?

as i was sitting on the couch eating some karamel sutra watching “good morning miami” and trying not to think, i got to thinking about the day.
i left work yesterday tired, dispirited and ready to look for a new place of employment. i was frustrated and just so very tired of fighting for everything. fighting [...]

hi. did you miss me? does anyone ever miss me? i’m curious, because i miss people like crazy all the damn time.

today is new book day here in jodiland. included in the happy amazon box were:
johnyn cash, the autobiography (”i’ve read books, love in the time of cholera, the unbearable lightness of being and they’re about girls, right? but i have to admit my favorite books is the autobiography of johnny cash, cash by johnny cash.”)
the [...]

anyone know where metafilter has gone to? i haven’t been able to get it to come up for days.

ok, so tell me, would it be really super annoying if i set my phone to sing the muzak version of Buddy Holly instead of just ringing?