Posted in Showin' some love y'all., Unfunny on Mar 31st, 2008 16 Comments »
We go back home to Idaho tomorrow, which is a phrase I would have never imagined typing five years ago. But we do. And because my sleep patterns have completely gone cr to the aaa to the zee, I’m just going to stay up all night tonight rather than attempt to wake up [...]
Posted in Look at me...I'm so great. on Mar 25th, 2008 8 Comments »
1. Gorge my belly on Dr. Peppers from Sonic.
2. Call my husband everyday.
3. Wake up promptly at 8:00 am, every morning.
4. Eat carne guisadas and kolaches.
5. Discourage Ava from singing spontaneous opera.
6. Dance with my friend named Leigh.
7. Get my hair cut into a lamentably high maintenance cut.
Posted in Keepin' it Will. on Mar 15th, 2008 9 Comments »
me: No. It’s like this, I start a famous song lyric and you finish it with the funniest thing you can think of.
Will: um, ok
me: Ready?
Will: I’m not wayne brady
me: I spend every day of my life wishing you were Wayne Brady.
Will: why, cause he’s BLACK?
me: Yes.
Will: sec, [...]
Posted in Look at me...I'm so great., Write said Fred on Mar 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
New Cracked article is up, sorta. I only wrote some of it. It was my pitch but then, you know, I couldn’t finish it. So head over and digg it if you like me and want to make me happy.
Posted in Showin' some love y'all. on Mar 13th, 2008 8 Comments »
It’s been a whole week. Just a week since my mom passed away. Once the news came time sped up and slowed down and reversed and picked a bale of cotton, and it’s only been a week. From Thursday to Tuesday I spent almost every waking minute by the side of [...]
Posted in Unfunny on Mar 10th, 2008 14 Comments »
Here is a link to the obituary we wrote for my mom. They misspelled ‘Milledgeville.’ This is not important to anyone whatsoever.
My mom died of muscular dystrophy, specifically a form called myotonic muscular dystrophy, which is usually an adult-onset form of the disease. Her father also died of MD. Her brother [...]
Posted in Showin' some love y'all. on Mar 9th, 2008 13 Comments »
Mom passed away on Thursday. Friends and family are welcome to come to services. They will be at Grace Funeral Home in Victoria, Texas at 2:00 on Tuesday.
The past few days have been a mixture of avoidance and cathartism, which is a word I just made up. My best friend is with [...]
Posted in Showin' some love y'all. on Mar 4th, 2008 6 Comments »
So we leave tomorrow. My dad got some killer free tickets with his gazillion airline miles, but they entail a 12 hour day. I’ll take a 12 hour day to save a thousand dollars anytime. I probably would have taken it to save $1.50. I’m that cheap.
We leave tomorrow and I’m [...]
Posted in I'm a mama y'all., Showin' some love y'all., Unfunny on Mar 2nd, 2008 9 Comments »
Wednesday. That’s when we’ll get to Texas.
I’m breathing a shallow sigh of relief now that I know we’re going. But all the dark stuff is still ahead. First on the agenda is telling the kids.
I’m not sure what I’ll be doing with this blog in the upcoming month. I’m a [...]
