November 2008

Can You Sit Shiva for an Inanimate Object?

November 18, 2008

Something tragic happened last week. No, not this, my tivo died. And then I had a 45 minute argument with DirectTV where I explained to them that if the equipment no longer works, and I have the protection plan, they need to send me new equipment. Makes sense, right? I thought so. It took 45 [...]

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It’s My Blogiversary

November 16, 2008

I cannot believe it has been two years. Two years of this nonsense. At BlogHer DC we were told that after 2 years you should have all the traffic you will ever have. Gee I hope that's not true. And what a year it has been. Michael was hospitalized, I got Lupus, I wrote here, [...]

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Shoe Friday #5

November 14, 2008

We are just going to carry on and pretend that never happened. I felt better the minute I hit publish. I really am not one to keep things to myself. I don't even know why I tried. I have a blog for goodness sake. Here are my friend Maggie's shoes, you often see her comment [...]

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This Post Is For the All The People Who Wanted Me To Go Negative

November 14, 2008

YOU WIN. FUCK YOU IMMUNE SYSTEM. Thank you, I feel better now. Guess what? I not only have Lupus. I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis. And probably every other auto-immune disorder known to man. Have we tested for Gout yet? Fibromyalgia? Because if it exists I'm starting to believe they are going to diagnose me with [...]

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A Post I Never Thought I Would Write, Again

November 12, 2008

Michael's preschool has recommended a speech evaluation for Michael. Michael, who was speaking at a year. Michael who speaks like he is 10. Michael, who uses words likes, actually, and deliberately, and imagination. He can tell me everything he does in a day and things he did months ago. But, there are sounds he is [...]

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Single Handedly Saving the Economy

November 11, 2008

If you follow me on twitter (and if you don't you really should because I basically twitter my every thought) you know that I had a bit of a dishwasher crises last week. See, we bought a dishwasher 5 years ago and it has never worked well. We've called service on it at least 5 [...]

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Pretty Soon I’m Going to Change the Name of this Blog to Marthafur

November 10, 2008

And how was your weekend? Mine was good. I went to the gym and took Michael to see Madagascar 2 and Michael had swim class. Oh, and we recovered our dinning room chairs. Ourselves. And by we I mean Doug, and a little bit Michael When Doug and I bought this house we had no [...]

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DCMM: When Will People Stop Asking When I am Having Another Child?

November 8, 2008

I have one child, a 3 and a half year old. And at least once a week someone asks me when we are having another child. And my answer is always the same, "we are not. We are done." I've heard it all. "Only children are selfish." "You can't only have 1 child." "Your son [...]

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Shoe (Socks) Friday #4

November 7, 2008

Here's my friend Mary's submission for shoe Friday, but she sent me socks. And keep sending them in. I'm going to keep doing this until I run out of shoes. (Or socks, or tights, whatever.)

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I Want to Perform an Experiment

November 6, 2008

See that thing on the top right of your screen, that x mark. No, don't click it, just take a look. That thing, it closes you browser screen. Please do that instead of sending me hate mail. Here is what I don't understand. I can post about Obama and get nothing, but the minute I [...]

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