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About Fistandantalus
- Mother of Two Blonde Geniuses
- Location: Dublwide, Texas
- Current Mood: Avocado
- Thought Bubble: My car smells like Nursing Home
Jul. 8, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Summer Memories
Comments (3)When I was a kid, being homeschooled was a real anomaly and
typically meant that one was a "problem kid" (they hadn't invented ADD
yet), was a full-fledged member of the Tassajara Commune or went to
school by radio in the Outback. We were a middle-class family in a
middle-class neighborhood in the middle of California, and some of our
neighbors didn't quite understand why we had gallon jars of pickled
frogs prominently displayed on the back porch, a very large and loud
homemade rock polisher where our suburban barbeque should have been,
and the occasional explosion, such as the time...
Jun. 6, 2009 at 11:46 AM
The Who, The What and the How Now?
Comments (2)If I could be any character from any book, I'd want to be Kirby Winter, from John D. MacDonald's book The Girl, The Gold Watch and Everything. Forget the craptasic flick they made out of it back in 1980, the book was a googleplex times better.Kirby Winter, unassuming, shy 20-something guy, is bequeathed only a simple gold pocket watch from his uncle's vast estate. He is understandably disappointed, as he was his uncle's only relative and can't understand why his uncle would leave everything but the watch to various charitable institutions. When fiddling idly with the...
May. 26, 2009 at 12:07 PM
SAHD Training--Memorial Day Shenanigans
Comments (6)My husband got a big taste of The Life Of A SAHM yesterday between Our Blue
Daughter, our son Nigel's Little Friend Dalton's visit and the eight neighbor kids that crashed the
place because the pool is warm enough to do more than dip a toe, scream
and head for Hot Bath Country.Our daughter MaryJane learned that painting one's
regular body parts with blue nail polish before Mommy Wakes Up has a number of not-so-nice
consequences, especially when those body parts are already decorated
with Kitten Scratches and Mommy has a BIG bottle of acetone and a
roll of paper towels. Not...
May. 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
The Fat Picture
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The Fat Picture
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I've made reference to "The Fat Picture" in journals and group posts many times. I keep "The Fat Picture" around to remind myself of who I used to be. I don't put it on the fridge or anything, I just keep it in a drawer and pull it out from time to time, to remind myself of how far I've come in the last 15 years.It's a picture of a picture, sorry for the bad quality. That's me, 15 years ago, age 25, 260 pounds. That t-shirt I'm wearing reads "Been Through Hell? Well, What Did You Bring Back For Me?" Kind of ironic, really, especially as it's a homemade...
May. 16, 2009 at 3:26 PM
For The Love Of Ketchup
Comments (22)My kids like ketchup, just like most kids. In the battle to eliminate high fructose corn syrup from our lives, ketchup took a big hit when I sat down in the middle of the aisle to read every....single...label on the various brands and kinds of ketchup and discovered that the ONLY ONE without high fructose corn syrup was Heinz Organic, which cost $2.44 for 10 ounces. The gynormous bottle of generic ketchup loaded with HFCS cost $.97. Naturally, I was in a State Of High Pissoff because it doesn't make sense to me that the good old Heinz company couldn't put out ketchup...
May. 7, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Tie A Pink Ribbon Around My Son
Comments (15)My son Nigel, aged seven, has been invited to participate in a fundraiser for Susan G. Komen this October. He is to decorate a plain white bra that will be sold at auction to raise money. Nigel is the youngest person ever chosen to participate in this project. His bra will go on display at a fancy boutique in Fort Worth and he gets to attend the black-tie function to kick off the auction, to speak about his piece and why breast cancer research is important to him.
Nigel has raised over $3000 for Susan G. Komen over the last four years with his yearly summer Lemonade Stand...
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