Monthly Archives: August 2006

the teething chronicles

Happy Fun Baby’s mouth continues to be invaded by what can only be described as teeth. Don’t get me wrong: they’re cute. There’s something inherently endearing about a big, wide-mouthed, three-toothed grin.

But the teething process is obviously painful, and my usually cheerful and pleasant baby has been replaced by a cranky, temperamental, wailing creature [...]

poor kid

I just saw a kid on Blue’s Clues who looked and sounded exactly like Kyle’s cousin Kyle on South Park. I feel bad for that kid, because people like me will find him inexplicably amusing.

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getting shirty

Our shirts from GoodStorm finally came! We’re using them for shirts for the business, and we’re really pleased with how everything turned out. Behold:

Check out the CouldBe Studios storefront if you want one yourself. Which you totally do.
I also have shirts and whatnot that you can get through Zazzle. Click the Swag link at [...]

breakdowns r us

Yesterday sucked. I mean it really, really sucked. On a suckage scale of 1-10? A firm 15.8. A suckfest. A veritable suck-trove. I could go on.
The worst part was when Not So, upon coming home and finding his wife laying hopelessly on the bed in the middle of the day, suggested that since I was [...]

burn your TV

Obviously the kid’s inherited my technical prowess. There he was, happily watching Wonder Pets, when suddenly the sound went dead. I turned around to find the remote in his mouth and the TV screen blank. “What did you do?” I asked, laughing.
I took back the remote. I pressed some buttons. I pressed more buttons. I [...]

rss to e-mail

Rar. Zookoda is incurring my wrath today. I was trying to log in to find out why I haven’t gotten my newsletter lately (I’m my only subscriber – hello, me!) but it turns out I am a dumbass and never changed from the automatically generated default password. Which I don’t remember. A word of advice: [...]

better than foodservice, but only barely

I was pushing the stroller past a wall of windows when I caught sight of my reflection. It was startling: I look like a mom. Not in the whole “Hey, look at that, I have a baby!” sense, but as in “Wow, when did I completely lose all sense of style and individuality?” There I [...]