Archive for February, 2009

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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

The winner is! –> Genevieve! Please email me with your address, Genevieve. creative at tiffanyard.com
On account of the homeschooling, every week we sit down and write out questions that we want to try and answer this week. It’s neat to see what’s on the boys’ minds even though it’s not like they ever keep it [...]

Why am I eating raw cookie dough? Because they don’t make hard liquor dough.

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

I’m constantly accused of being mean, even when I’m being so nice that it’s on the news that there’s this mom in Atlanta who is so nice that OMG we should call the news.
But today they were right. I was mean.
For the last three weeks my boys have been the dueling banjos of obnoxiousness. [...]

Party City, USA

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

oh my dear holy goodness, I owe you all a giveaway. Today. I will pick a winner from the great dog naming post to.day. Sorry, we got sidetracked by puppydom and then there was this thing with this birthday and, well basically we suck at everything. I’m also behind on updating my website and blog [...]

little known (for a reason) literary genre: post-birthday nonfiction

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Did you know that “Birds are great” is not a birthday theme that generates high enough demand to warrant the attention of the makers of cups, napkins, balloons, plates, pinatas, and/or cute oversized cardboard cutouts? I was as shocked as you are. That didn’t stop me from spending too much on party supplies, but when [...]

AND HAMMER

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Do you live in Texas? With a television? Then you know what I mean when I say that my day was the Jim Adler of days. And really, the whole week has been like Jim Adler. The tough, smart week who will HAMMER AND HAMMER to get me exactly what I deserve.
It’s two in the [...]