Posted by Editormum on 2 August 2010 in
True Stories Like today. I went out to my car at lunch time, and put my purse and book on the passenger seat while I sat on the side of the driver’s seat. I happened to glance up at the windshield. It didn’t look right. There was a strange, black, tombstone-shaped sticker thing in the upper middle [...]
Tags: automobiles, challenges, driving, humour
Posted by Editormum on 14 June 2010 in
Philosophy,
True Stories My life has been lived in a raging hurry the last few weeks. Catching up at work from a vacation. Running to various doctor appointments. Getting kids ready for, and off to, summer camp. Fighting with the ex. Yard sales. Curriculum fairs. And a multitude of other activities. And it hasn’t ended yet. But that’s [...]
Tags: Diet, food, humour, Low-Carb, stress
Posted by Editormum on 16 January 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories Back in December, I wrote about my talent of getting injured in the most ridiculous ways — while engaged in perfectly innocuous, normally safe activities. Well, the stupid talent has struck again: I fell last night and hurt my left hand badly. I had come home from eating dinner at Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana, and [...]
Tags: challenges, Family Life, humour, pain
Posted by Editormum on 15 December 2009 in
Family Life,
True Stories,
Work Life I am weird. Everyone who knows me, even on a slight basis, knows this. But my weirdness isn’t just that I dress funny and use words no one else ever heard of, and both read and proofread everything I see. My best talent is getting hurt. Only I never get hurt normally. You know, most [...]
Tags: challenges, Family Life, humour, injury, karate, pain, scars, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 5 December 2009 in
Family Life,
True Stories … and their owners. At least the irresponsible and inconsiderate ones. I’ve had a long day at the office with a lot of frustration and insanity. I was at work from 0800 to 1630 (with no lunch, but that’s another story), and then from 1900 to 2315. I’m tired. It’s cold. It’s dark. I’m finally [...]
Tags: dogs, Family Life, fear, humour, pet-owners, pets, rant, scars
Posted by Editormum on 23 August 2009 in
Family Life,
True Stories A journal of my three-day exercise in frustration and futility, and how it all came out in the end. Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:00. Internet working normally. Closed browser but did not power-down computer. Friday, 21 August 2009 07:00 Opened browser window and received error message. Restarted computer. Error message. Cleared cache, and all history, [...]
Tags: computers, customer service, humour, internet, rant, tech support
Posted by Editormum on 15 June 2009 in
Entertainment I was really skeptical about Leno leaving the late night lineup, and my fears have been justified. Granted, I’m not even supposed to be up for late night television … I’m supposed to be in bed by 22:00. But I’m a single mother of two … do you really think that I’m gonna be in [...]
Tags: Entertainment, humour
Posted by Editormum on 25 July 2008 in
Family Life,
True Stories I was eating dinner with the kids at a certain local chain restaurant tonight. As the waiter was clearing the dishes, a knife fell off of a plate, and bounced off of my water glass onto the floor. He apologized. I said it was okay. And we both assumed that was the end of it. [...]
Tags: Family Life, food, humour, weird stuff
