go team edward!
Tomorrow night Shelly and I are headed out to see a very low budget, not very popular movie you most likely haven’t heard a thing about. It’s a little show called New Moon.  I know, who has ever heard of the Twilight Saga, right?  Like the theory of Vampires would ever catch on.  You know, they should really learn how to promote this movie. Might get some more tickets sold. Huh, I just did a Google search on this flick and I guess a few people do know about it. It appears that EVERY SINGLE TALK SHOW, whether it’s daytime or late night,

the only reason to rake…
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yet another reason for take-out
Before Matt came along our small but cute kitchen was mostly used for storage of my purse, wine and the coffee maker.  It’s not that I don’t enjoy cooking, I do!  But it’s not very fun to cook for a kid who’s main diet consists of peanut butter on a bagel, yogurt, hot dogs and if we were getting really “Top Chef ” chicken nuggets with frozen corn.  So when Matt graciously entered my life, the June Cleaver gene kicked in hardcore.  Now I’m that woman who has her little list at the grocery store, getting all the ingredients for the week’s family meals (please read that sentence in Sarah Palin’s voice).  I do

an udderly great idea
In the car on the way home: Ben: Wow, they are right! Counting cows totally works. I was just counting cows and I got super sleepy. Even yawned. Me: What? Counting what? Ben: Cows. Me: Um Ben, usually people count SHEEP. Not cows. Ben: Yeah well, that’s stupid. Counting cows is much more relaxing. Me: laughing. Really? How do you figure? Ben: Think about it Mom. A sheep goes “BAAAA!” and that’s such an annoying sound. It’s like a string being plucked. “BAA!”  But

“Friendship is one mind in two bodies.” – Mencius
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