Tag: sucks to be me
member name: Andrea "slackermom" R.
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April 18, 2008 03:17 PM EDT --
There is an ugly computer taking up space on my kitchen counter.
We went to Joplin on Wednesday to take my mother to lunch for her birthday and spend some time with her. Her long-time boyfriend had . . .
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April 19, 2008 08:06 PM EDT --
Pile up debit and credit card receipts on the computer desk next to the monitor for two months. Don't worry about this because it's tax season and you're busy. Besides, you got your refund . . .
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March 15, 2009 07:52 PM EDT --
Well, that was easy. Or, was it?
My period is gone. I've been through menopause and didn't even notice until it was over.
No more bleeding three weeks out of four. No more PMS. No more swollen, . . .
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June 10, 2008 02:58 PM EDT --
Some things never change.
On July 16, 2007 I published Dirty Children, a Photo Essay .
On May 14th, 2008 history repeated itself.
Eric and the kid next door. I wonder whose idea it . . .
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September 05, 2008 10:11 PM EDT --
Earlier this evening I was dropping Lexie off at Tween Town, a social activity for kids ages 8 to 12 at our library. I was sitting outside waiting for them to open the door and let her in before I left. . . .
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December 03, 2008 02:35 PM EST --
Our local homeschool group is doing a supply drive and fundraiser for our local humane society during the holiday season this year. I was thrilled that the charity chosen this year was the humane . . .
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December 14, 2008 01:43 PM EST --
At midnight tonight I will choose one or more winners, depending on how cranky I'm feeling and how many snarky comments I think I can leave.
In any case, winner(s) will be notified privately so . . .
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March 16, 2009 02:39 AM EDT --
People keep asking where I've been but when I tell them it seems they don't believe me so here I am, writing the article I meant to write weeks ago, and telling you all that, yes, this is really . . .
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April 22, 2008 02:41 PM EDT --
My apologies to the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie .
If you give a kid an African Violet, she's going to need to repot it.
So you buy a cheap clay flowerpot and tell her she can . . .
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April 13, 2008 04:56 PM EDT --
This one will be a real doozy.
It is a 1040 with a Schedule SE. That wouldn't be so bad except I have no back-up paperwork at all, no 1099, no W-2, nothing. I have a DOB, SSN, and a gross income . . .
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June 09, 2008 06:48 PM EDT --
I've created a disaster in the kitchen.
Our kitchen has large windows on the west side so that the sun pours in them in the afternoon and early evening. The kitchen is a good ten degrees hotter . . .
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June 08, 2008 05:49 PM EDT --
A little over a week ago I sat down and made a two-week meal plan for the pay period.
First I made a list of what we had on hand and what was on sale and made a list of meals to prepare complete with . . .
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August 15, 2008 06:12 PM EDT --
I had to take the dog back to the vet for a follow-up visit today. For most people, this would be a fairly routine task. Not for me.
We had to drive the Crapmobile™. My husband had offered to leave . . .
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November 18, 2008 01:20 PM EST --
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Wrapping paper. I can't ever make a gift bag look nice with the tissue paper peeking out the top and the gift inside hidden. Mine look like a disgruntled sacker . . .
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December 03, 2008 12:45 PM EST --
My kids are each getting a Nintendo DS for Christmas. My daughter knows this because she learned the truth about Santa Claus so has graduated to being Santa's helper. She chose a silver one for herself . . .
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June 13, 2008 07:57 PM EDT --
Sunday is my birthday but I'm throwing my Gather birthday party tonight. Why, you ask?
Because it's still triple points tonight. And because I'm pissed off that I have to share my birthday . . .
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August 20, 2008 07:12 PM EDT --
This is a game.
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November 17, 2008 01:50 AM EST --
I stole this from Sharon because I'm point-whoring for Christmas. But it annoyed me that all the questions were in all caps so I fixed that. Seriously. I'm anal that way.
Now that the questions . . .
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