Entries tagged with 'Deb'
Roadtrip to Julian
June 8, 2009
Sitting still is good for the mind. So says meditators, intellectuals, Buddhists and other deeply contemplative types. I, however, suck at it. I'm a mover; restless, easily bored, driven to distraction, usually over-energized. As Deb says, "You're the kind of... Read more >
Halloween Rocks!
November 4, 2008
Deb the Roadkill Skunk, Tam the Day of the Dead Doll and The Varmint as himself.This is how we spent Halloween this year: With friends Deb, Greg, Julie, Ant and Christy at The Kensington Grill, in our costumes having a... Read more >
New Ventures in Capitalism
October 23, 2008
How's your brain? Are you taking good care of it? Feeding it daily? Learning new things?If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are not the work-from-home parent of a two year old toddler. The Varmint has... Read more >
Goin' Retro
September 2, 2008
Every once in awhile, you find a website that is hugely addictive - and hilarious. YearbookYourself.com is that site - where you take a picture of yourself and see what you would have looked like in different eras, using old... Read more >
Take Your Kid to Work Day
April 24, 2008
Deb called this morning to congratulate me, in that rabble rousing way of hers, that I "had the day off." I snorted before I could stop myself. Still, in a move I can only chalk up to delusional optimism, I... Read more >
Just Like Daddy
December 11, 2007
So Deb and I are Christmas shopping at the bookstore. It's packed. We've got Ethan her itchy-footed toddler with us, and I'm playing zookeeper while Deb fervently seeks out appropriate gifts in the space of 3 minute increments, between demands... Read more >
Better Than Caffeine
September 1, 2007
Yesterday was Friday, but definitely not the TGIF-kind. It was more like ACIF - Aw, Crap It's Friday. My mom, whose various diverse personalities are also known respectively as The Kansas Farmgirl, The Opera Diva and Madame Cluck-Cluck, was gravely... Read more >
Because I'm All About the Fairness
April 7, 2007
The other day as I was walking with Deb, she pointed out something that I felt was pretty obvious: "You know, you don't have any really bad pictures of yourself on your blog."My response was something along the lines of... Read more >
Take a Seat, Baby
April 1, 2007
I am constantly amazed at the volume of crap it takes to raise a kid without going insane - play gyms, toys, chairs, seats, saucers, bouncers, wheelies... People fret about feeding, clothing and educating their rugrats, but few people give... Read more >
One for the Ladies
December 23, 2006
Sssssh. I'm hiding. Don't tell anyone I'm blogging. If they find out, they'll try to make me work or behave pleasantly, and frankly, I don't feel like doing either. It's the holidays. It may say "Christmas Vacation" on our... Read more >
How the Server Got Stiffed
December 14, 2006
Last night was book club. I was deeply looking forward to going, partly because there would be no computers, baby barf or putting stuff away involved, but mostly, to be honest, because all of the girls were going and it... Read more >
The Deerhunter
December 11, 2006
It's a rare blog entry where I'll write about an event where I wasn't there. I'm making an exception here because: 1. It's about Deb. 2. I laughed so hard when I heard it I nearly peed myself. 3. It's... Read more >
A Move, A Reunion + A Big Kaboom
September 1, 2006
Part Two: The ReunionThe Clairemont High School Class of 1986 celebrated its 20-year reunion this past weekend. Technically, I graduated with the Class of 1985, but my age and friends were all 1986, so I received an honorary invitation. I... Read more >
Return of the Conquering Hero
August 21, 2006
The Varmint returned yesterday, exhausted, stingray welted, bescabbed, aching, sore - and well-pleased with himself, his friends (see pic) and his entire Nicaraguan adventure. After staying up all night sharing pictures and gabbing, we crashed for a few hours, woke up,... Read more >
Welcome to the Apocalypse
August 7, 2006
WELCOME to the APOCALYPSE! Tam and Shan are breeding!That was the opening line on the baby shower invitation. So I guess I should have expected what was coming. The only two activities outside of eating (street-style Mexican tacos) and drinking... Read more >
I Hate Baby Showers
August 2, 2006
Fact: I loathe baby showers. No, really. Pretty much everything about them. From the horrible little games (The "Sniff the Diaper" Game, anyone?! I'm all for fecal humor, but to waste perfectly good chocolate like that?) to the endless "Awwww!"s... Read more >
Oh, Crap. It's Slayer Night
July 21, 2006
Last night, after a balmy dinner at Deb's discussing the baby shower, I arrived at Chez Burrow chock-full of warm fuzzies (and some tasty homemade Italian food) thinking innocent thoughts of duckies and booties and what color to paint the... Read more >
Girls' Day Out: Laguna Beach
May 27, 2006
Deb has been OTV (on the verge) for a couple of weeks, now. So when she asked for a little getaway, Jen and I took her seriously: You don't mess around when a mother of two is threatening to leave... Read more >
And the Mutant Offspring Award Goes to...
May 13, 2006
People have been asking for an image of The Varmint and me, you know, together. (That's the thing about lugging your Nikon around - you rarely have pictures of yourself. This one was shot by The Varmint's dad, Monte.) Sneakily,... Read more >
Hot + Dry in Anza Borrego
April 24, 2006
It was time once again for the gang (this year - Jen, Deb, Tam, Greg, Soph and Ethan) to hit the great, stark and sandy to see any changes in the last year. Answer: Not many. The late, light rains... Read more >
Overheard - It's All About the Boob
November 14, 2005
Deb and Tam are trying to get underway for their morning walk. Deb keeps dropping stuff as she loads up the stroller. Deb: "Damn, I'm so discomboobled." Tam: "Uh... discomboobled?" Deb: "Yeah. I'm totally discomboobled." Tam: "You mean discombobulated, right?"... Read more >
The World's Smallest Jimmy Buffet Fan
October 31, 2005
Meet Ethan, also known as Godzilla. (Yes. We call him that in front of his mother, Deb, whose knuckle-dragging arms and debilitating chiropractor bills render her unable to refute the truth of this assessment.) Ethan is enormous in both scale... Read more >
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