February 2012
3 posts
Sometimes, when I see the same images pinned over and over again on Pinterest, I’m afraid we’ve all hit the end of the internet.
A space for creative thinking and unique ideas sure produces a lot of the same shit over and over again. And I’m just as guilty as the next person.
January 2012
27 posts
1 tag
themattsmith answered your question: forgetfulmama replied to your post: <em…
I love meal planning, but I have to be in the right mood.
Please feel free to plan — and then execute — all meals for my family from now on. The commute from Milwaukee to Minneapolis isn’t THAT bad!
Oh, also?
I should buy freaking stock in Bird’s Eye and Market Pantry frozen veggies. Other than the bag of spinach I bought for the enchiladas, I seriously can’t remember the last time I bought a fresh vegetable.
Frozen veggies: saving my grocery budget and keeping my meals nutritious!
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forgetfulmama replied to your post<span >: <em >FACT
please share your meal plans for the week!!!!
Oh man, they’re so boring. Part of what gets me down about meal planning is that I have all these big plans, but then I remember the budget, taking into account what meal components I have on hand, my food aversions, my husband’s food aversions (which are never the same...
FACT
I spend at least half my life meal planning.
I hate meal planning.
Why can’t we eat pizza every night?
Stupid nutritional requirements.
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thekelsmith replied to your post: I promised myself I’d do yoga during naptime
I washed, folded and put away three loads of laundry. I also took ALL the trash and recycling out. I am now watching Office reruns and sipping wine. That’s how I do nap time! :)
FUCK YOU, KELSMITH!!!
Ok…ok…that was probably a bit of an overreaction on my part…
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Unrelated:
I just had a total rosa—sparks moment while viewing my facebook newsfeed. Or timeline. Or whatever the hell it’s called now.
Upon seeing one of my “friends” post this fucking link about “preserving marriage” [snort], I literally said out loud, “you are a table!” and immediately defriended them.
Rosa, love you gurl and the way you’ve seeped...
I promised myself I'd do yoga during naptime
I also promised myself I’d only eat cheerios for the next two days.
Someone isn’t keeping her promises…
Related:
Is it bad that I generally look for recipes that serve 6-8 people instead of 4?
Mac eats a lot.
…
Okay, okay. The Husband and I eat a lot.
I can see that I have a lot of life choices to look at tonight.
Cooking would be a lot easier if I didn't have a...
There are so many recipes that look yummy and sound amazing, but they always require me to handle (cut, dredge, stuff —whatever) raw chicken or pork or whatever.
There’s a huge chunk of life I’m missing out on because I won’t handle raw meat.
I’m such a baby.
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Bahaha
I just had a popup message from tumblr basically saying that since I’m using missinge, if anything were to go wrong with my blog, tumblr isn’t going to help me.
Ummm…because you’ve been so much help in the past?
“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and...”
– Andy Rooney (via outcamethesun)
I'm in the middle of Mac's bedtime routine right...
But never fear — I’m simply compulsively refreshing my tumblr dashboard for dress pics. It’s a surprisingly satisfying way to ”watch” the red carpet. All the fashion with none of the forced commentary.
Keep posting those pictures for those of us stuck watching yo gabba gabba right now.
I woke up at 4:45 this morning with a back spasm.
I’ve spent half of the morning hobbling around in pain.
So this is 30, huh?
I'm Even Lamer Than I Thought
My latest MUST HAVE product?
The InstaHang.
I have a lot of shit I want to hang on my walls in the next few months and this is quick! And easy! And effective! And aesthetically pleasing!
I think it’s time to turn off the TV…
themattsmith replied to your chat: As I’m going to bed…
Who the fuck would want to be in their 20s? BORING
Dude…my 20s sort of kicked ass. But today I’m past my birthday depression and I’m doing my best to embrace my 30s and the world of adulthood.
Perhaps this will be the decade when I can afford to shop at high-end grocery stores, regularly drink snobby beers,...
As I'm going to bed...
The Husband: Happy birthday, babe. Sorry you didn't have the best day.
Me: oh...thank you. It's fine. I do this to myself. Whatever.
The Husband: Sorry I couldn't make it more special for you.
Me: No, it's fine. I really appreciated the cold pizza you got me for dinner [insert covert side-eye].
The Husband: Yeah, well, happy birthday.
Me: Thanks.
The Husband: Wow. I'm married to a 30 year old. You're probably gonna have old saggy boobs dropping down to your ankles now.
Me: Dude! We are not there yet. We are not joking about this yet.
The Husband: Oh...sorry...love you...
Me: ...
losingwins replied to your post: For my birthday dinner, I had cold pizza and cheesy bread.
sometimes it just doesn’t feel real being 30. like how the hell did that happen?
I swear to god, I was JUST 15 years old. Wasn’t I? How did I turn 30???
I'm so stupid
For the last 2 hours I’ve been crabby about not having the internet. I JUST realized that I can turn my phone into a wireless hotspot and connect to the internet that way.
Just when I think I have technology figured out…
For my birthday dinner, I had cold pizza and...
I mean…really? No wonder I’ve been on the verge of tears all day.
Just kidding. I’ve shed actual tears.
I’m so pathetic.
Leftovers
I just realized there’s leftover champagne from NYE in my fridge. I have several questions:
Is it still good? I stuck one of those wine plunger things in it, so I have high hopes.
I don’t have any OJ, does that mean I should refrain from drinking it with breakfast?
Mac has a doctor appt later this morning. Should I really be drinking before I go to the pediatrician? I mean, my kid...
December 2011
16 posts
ummm...
Why is facebook able to accurately guess at the location of every single one of my photo albums?
SO CREEPY!!
Also, I know I should redo my profile before this new layout nonsense happens…but I just don’t have the time. I’m pretty sure I removed all incriminating evidence from my profile years ago, though.
losingwins replied to your post: Unacceptable
you got a kindle fire!! don’t you love it!
Love. It.
I might have to kill my husband so I can have it all to myself, though.
Sharing is hard you guys.
Unacceptable
It was brought to my attention by Brian that I have abandoned this blog since the 18th.
How could I just abandon this little blog so?
I have so much to talk about!
How about the fact that post-holiday eating is THE WORST because all I want to do is stuff my face from dawn until dusk (that’s a lie — I eat much later than dusk) with all the cookie leftovers and various treats we got...
Sugar overload
After spending all day eating cookie dough and taste-testing cookies, I am on total sugar overload. I just want to dive into a family size box of cheez-its and destroy my tongue with the salty cheesy goodness.
Alas, not only do I not have any cheez-its in the house, but it also seems like a bad plan to start inhaling cheez-its at 9:30 at night. Obviously, if it was 4:30 in the afternoon there...
“Apologizing doesn’t always mean that your wrong or the other person is right. It...”
– (via spanknastyfresh)
Oof. I SUCK at apologizing. There are few things I hate more than admitting I’m wrong, and that’s always what apologizing feels like to me. But my husband is so good about apologizing and I owe it to him to be better at it. I need to remember this.
In case you were wondering...
I baked a shit-load of cookies yesterday and today and I kicked their ass.
Except for the eggnog cookies (which taste good, they just aren’t my thing), all the cookies have blown my mind with their awesomeness.
I made these peanut butter cookies.
I made these gooey butter cookies (easily the best cookies of the bunch. No…wait…the best cookies EVER).
I made these soft and...
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mllehazelwood replied to your photo: One of the kids I take care of is Jewish, so in…
What happened last year?
Oh my god, did I forget to whine about this last year? That’s so unlike me.
Last year, my mother-in-law asked me to bring cookies to their Christmas celebration. She’s an excellent cook and so I always feel compelled to go above and beyond and do something...
This speaks to how lame I've become since spawning...
Tonight I had to run an errand at the Mall of America.
I hate the Mall of America. That place gives me the panic sweats. Most malls do, but the instant I set foot in that joint I start sweating my ass off while my heart races. I avoid MOA at all costs.
Anyway, this isn’t about how I hate malls and especially the MOA. It’s about how I’m so old and lame that I was shocked...
Someone please explain to me why I'm listening to...
…and enjoying it.
I don’t even know who I am anymore.
Why do I read the Williams-Sonoma catalog?
How did I get on their mailing list? Why do I think I’m in the right tax bracket to afford any of their stuff?
BUT I WANT ALL THE THINGS!!!!
Important Decisions
The final season of One Tree Hill premieres Jan 11. I had to give up on that show last season (and I’m happy I did), but I’m tempted to tune back in.
So tell me — is it worth it? Should I start up my One Tree Hill addiction again? Is Jaime less annoying? Will the show go back to it’s wonderfully terrible evening soap roots?
Also
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again — having a photo of just your kid as the profile picture on YOUR profile is annoying.
How the hell am I supposed to remember who you are if the only thing I have to jog my memory is a picture of your toddler?
OR WORSE, YOUR ULTRASOUND????
I just realized 75% of the profile pictures in my...
What happened to all the awesome drunk photos?
Ahhhhh…the good old days….
Someone in my fb newsfeed just quoted One Tree...
Now, don’t get me wrong, One Tree Hill was once a fantastic guilty pleasure for me as well (until I couldn’t take my husband complaining about it clogging up our DVR anymore). But I will not take lines from that poorly written show and try to use it as an inspirational quote on my facebook page.
WHY AM I FACEBOOK FRIENDS WITH THESE PEOPLE?!?!
November 2011
15 posts
1 tag
Whelp, after spending well over 3 hours working on...
I fucking failed. They turned out gluey and lumpy and just generally exactly the opposite of how you want your mashed potatoes.
I predict I’ll be drinking heavily today.
I hate this damn holiday.
A Call for Recipes
I’m in charge of bringing mashed potatoes to this year’s thanksgiving.
The last time I made mashed potatoes, I was not pleased with how they turned out. They wound up being super high maintenance to make and they were way too dense.
So. Anyone have a kickass mashed potato recipe that they want to share?
Whoa.
Someone needs to reign in her Target spending.
This new Target red card I got has made me a little careless.
Ugh. And now I feel like a teenager b/c I’m totally going to have to justify to my husband why I spent way too much money the last 3 weeks. Blergh.
I’m ready to be done being cash-strapped now. Just in case anyone is wondering.