http://blawgh.sublurbia.org earning my cul-de-sac cred in the wilds of florida Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:37:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know my kid thinks that I'm a super hero but where are the ladies? When I did the planning for this year's birthday parties, last minute as Wolfie kept changing his mind (and Helvi's too young to object as strenuously to my wild ideas), I could find almost no ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/09/where-are-the-female-super-heroes/ The white stuff The white stuff (Verse) The first spoon was a great spoon The second spoon was a spat The third time I got hot holders Now I hope they last I can see it looks like chalk But it don't seem t'come off Can see it in every piece from you Even on my pots (Chorus) You got ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/09/wfyw-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-the-white-stuff/ And I think we've got a routine nailed down. Now if only these hurricanes would buzz off ... although I do like the rains and what they do for our sadly dry water tables. I'm brewing up a review of currently available lunch bag options (the styles change every year) but ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/09/a-couple-of-weeks-of-school-and-lunches-under-our-belts/ Between vacation, school starting (two different schools this year, oh boy), job changes, life changes, tropical storms, swimming lessons, belly dancing class, and trying to find one lunch bag that actually works for Wolfie and the varied shapes his lunch takes, I've been BUSY. However, while my kids are all now ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/08/wfmw-post-it-notesr-and-sharpiesr/ I wish I could recall the rest of the joke instead of just the punch line. It was uproariously funny at the time; a long intra-family discussion of the Pointy Haired Bosses executing the Peter Principle in our general direction. But yes, the F (Fay) and the G (Gustav) are giving ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/08/list-items-a-through-e-i-can-handle-but-your-fn-g-will-be-the-undoing-of-us-all/ The six-year-old birthday girl screams as a doll that is whole only from the waist up is removed from a birthday cake, sobbing and hiccuping, trying to be understood by adults trying hard to stifle their laughter. I do remember it being a lovely cake. Lovely. A wonderful gesture by one ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/08/wheres-barbies-legs/ I spent a few days recently with friends and family, rolling along our old summer hills, catching up with cousins who look like their teenaged selves only taller, seeing their kids who are even taller than I. We traded stories, took turns trading kids and helping out, and I ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/08/explaining-the-whole-aunt-mommy-thing/ "It makes cool bubbles!" I'm physics-challenged. I tend to, from time to time, expect the world around me to behave like a RoadRunner cartoon; I can "pick up" a rake by stepping on the tines (no), if a hill in an unfamiliar town is steep enough, I'll simply start careening down ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/08/hey-mom-can-i-show-you-my-new-toy/ So composting in the tumbler is going well. All the husks of summer corn and nut shells from various trips are browning my overly green bin nicely. But the darn thing still smells funny. Not rotting or putrid from too many greens or enthusiastic spinning, and not yet the nice earthy ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/08/no-one-told-me-what-to-do-in-case-of-popcorn/ I like to fiddle with cooking. Just to tweak it or improve it, or cut out foods we're not fond of or don't have in the house. And I don't have the eleventy million spices listed in most cookbooks. So I'm teaching myself as I go; which flavors go with ... http://blawgh.sublurbia.org/2008/07/wfmw-cookbook-inspiration-1-part-garden-2-parts-pantry/