Scene: A moving car. LORIN is enjoying a post-swim class package of Starbursts. MOMMY is driving.
Lorin: What's your favorite flavor? (She rummages through the package, finds a yellow Starburst, and holds it up.)
Mommy: The red ones.
Lorin: (Thinks for a few seconds.) But I thought you liked the yellow ones?
Mommy: Nope, I don't. My favorite are the red ones.
Lorin: (Still holding the yellow one.) But I thought your favorite was the yellow one!
Mommy: Fine. You're right, I like the yellow ones. (Lorin hands over the yellow Starburst and waits for Mommy to eat it.)
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So here's just one little reason why I love my husband: we had been married for over a year before he finally confessed that his favorite Starbursts also were the red and pink ones; he let me believe that he liked the yellow and orange ones best so I could have all the good ones.
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And back to the car, where now I am eating yellow Starbursts because I love someone and want them to be happy. Lorin, however, is a better person than me, because a few minutes later I heard, "Mommy, here's a red one for you!"
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Want to rent our house? Or know someone who does?
So it looks like the third time's the charm; we are actually going to close on a house later this month. (For those of you I saw over the holidays - it's a different house.) But first, I'm helping the best landlord ever (my sister-in-law) rent out our current house.
Here are lovely pictures; I tried to crop out the boxes of my crap.




It's in Gilbert near the 202 South Loop; has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a loft; and was upgraded (plantation shutters, 18" tile, 2-tone paint, landscaped yard on a drip system, etc.). We'd feel way better about moving out if we could find someone to move in...
Feel free to get in touch with me/pass along my info, and I can give you/your friend who wants to rent more details and my sister-in-law's phone number. Thanks!
Here are lovely pictures; I tried to crop out the boxes of my crap.
It's in Gilbert near the 202 South Loop; has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a loft; and was upgraded (plantation shutters, 18" tile, 2-tone paint, landscaped yard on a drip system, etc.). We'd feel way better about moving out if we could find someone to move in...
Feel free to get in touch with me/pass along my info, and I can give you/your friend who wants to rent more details and my sister-in-law's phone number. Thanks!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Time Warp: Back to November
What else did I miss putting on the blog in my work haze? Just Lorin's first (out-of-utero) trip ever to the Happiest Place on Earth.

First ride ever: the Matterhorn
First reaction to a ride ever: "It was scary. But just a little bit. The lion [the Abominable Snowman, actually] came out and said "Roar!" [Picture her little arms up in the classic bear pose]
Favorite ride: Dumbo
Favorite activity: Toddler frogger [she and Rowen would run sideways through crowds of people in Downtown Disney trying not to get hit. Parents of the year right here]
Favorite treat: Suckers shaped like Mickey's head
Most exciting thing about staying in a hotel: Her own room with bunkbeds
Most disappointing thing about staying in a hotel: Not being allowed to sleep on the top bunk
Top parenting hints from the trip: Disney's toilets all automatically flush, so bring stickers to cover the eye until completely finished; pull the top bunk's comforter down and sell the bottom bunk as a "cave"; those Mickey suckers occupy kids for a long, long time

First ride ever: the Matterhorn
First reaction to a ride ever: "It was scary. But just a little bit. The lion [the Abominable Snowman, actually] came out and said "Roar!" [Picture her little arms up in the classic bear pose]
Favorite ride: Dumbo
Favorite activity: Toddler frogger [she and Rowen would run sideways through crowds of people in Downtown Disney trying not to get hit. Parents of the year right here]
Favorite treat: Suckers shaped like Mickey's head
Most exciting thing about staying in a hotel: Her own room with bunkbeds
Most disappointing thing about staying in a hotel: Not being allowed to sleep on the top bunk
Top parenting hints from the trip: Disney's toilets all automatically flush, so bring stickers to cover the eye until completely finished; pull the top bunk's comforter down and sell the bottom bunk as a "cave"; those Mickey suckers occupy kids for a long, long time
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