It's like Tuesdays with Morrie without all the wisdom
Archive for November, 2008
A Granny in My Inbox
12November 12, 2008
Dawn sent me a link to this sweet and cushy granny. I never had a sweet and cushy granny and now I do. Her name is Clara and she cooks cheap meals while talking about the Depression. I love her and I cry every time I watch her peel a potato and talk about not being able to afford socks. All my grandma ever talked about was, “Don’t you think your parents could’ve stayed married until you graduated high school?” And I’d be all, “No, because then my mom wouldn’t have been able to marry that rich dude and I would still be driving a poop-brown Chevette* with no muffler instead of my sweet red Beretta. Duh!” Old people just don’t understand what’s important.
*It’s not that we just ignored the fact that the Chevette didn’t have a muffler; it’s just that the stupid thing rejected it every single time we put a new one on. We’d just pick it up from the shop and then by nightfall, sparks would be flying out from the under carriage where the muffler was dragging on the road. It was hot. Literally. From the friction.
Anyway, here’s my new grandma talking to me in a soothing voice, teaching me how to cook cheap, which is nice because I need to get groceries today.
Miles and Miles of Smothers Brothers
3I’ve been listening to the Smothers Brothers on my runs lately. They give new meaning to the phrase “fun run.” I love them. I giggle. And I love running in the fall. When it’s cold enough that you need gloves at first, but then you can take them off after a little while? That’s the best time of year. And my forehead sweat has stopped blinding me by pouring into my eyes. Thank you, cool weather. In the summer, if I forget to make a little barrier with various petroleum-based products then I go blind with my drippy, drippy sweat. Have you ever tried to dry your eyes with a tech shirt? It’s not comfy. It’s supposed to wick sweat away, but I guess that doesn’t mean you can use it for a towel.
Ok, so I’m pimping Kids Know Stuff again because we’re going to be doing lots of giveaways over the next couple of months and I love you guys and I want you to win some stuff so you don’t have to buy stuff for the holidays. We’re running a two-fer right now even! Dawn made the site all gorgeous. Thanks Dawn! (Dawn from Open Book Strategies, not Dawn from This Woman’s Work. Wait, maybe they’re the same person. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen them in the same room together even though I’m good friends with both of them. And they both have the same last name. Weird. Must look into that.) Anyway, go look at what Dawn can do. And then bow to her.
*dreamy sigh*
12November 5, 2008
by Abby
in I like politics?
Do you see that? There, in the bottom right corner? Cool. Just in case you can’t see it very well:
That’s right. Barack Obama really is our next president. Woohoo!
We had a little party over here last night. I thought when I woke up this morning, Mr. President-Elect would’ve had this place all cleaned up, but he didn’t. I’m beginning to regret my vote. I voted for change and it’s all just the same: I went to bed with a dirty house and woke up with a dirty house. Kidding!
Sorry about the delay in the acceptance speech, but he was busy emailing me to thank me for everything I did for his campaign:
I’m about to head to Grant Park to talk to everyone gathered there, but I wanted to write to you first.
We just made history.…
But I want to be very clear about one thing…
All of this happened because of you.Thank you,
Barack
Yup, we’re friends. What? Other people got that email too? Well, it’s just because Barack has lots of friends. It doesn’t make my email any less special.
So the kids filled out the electoral college map with red and blue stickers. It came with the School House Rock Election Collection DVD.
They seemed to have fun with that, but they kind of balked at watching the acceptance speech. But Dawn and Kristen and Lynne and I weren’t having it. We forced them to watch history happen and, dammit, we forced them to like it. I liked it. Did you like it? If not, were you as gracious about it as Sen. McCain? Or did you boo like his a-hole supporters did every time he mentioned Obama in his concession speech? That was lame. But I thought McCain’s speech was excellent. Very classy. Now I have to make like Obama and clean up! Have a good first-day-not-worrying-about-the-election! Unless you live in Minnesota.
Tired of Politics? Pass the Time by Winning a Book!
2November 4, 2008
I know you’re tired of politics, but too bad! One more day!
In the meantime, go sign up for the giveaway at Kids Know Stuff. I’m sure there are kids in your life that you don’t really like, but you have to buy something for for whatever winter holiday you celebrate, right? Perfect! Win something and then you don’t have to waste your money. I’ll never tell! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling the kids what your favorite children’s book is and you could win The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry. You can even have your kids leave a comment, too.
By the way, my husband got to the polls (at Overbrook church for you locals) this morning at 6:15 and didn’t get out of there until 7:10. I voted weeks ago and couldn’t convince him that the lines would be horrible. I’ll be gloating some.
