hermit crabs

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

On strep throat and hermit crabs

Fourth week of plague. Fifth sick kid. Gentle reminder: I only have three children. I suspect we should move to a hotel and have the house fumigated. Strep. Strep! It must be everywhere – on the counters, the remote control, the handle that opens the freezer. The dog’s ears. I thought it was over last Read More

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

I saw a ship a-sailing…and I am on it!

The road to hell is not paved with good intentions. It is paved with the broken bones of people who DO NOT HELP THEIR MOTHER/WIFE PACK THEIR BELONGINGS FOR A 6-DAY CARIBBEAN CRUISE, even if that mother/wife has strep throat. Once we were finally en route to Ft. Lauderdale, I, the mother/wife, finally felt slightly Read More

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

Who’s to blame for the ruination?

A lot of things go wrong in my life and it’s pretty much never my fault, but BFF and I have agreed that we will not ever tell our children that they ARE RUINING EVERYTHING even when it’s totally true. That’s because we don’t want children feeling guilty about the role they play in downgrading Read More

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Our growing family that we can’t afford

In light of the growing evidence that cat germs lead to schizophrenia, the Diva has expanded our family with a hermit crab instead. Two hermit crabs, in fact, because we worried about just the one getting lonely. They don’t breed, do they? It seems like any conjugal visiting would require them to be together in Read More