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The Tyrant’s active lifestyle, or how to recycle a Starbucks cup

Tricia — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:42 +0000

The Tyrant has become so busy with life that she doesn’t have time to fulfill basic human needs. It’s not an attractive trait.

Yesterday we were outside playing and the Diva fell off her bike and scratched her ankle. Obviously she needed to be carried inside, snuggled on the couch with a blanket, and made [...]

Lemon-sucking, floor-cleaning, and other domestic chores

Tricia — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:31:02 +0000

This morning at 6:54, the Tyrant marched into our bedroom and said, “Dad, take me potty.” So Husband took her potty.

Then she crawled into bed with us and made me scratch her back. After the back-scratching I got her a sippy cup with milk, took out the dog, made the coffee, took the Tyrant poopie, [...]

Excuse me, sir, you dilapidated pile of dust

Tricia — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:01:29 +0000

I consider myself a mannerly person, and reasonably pleasant. I say please and thank you, as in “Please, son, the fish does not need you to pet him,” and “Thank you, darling, but I don’t care for that particular piece of gum right now, so put it back in the cupholder.” I try to avoid being [...]