Bring On The Lists

Sweet Jebus, I can be so lazy. Here I sit on the couch in my perfectly clean house (hell yes housekeeper monday), Wito just went down for a nap, my Statcounter and Google Reader feeds are caught up (which one’s better?) and the house is perfectly still. I can even hear the birds outside. You […]

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Love Me Some Lists

Well, hello there. I have a bit of a cold, but don’t fret for little whoorlie. Why, you ask? 1. I am back home, which means I can deal with my cold in MY bed. Yay. 2. This is my first cold since pregnancy. Remember the shitty pregnancy cold of 2006 that lasted forever?! No […]

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Tips For Prospective Nannies

1. Do not have a publicly accessible Myspace account. 2. Do not include myriads of photos of yourself drinking, smoking and licking your friends’ faces. 3. Do not make up stories about families you’ve nannied for in your past 15 years of experience. 4. Do not decline a 9:00am breakfast meeting because you have “an […]

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Nice To Meet You, I’m Your Wife

My husband has morphed into a new person when it comes to eating. Have I told you that D is a vegetarian? Going on 13 years now…no meat, pork or chicken. It’s pretty impressive, considering he grew up in a major red-meat-eating state. I’m not a vegetarian, but I probably eat less meat than most […]

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The Nanny Diaries

I’ve printed out several helpful question sheets for nanny interviews from various websites, but I really want to ask the following questions: 1) Will you be washing your hands after defecating in my bathroom? 2) Have I seen your boyfriend/husband on Dateline’s

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Disqualified

Well, so much for NaBloPoMo… I’m back in the states and feeling much better. Unfortunately, the food poisoning wasn’t from an over-indulgence of alcohol (I wish) but a teeny tiny piece of yellowtail sushi from a very fancy resturant. D and I ate the exact same thing and he was perfectly fine. Oh, I’m such […]

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