Published on Friday, April 17, 2009 by Katherine I am slowly sinking into the couch. I am becoming one with the couch.  I am the couch.  Do not try and separate me from the couch.  Last night I was up all night with my youngest, who was in and out with a fever, thirst and joint pain.  My first cup of coffee began when there was a "5" on the clock.  As in a.m.  Despite my exhaustion, I took this opportuni...

Published on Thursday, April 16, 2009 by Katherine This morning I felt pretty proud of myself.  The night before, I had cut up some onions and garlic and put them in the fridge.  I put my crockpot on the counter along with two containers of broth, four potatoes and a baggie containing one cup of rice.  Right before I left for work I threw it all together in the crock pot, along with a nice piece of pork loin.  ...

Published on Thursday, April 16, 2009 by Katherine Leave it to me.  Yesterday I wore my stripes and went all over the campus at work.  At lunch I changed for my workout.  When I was changing back, I saw a flash of neon on my shirt.  Neon?  So here I am in all my glory.  Apparently one of the boys had TWO highlighters in TWO different colors in their pocket.  The pocket that belonged to the pants that went in...

Published on Monday, April 6, 2009 by Katherine I remember a Saturday Night Live skit in which a man dies and goes to heaven.  St. Peter lets him ask three questions.  One of them was, "What is the grossest thing I ever ate."  St. Peter replied, "Trust me, you can't handle the answer to that question." I will not need to ask that question.  I already know the answer. This is going to be the most disgustin...

Published on Sunday, December 28, 2008 by Katherine Christmas Fail.  Let's set it up for you.  The only thing my oldest wanted was the Guitar Hero World Tour game.  Expensive, yes - but that was all he wanted.  When pressed for more ideas, he simply said, "I don't need anything else Mom... you don't have to get me anything."  My little boy has grown up.  Two months ago, before I had purchased anything else - I...

Published on Friday, December 19, 2008 by Katherine Yesterday I had a few minutes to kill before I picked up my daughter. Across the street from the school? An Asian market – yes! I love shopping in this store. I always purchase Panko bread crumbs, candied ginger, and occasionally noodles for Pho soup. With Christmas (and my mother) on my mind, I visited the furthest aisle, containing wonderful Asian dishes and...

Published on Thursday, April 3, 2008 by Katherine This is a great one.  My co-worker and I have just joined Curves together.  This is a workout gym for women just down the street from us - perfect for the lunch hour!  We haven't mentioned it to anyone else - we want to wait until people start noticing the results. Our first day was Monday.  I brought a shirt and pants to change in to once we were there.  Foll...

Published on Saturday, January 12, 2008 by Katherine January means basketball for my family.  Between the two boys, we are running to four games a weekend.  Each game is at a different school and is loaded with people. Last week I managed to perform a classic.  Everyone was seated in anticipation of the second half.  My daughter and walked from the bathroom to our seats, at the very end of the gym.  She walked a...

Published on Sunday, November 25, 2007 by Katherine Over Thanksgiving, we went to my mother's house with my teenage son's friend in tow.  As I was packing today, I went to clean the bathroom and found the door locked.  I knocked and no one answered, so I used an ice pick to jimmy the door open to clean it. Shortly after, my son and his friend came upstairs for a snack.  When they left I noticed the bathroo...

Published on Thursday, November 22, 2007 by Katherine Happy Embarrassing Thanksgiving!  Today at the Thanksgiving dinner table, I remembered my father teaching us to "burble peas" when we were children.  I mentioned it, and was questioned about it by one of our guests.  "How do you do that?"  So in front of everyone (all eating, by the way!) I said, "Well, first you take a pea..."  TOTAL SILENCE. ...

Published on Sunday, November 18, 2007 by Katherine Have you ever enjoyed a candy that was better slightly stale?  That is just how my best friend enjoyed her Peeps.  You know, those insanely sweet yellow marshmallow chicks you get at Easter?  Each year she would slash the top of the package and place her Peeps in a place that would guarantee lots of air exposure to those sugary crunchy marshmallow treats. While ...

Published on Thursday, November 15, 2007 by Katherine Try and top THIS embarrassing moment!  On my way out to pick up lunch, a male co-worker asked if he could tag along to get some as well.  I was more than happy to have the company.  Everything was going just fine until our short time in line.  I was busy talking away while fumbling for the money in my pocket.  As I quickly pulled out my money, a little surprise c...