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the Husband’s categories

The Husband recently organized his life into categories. I love this; he’s so organized! I know I’m category number seven, but I’m forever asking him what category something fits into. The other night I made him tell me again so I could write it down: 1. Non-billable work2. Billable work3. Aftershock (his rock band)4. Connections [...]

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every time I read this poem I laugh again

Charles Bukowski was an incredibly prolific author, quite prominent in the 70′s. He was an alcoholic with a painful childhood, like many of the great poets. When his was first starting out, an early publisher promised a monthly stipend of $100 “for life” and Bukowski quit his much-hated job as a postal worker. “I have [...]

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That’s JUST What I Was Thinking

Yesterday I got home from work, made it through supper, saw the Husband off to his gig and the First off (with two friends) to his event. I dropped, exhausted, onto my yummy cushy bed, opened a new paperback, and had read half of one page when the Maker came skipping in to my bedroom, [...]

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collectively-signed office birthday cards

These are a common corporate challenge. You have to think of something harmless, witty, and inspirational in eight words or less. What I need is some haikus in reserve, because “Happy Birthday!” with a smiley face in the swoop of the Y just doesn’t work. I don’t want to be trite (though I usually am) [...]

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The Pancake Scheduling System

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Last Saturday morning I rocked the house with my (only slightly singed or gooey, take your pick) made-from-scratch (um, I mixed the milk and raspberries into the Bisquick) pancakes. The boys are not particularly snooty about their pancakes, thus I was hailed by all as the undisputed (and uncontested — no one ELSE wants to [...]

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A Possum Named Zero

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I adored my job at the museum. In addition to all the museum’s design work, I loved hanging out with and helping the animal staff. Because the museum had such an extensive animal collection, we were often the recipients of lost, abandoned, or wounded animals. One day a shoebox — well-poked with pencil-sized holes — [...]

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The Job I Really Want

I first became aware that naming cosmetics was a cool job when I tried on some metallic silver nail polish by Hard Candy called “Trailer Trash.” But while Hard Candy does have a few other standouts (Hick, Vinyl, Static), Urban Decay goes the distance with nail polish names like Freakshow (silvery purple with a hint [...]

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Jobs I Have Had

swimming teacher, lifeguard, library book shelver, bookstore clerk, camp counselor for special needs kids, waterfront director at a summer camp, respite care worker, cocktail waitress in seafood restaurant, women’s clothing salesperson, wait staff in an upscale restaurant, administrative assistant, set builder, director, actress, freelance graphic artist, pasteup worker for a newspaper, ad campaign creator for [...]

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Saturday Schedule

9:30 am: drop off The Maker at his basketball game 10:30 am: drop off The First and his two friends at the mall 11 am: pick up The Maker from his basketball game Noon: shop for groceries, including snacks for The Ice’s basketball game 1:15 pm: drop off The Ice at his basketball game 2:30 [...]

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Does This Count as a Sick Day or Vacation?

The Husband, who usually works from home, left early for an all-day work conference, so I’m on task getting the boys through their morning chores, and I’m looking immaculate in my freshly dry-cleaned suit and heels, holding my morning dose of commuter coffee in a go-cup, and waiting to get the little angels to school. [...]

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