May
17
Julia shattered a record.
by Leslie
Her perfect attendance record.
she woke up with a fever
and missed her first one
She was devastated, though we sort of saw it coming. Lucy had been sick on Sunday. Wednesday was Bee’s turn. We’d hoped Julia might be spared, at least until after her softball game. But viruses aren’t sports fans. They prefer the couch, which is where they’ve spent a lot of time this week.
It seems “in sickness and in health” applies to sisterhood, too.
Jan
19
Dieting makes everything so complicated.
by Leslie
as I linger in the aisle.
I’m checking labels.
No cart for me. I can’t buy
what I can’t carry.
this armload of Diet Coke
looks really heavy.
Per serving? That sounds great! But,
ten servings per pack.
that I’d eat the whole pack, right?
Don’t make me do math.
to do the elliptical
to have this Snickers?
sugar-free gum. And maybe,
a Cadbury Egg.
Wait, how many calories?
No, I won’t. Wait. Yes.
Yes, I’m finding everything.
Okay, I’ll leave now.
Jan
11
The joke was funny until suddenly she realized that, hey, *I* post pictures and poetry about my cat…
by Leslie
ALL DAY. She might roll over.
Later. And sleep more.
And oooh, look at her. She’s pissed-
Okay, I have to interrupt this haiku for a second to tell you this. You’re not going to believe it. Dave did not know that “pissed” was a bad word. DID NOT KNOW. For 39 years!
Alright, back to business.
But! varies the location.
She mixes it up.
This would be a cool spot to add a bunch of pictures of Picasso sleeping in crazy places, but I don’t have- wait! I have one.
Yessssss. Dave will love that.
And look at these pictures I found!
I meant to tell you all about our “green” Christmas lights before Christmas, but yadda yadda excuses. Anyway, we basically took the House O’ Lantern idea and did it for Christmas because 1) I didn’t have money to spend on Christmas lights and 2) the idea of Dave climbing high up on our house makes me nervous. So, we did this instead which was extra fun because it was a decoration you could see both day and night, inside the house and out. Also, it doubled as a covering over our leaky windows. Yay for warmth! People need that!
This one is a candy cane.
To your left, a Christmas present and on the right, a Christmas bulb.
This one was a candle and, by far, in my opinion, the prettiest. But you can’t tell because of the glare on the window. Take my word for it.
Lovely! (Just pretend.)
Dec
7
I owe y’all some haiku.
by Leslie
Remember this? I’m finally making good on it. It took a week and a half, but that’s how long it takes me to go from the panicked, “What was I thinking?!?! There’s no way I can write a haiku good enough! It has to be perfect!” to “Oh, screw it. I’m just going to write something.”
I guess that was the long version of, “I’m not worthy!”
And now, haiku for you.
For Veronica:
newlywed and mom of two.
I read all she writes.
For Tami:
I may not know you, but I
appreciate you.
For Calliope:
single to married to mom
old blog to new one
For Luisa:
our view may be different
but our thoughts, alike
For Nicole:
into their car seats and think
of Nicole’s advice
For Chris H:
in the truest sense. It’s like
reading a journal.
For Lola (in response to her comment):
from a world of sticky beasts
I give you haiku!
For Kelly:
(some of my favorite ones)
makes it look easy
For Lynn:
one sweet wife and, honestly,
the sexiest calves.
Nov
29
of doing just things I know
I can succeed at
Stuff I Do
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Stuff You Should Do
You know, Stuff.
