http://angelawd.com The writer gets the last word. Fri, 16 May 2008 18:47:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of Jessie's friends is getting MARRIED. Today. This isn't the first one. Another guy friend got married and has a baby, and I've mourned several guy friends who have gone into the military (I'm just sure I'm going to see them on some pathetic TV show about the war in ... http://angelawd.com/2008/05/16/this-cant-be-happening/ How about a little food porn for you? The Big Guy had a tough week of church politics, and I had a week of heavy client deadlines. Imagine how happy we were to check our bank account and see that our tax refund had been deposited! It was time for ... http://angelawd.com/2008/05/12/economic-stimulus-feast/ Jessie is moving into a new apartment at the end of the month. She's leaving her roommate behind, so the packing process includes sorting out her kitchenware from Kim's. And that means we get to go shopping! We found an online site, Shopwiki, that searches for all sorts of kitchen and ... http://angelawd.com/2008/05/09/shopping-one-of-the-pleasures-of-having-an-adult-daughter/ You may not be familiar with this branch of physics, but Newton's second law of dentistry is this: a frantic toothbrushing and flossing the morning of your dentist appointment will not erase six months of neglect. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a trick tooth that stumps my dentist every time I visit him. Remember the ... http://angelawd.com/2008/05/07/newtons-2nd-law-of-dentistry/ Tequila makes me stupid. I definitively proved that as a young adult, but since I have a margarita so seldom, I forget about tequila's odd effect on my mind. At Friday's Cinco De Mayo (or to be precise, Dos De Mayo) party I had two Margaritas, enough to ensure an ENTIRE ... http://angelawd.com/2008/05/06/margarita-brain-damage/ No kidding. My dark Little One has shown a ray of white. Rather than sitting around writing fan fiction and listening to Paramore, she actually did something with friends this weekend. Twice. Many of you might be thinking that this is normal 17-year-old behavior, and you'd be right. But my girl ... http://angelawd.com/2008/05/05/theres-a-little-white-spot-on-emo-girl-today/ I first met her through a note on the church refrigerator: "Ana Guadeloupe. Brought to the shelter by police. She doesn't speak English and only has an El Salvador ID. Call Chicago Immigration in the morning." Our three a.m. shift discussed this while we made breakfast for the 94 hungry homeless people ... http://angelawd.com/2008/05/01/go-with-god/ NOT that there's anything wrong with this, but since I've been blogging I have met many many Mormons. Growing up in the rural Midwest, I kind of vaguely knew there was a religion called Mormonism but never actually met a real live one before. But the Blogosphere seems to be ... http://angelawd.com/2008/04/29/whats-with-all-the-mormons/ Another miracle has occurred here in Illinois, and my daughter cleaned her bedroom. Angels wept for joy. So did I. She left this note on the message board on her door: Once she was finished cleaning, I seized the one moment that her bedroom floor was cleared to shampoo her carpets. ... http://angelawd.com/2008/04/28/at-least-shes-not-naked/ 1. No matter how old you are, you'll still be called by your childhood name. My mom, Kathleen, is 65 and they still call her Kathy. One of my second cousins has had the nickname Dolly since infancy; I don't even know her real name. 2. Gatherings are fantastic times to ... http://angelawd.com/2008/04/24/what-you-need-to-know-before-your-next-family-gathering/