Ah – my breaking point; Without warning, it arrives. Run! Hide! Save yourself! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lady, you annoyed me today. It wasn’t your fault, per se. Frankly, you are one in a long line of people like you who bug me. But for some reason, today I just snapped. You were indeed in the wrong place [...]
All posts for the month January, 2012
A Letter to the Drive Through Lady
Posted by Family Haikus on January 31, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/a-letter-to-the-drive-through-lady/
Am I being replaced?
Sitting here jealous of homework and puppy walks. I don’t wanna work. ””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” The change has been quite subtle… My daughter would run to Dad as much as me when she hurt herself and needed comfort. And then the kids would call me Dad (granted, they would call him Mom). But a few weeks ago [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 29, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/am-i-being-replaced/
Old Women with Shovels
With a quiet strength Old women with shovels can Handle anything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This post is dedicated to all the old women with shovels I know. I hope to be one of you someday. Did you see the article about the 85-year-old woman from Alaska whose husband was being trampled by a moose? She grabbed a [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 27, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/old-women-with-shovels/
Puppy Pirates – the Art of Conversation with a 5 year old (Part 1)
Lightning McTalker Speeds round the conversation Leaving me in dust ********************************** I picked AB up from the gym child care one day last week. He was hunkered down in the far corner with the only other kids in there at that time – two girls. They weren’t visible when I first walked in, so it [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 24, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/puppy-pirates-the-art-of-conversation-with-a-5-year-old-part-1/
Making Choices – My 5 Roles
Embrace the choices: They map your way forward and Soothe the looks backward. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I learned something a few years ago from an executive at my company that has helped me with my work/life balance. He (yes, it was a he) hypothesized that each of us can reasonably have 5 roles in life that we [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 22, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/making-choices-my-5-roles/
Brick House
Ow she’s a brick… house She’s mighty mighty just let- tin’ it all hang out (copyrighted lyrics from the song Brick House by Lionel Richie, forced into a Haiku) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ladies – we are cheating. We are deceiving each other and the men in this world. How? With our bras and the external perception of [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 21, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/brick-house/
Stop Driving Me Crazy – A Request to my Work Colleagues
My job would be great… if I didn’t have to work with any people ************************************* I work in a large company and have the pleasure of spending most of my days in meetings with other people. Sometimes those people (excluding those of you who happen to be reading this) drive me a little crazy. I’d [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 19, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/stop-driving-me-crazy/
Deposits and Withdrawals
“Mom… I don’t feel good” A ploy? A ruse? The truth? Ack! Who can ever tell?! ……………………………………………………… There are days I seriously doubt my abilities as a mom, especially when my kids don’t feel well. I have this fantasy that in Little House on the Prairie days the mothers all had this 6th sense about [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 16, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/deposits-and-withdrawals/
In Defense of Poodles
Rip-snortin’ hound dog flies ass over tea kettle after the red ball. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are standard poodles (click the link to see a magnificent one). And then there is my standard poodle, Lily. The linked poodle happens to be the father of my poodle. He wasn’t near as famous when my poodle was spawned, thankfully, but [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 14, 2012
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