Alone, I travel, Amongst the idiots, dazed, my foot on the brake… ——————————————– There are some people who are just too stupid to drive. Yesterday, while merging onto the interstate, I encountered a convention of them: A charlie foxtrot of about 25 of the worse, most inane drivers in the history of motorized travel. Here [...]
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Get off the road
Posted by Family Haikus on May 20, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/get-off-the-road/
Oh my god… I’m an adult
Personal insights At war with reality… Well, this should be fun. ————— To my friend… surely you will know this is about you. But it isn’t about you. It is how ‘you’ led me to a great personal insight that lends itself to a blog post. I sincerely hope you (and your family) won’t be [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on May 7, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/oh-my-god-im-an-adult/
A New Definition of Normal (Not for the Squeamish)
First the dog threw up… on the kid…. and then the kid threw up… on the dog.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When work gets a little nutso, I tend to call my husband. His voice just seems to lower my blood pressure and remind me what really matters. Today was like that: I called him as I was [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on March 6, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/a-new-definition-of-normal-not-for-the-squeamish/
Dreading Tomorrow – A Ski Virgin’s Report
Yoda was right: “Too old to begin the training.” I should have listened… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are some blog postings that are quick to write – seem to come out and need very little editing. Others take more time as I hem and haw about sentences for what seems like hours. Today had better be a [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on February 17, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/dreading-tomorrow-a-ski-virgins-report/
Doing My Taxes Sucks
Hell defined? Tax Prep. Sob… Moan… I picked a bad day To stop sniffing glue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am so grateful that I’m related to CPAs. Three of them in fact. My mom, dad and sister are all CPAs. I spent most tax seasons and summers working in their CPA firm too, but when the time [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on February 12, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/doing-my-taxes-sucks/
Thanks for the Nominations! Now it’s my turn…
Will they or won’t they… Read me, follow me, like me… Perilous, blogging. ————————————————- I have been very fortunate in my first few months as a blogger. A lucky posting that got Freshly Pressed has resulted in me connecting with more fellow bloggers than I would have imagined at this point in my writing “career”. [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on February 11, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/thanks-for-the-nominations-now-its-my-turn/
Will I Ever Eat This? A Tour of our Pantry
He paused, fork in hand, then “om nom nom nom”, gulp. “ahhh.” The well fed man smiled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We recently went an abnormally long time between trips to the grocery. One night, as we gazed into the pantry for inspiration, I was struck by the extraordinarily bad choices we’ve made in terms of food selection. [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on February 7, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/will-i-ever-eat-this-a-tour-of-our-pantry/
A Letter to the Drive Through Lady
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 [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 31, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/a-letter-to-the-drive-through-lady/
“The Best of” our Christmas holiday (or how weapons, a hand mixer and underwear made for a great few days)
Christmas joyfulness Cupped in my hands, warm, fragrant, To be savored, shared. ——————————————- The buzz of Christmas is giving way to the reality of normal life. Before it gets away, let me share some of the more notable happenings around the Howard household these last few days. Most surprising: It was one of our best [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on December 26, 2011
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/the-best-of-our-christmas-holiday-or-how-weapons-a-hand-mixer-and-underwear-made-for-a-great-few-days/
Welcome… please join me
So here it is… the blog I’ve been waiting for months to start. Actually, I’ve been waiting for months for another site to sign me on as a contributor and alas they have not. I choose to believe that it isn’t because I’m not worthy… Instead, I think it was because I wasn’t meant to [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on December 11, 2011
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/hello-world/
