Small, square, the ad read: “…A cuddly renaissance dude…” With that, I was hooked. ———————————————- Today I celebrate 19 years of wonderful marriage to Frank. Wow. Nine-teen. That’s a lot. We’ve known each other 20 years – yikes! that’s like two decades! It has both felt like a very short period of time and like forever, because [...]
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Do your new reading glasses make my ass look fat? The evolution of a marriage…
Posted by Family Haikus on May 15, 2012
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Oh, Great… New Guilt (flavored with Gratitude)
(the following haiku must be spoken in your best wrestling announcer voice…) It’s a G word fight!! Guilt v. gratitude… cage match! The victor? Stay tuned… …………………………………………………. I work full-time and my husband stays at home with the kids (one in school full days, one in half days). He manages the household – laundry, cooking, [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on April 28, 2012
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I’m Sick (or Why They Make You Take Vows)
Her head, heavy as lead; Her throat, makes sounds like a goat. South from there sucks too. ………………………………………………………………….. I’m sick. (pathetic cough, grimacing swallow) I have a headache – actually, anything north of my shoulder blades feels like it has been knitted together with steel wire. Stiff, pokey, extra heavy. My sinuses have decide to [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on April 1, 2012
http://familyhaikus.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/im-sick-or-why-they-make-you-take-vows/
Men, Magazines and Me
A sewage eating rodent died in Frank’s colon gack…help…must…not…breathe…. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have been trying for ages to find something to write about that would fit the above haiku. It is one of my all time favorites, obviously not for its artistic quality but for how I believe every person living with a grown man can identify [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on March 26, 2012
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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
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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/
Coon-Zilla
A 10 pound raccoon Versus a middle-aged man. Well this should be fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raccoons used to be cute creatures to me. Fuzzy, with that little lone ranger mask that makes them seem even more like a cuddly toy. I remember my friend Stephanie had a favorite stuffed toy – Randy Raccoon. They shared a [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on February 1, 2012
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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
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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
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Are his lips still moving?
One part Engineer Plus one part Russian major Equals compromise. ————————————— I must start this with a declaration: I love my husband. I really do. He has sacrificed a lot for me. I can’t imagine life without him. He is a wonderful friend, husband and father. But… He is an engineer. A talkative engineer. I [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 11, 2012
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