For three weeks Lola has been contemplating Christmas. She has valiantly fought her fear of our tiny Christmas tree – it sits on the coffee table and attempts to murder her when we’re not looking. Lola helped put stockings up, and resisted the urge to rip them down and kill them for jingling their little…
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I, the kid born and raised for 24 years of my life in Hawai’i, have shamed my family and hometown culture. I can’t use chopsticks. There, I’ve said it. I love sushi – everything about the little rolls of fish and seaweed and rice with wasabi. It’s delicious! And I eat it like a heathen with…
Read MoreNeedless to say, going shopping the Saturday before Christmas can get a little dicey. Especially when Target or the mall are involved. Yet I love holiday shopping and I reasoned that all the cranky people went out on black Friday. Leaving only the happy people out with me today. Naively, I thought I could handle it.…
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So today was the day. The day I made the infamous mac & cheese balls I bought from Costco the other day. The day heaven met earth in my mouth and I was going to live happily ever after with my cheese and pasta and other assorted chemical ingredients to keep my cheese and pasta…
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I walked in to Costco to buy bananas. $78.16 later and I own the priciest bananas I ever thought I would buy. So let’s review the items that Costco forced me to purchase just by placing their store in the best/worst layout that a fat kid ever had to walk through. Butter croissants (I can eat 2…
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Lola decided to have an exciting weekend full of fun, laughter, puppy snorts and…an ultrasound?! Saturday night, at our bedtime potty, Lola started peeing blood. I hit the panic button hard. I scooped up The Squisher and made a dash for the door at midnight. As I drove to the emergency animal hospital my brain began…
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I am very fucking scared. I have been lamenting the lack of traffic to my blog and according to every single blogger on the planet, you MUST have Twitter to make a difference. Even The Hubster, my anti-social, hates all people of the world companion, has stated I need to tweet to my Twitterers to…
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Today I was added to the shank list. Not my own, I’m not crazy. Ok, maybe I’m a tad bit crazy – but I’m not adding myself to my own shank list! Lola added me to her shank list. That’s right! A bulldog managed to secure a crayon and a piece of paper and used…
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Today I plotted how to get my hands on a statue. Not just any statue. A Lola statue. Before any of you begin to google, I need to clarify this statement. I want an exact life-size replica in full color of my dear Lola. And not just in one pose. I want various statues depicting her in…
Read MoreSo tonight I have some grand plans. I have some salmon in my freezer and a load of dirty dishes in my sink. I figure I’ll kill two birds with one stone and cook the salmon in the dishwasher while I clean my plates. ARE YOU SHANKING ME?!?!?! This is really happening somewhere?!?! And there…
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Shank You Very Much 