Shamrock Shuffle High Points

I ran the Shamrock Shuffle yesterday with a couple of friends.  Here are the high points:

1.  It was cold.

2. So.  Frigging.  Cold.

3. But we found someone’s “Free Beer” tag on the ground, so we got an extra free beer!!!

4. This year’s Person With a Crazy Infirmity Who Still Managed To Beat Me: a woman with her arm [...]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Look how excited Dave is, to be setting up a leprechaun trap once again this year.

So, mainly because I started a foolish tradition back before I considered the sheer drudgery of doing this every year, the kids always make a leprechaun trap and leave it out the night before St. Patrick’s Day.  (Also a [...]

Miscellaneous...

*This morning, Addie J said to me, “Mommy, I love you! You are my best friend!” I had barely 5 seconds to enjoy and revel in this before she went on, “And Abita is my bestest friend! I love you, Abita!” That’s right: I’m second to the dog.

*Also this morning on my run, I could [...]

Gabby the Irish Dancer

So Gabby’s Irish Dance recital was Sunday. She was hilarious and awesome, which is her MO for life basically. You know how, when you’re watching a dance recital, one or two dancers will perform while the rest hold a pretty pose at the side?

…Yeah. Gabby proved incapable of holding still during these [...]

This Too Shall Pass

Remember the Ok Go song, “Here it Goes Again,” with the treadmills?  Remember thinking how there was no way they could top that, and Ok Go would be a one-hit video wonder?

Behold:

I mean, seriously. Where do I sign to get a job where I engineer a Rube Goldberg machine for fun pop music??? [...]

Friday Bullet Blog, part 1,000

I always have these grand plans for some sort of coherent blog here…. and then my life dictates that I toss up some crazy bullet blog. In my own defense, it really is a good representation of my daily life. So here you go:

*Gabby will be in tomorrow’s (likely rain-soaked) St. Patrick’s Day Parade in [...]