AmyD. | January 28, 2011
Okay, so my birthday was a couple of days ago. I’m okay with admitting that I’m 35 now, unless my dad’s around and then I only admit to being 25 because, as my dad puts it, that’s a win-win situation for both of us. But, for the record 35 is not old. It’s not! Having [...]
Category: Girl Talk, My Humiliation For Your Pleasure, Personally, Stupid Husband Tricks, Stupid Wife Tricks |
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Tags: 35, birthday, birthdays, family, knitting, knitting in bed
AmyD. | December 30, 2010
Sooo, it looks like Cabo San Lucas and St. Bart’s are the top hot spots for New Year’s for the A-listers this year. Those of us regular joes probably aren’t jetting off for Costa Rica vacations and are instead opting to stick a little closer to home on what my husband calls, “amateur drinking night.” [...]
Category: Family Antics, Holidays, Stupid Husband Tricks, Stupid Wife Tricks |
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Tags: Beer, camping, Ethan, katie, Kids, Maggie, New Year's 2011, New Year's Eve, parenting, party, vacations
AmyD. | November 3, 2010
It’s that time of year… my Halloween decorations are put away, I’ve got my Thanksgiving/Fall stuff up already and Christmas carols playing. I’m starting to get that giddy feeling I usually get this time of year and I know I’m only a few weeks away from pulling out the Christmas decorations and reliving all the [...]
Category: Holidays, Silly Rants, Stupid Husband Tricks, Stupid Wife Tricks |
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Tags: Carpet cleaning, Christmas, Christmas tree, holiday decorating, holiday preparation, holiday season 2010, Holidays, ornaments, Thanksgiving
AmyD. | June 7, 2010
“I saw the destruction of Dresden. I saw the city before and then came out of an air-raid shelter and saw it afterward, and certainly one response is laughter. God knows, that’s the soul seeking some relief… Humor is an almost physiological response to fear. Freud said that humor is a response to frustration – [...]
Category: Family Antics, Love and Marriage, My Humiliation For Your Pleasure, Stupid Wife Tricks |
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Tags: cancer, cremation, dad, death of a loved one, family, father, father-in-law, funeral, funeral agent, funerals, humor, Kurt Vonnegut, Mike, pops
AmyD. | June 8, 2009
Last weekend was the big event… the one we’ve been practicing for, the Bakersfield Biggest Baddest Barbecue Championship 2009! After months of tweaking websites and eating loads of Mike’s barbecue everything came down to late (very late) Friday night right up to noon on Saturday. They say that competitions are won or lost within the [...]
Category: Family Antics, Stupid Husband Tricks, Stupid Wife Tricks, Things That Could Get Me Killed |
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Tags: 10th place, Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest Barbecue Championship, barbecue, bbq, brisket, dawgnawt, family, fun, grill, Jeremy, Mike, Patron, t-bones