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Plum Wrong

Hubby and I went to see our accountant today to cash in on those sweet home-owning tax rebates. It was great. Except for one thing. “You made money this year,” the accountant said to me flatly. This concerned my private Web design business, Plum Lovely Designs. He holds up the two sheets I have givenContinueContinue reading “Plum Wrong”

Overheard Phone Conversation

“So I was talking to a friend of Pam’s.” “…Yes.” “…She had twin boys last year.” “…So, she’s pregnant again. Due in May.” “…So, I said to her ‘ You mean, in May you’ll have 3 kids under the age of 2?'” “…No kidding. I said, ‘God Bless ya.'” God protect me.

Snobby Quote of the Day

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. – Don Herold Damn, I hate it when somebody nails my particular snobbishness so well.

Ego follow-up

As long as we’re on the topic of my ego (and we are; we so, so are), my graduation picture from library school:

Ego Coming ‘Round Again

Going into the polling station this evening we were approached by a man with a petition. I signed and he said, “Is this your father?” “No,” I said, “Husband. He got lucky.” “Damn straight he did,” the guy said under his breath, his eyes lingering not so long on my chest that Hubby would needContinueContinue reading “Ego Coming ‘Round Again”

Last Night’s Dream

Last night I dreamed I was going back to grad school. And I was a guy, who wore powder blue sweat suits. Also, I had a baby, about 6 months old (a boy), and a friend of mine who was also going back to school had a baby about six months old (a girl) andContinueContinue reading “Last Night’s Dream”

Bob

OK, you might have had to be there for this one, but I’m going to tell the story as best I can: Hubby and I were in Best Buy to purchase assorted electronic gadgets that we simply couldn’t live without and still be cool when we passed a rack of Christmas CDs. Y’know, James Taylor,ContinueContinue reading “Bob”