If you tell people that the fake-fur winter vest that your mom sewed for you is made of Yeti, approximately 75% will laugh. You’ll want to keep an eye on the 25% who nod knowlingly.
Archive for January, 2009
And these boots are made from oliphaunt skin
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clothing, co-workers, humor, joke, mother on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Countdown to rock
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music, Nashville, weather on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This weekend’s forecast calls for an AC/DC concert and a trip to Trader Joe’s in Nashville, among other awesome activities. I’ve put up with a good deal of bad weather over the past few years, Mother Nature, so be a doll and keep your ice storms to yourself. KTHNX
Memories of sherbet and cigarettes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, cigarettes, food, grandmother, mississippi on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My grandmothers were polar opposites. My maternal grandmother was the traditional one, a proper Southern Baptist farm wife. My paternal grandmother was, well, a little less proper. Divorced two or three times, she was a single mother who showed little interest in domesticity. During visits with my mother’s family, my brother and I could look forward to [...]
Overheard in the Haggerty household
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conversation, husband, nerds, Star Wars, wookiee on January 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In a recent discussion of “Why doesn’t Chewbacca get a medal too?” my husband suggested that maybe Wookiees don’t like medals. I maintained that Chewbacca wouldn’t mind wearing a medal because he already wears a bandolier and is thus used to sporting a little bling. Now I’m having second thoughts, because the medal might smack [...]
One of these things is not like the other
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged band, D&D, teenager on January 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
During my holiday time-wasting, I came across the 25 Things About Me meme in dozens of blogs. I couldn’t come up with 25 fascinating things about myself at once even after a proper dose of coffee. Besides, any list with more than, say, eight items is really pushing the limits of my patience. Thus, I [...]
