Sometimes I am an idiot and sometimes I get it right.
In 2011, Mumford and Sons and The Avett Brothers and Bob Dylan all performed together at the Grammys. It was amazing. (Except for Bob Dylan, because he is really not amazing at all, ever.) It was the...
View ArticleMy mom is the Rain Man of the grocery store
Klondike says this will be our million dollar idea: the “ask Fran” grocery app.
View ArticleOh where, oh where has my measuring cup gone?
I am so confused. So very confused. I cannot find my 1-cup measuring cup. I have a set of four nesting cups and I even keep them on the stupid annoying ring so they all stay together. And I just went...
View Article“They move around a lot.”
The Avett Brothers were in town last week, and as you may or may not recall, I got tickets for Klondike (and me) for Valentine’s Day. (He was totally fake-surprised.) Some might say, “Gee, she got HIM...
View ArticleTourism Fail
Klondike and I recently spent a few fun- and friend-filled days in my favorite big city, Chicago. We had a marvelous time; how could you not when there’s theater and deep-dish pizza and the original...
View ArticleMy dad lies.
I thought I shared this story with you a while ago. Apparently I did not. Klondike & I took a day trip somewhere, and I asked my dad to come by and feed the pack and let them out. (Klondike...
View ArticleWe need to talk.
Ok. I have calmed down. I am not going to post the hotheaded rant I wrote earlier in the week. I will say this nicely. Ish. But after the Facebook thread I was in a day or so ago where many of us...
View ArticleSymptoms of Adulthood
Sometimes I have random thoughts like, “I wonder what would happen if I got in the laundry basket and rode it down the stairs like a sled”. And then I remember how lame my health insurance is and I...
View ArticleWho needs brown paper packages tied up with string when you have self-sealing...
A while back I posted a list of things that drive me crazy. Lest you think I’m a supercrab who only focuses on the negative, I thought perhaps we should have an equally obscure list of things that I...
View ArticleInterlude and Deliciousness
Once again I’m struggling with bloggy guilt. It’s been too long, but I’m busy and tired and did I mention that I’m tired? Oh, and also, tired. It’s our crazy season at work, but every year it seems to...
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