Tag Archives: things I’m not good at

And Whatever It Is Farmers Raise

My friend Lynn works in a flower shop. She called about a week ago to tell me she was on her way over with a present, a little potted lavender, because when I said I always kill my plants, she … Continue reading

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Wrong for Twenty-Something Years

The other day I was reading a bridal magazine (researching an article, really!) and I saw a bit about Denby china. I was shocked, because although I’ve been hearing and using the word Denby since I was a very little … Continue reading

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All Artichoked Up

It’s been years since I ruined dinner badly enough to scrap it and order take out. Look, I’m not saying I’ve never had trouble boiling water, and there was that time in college when I set off Eric’s smoke detector, … Continue reading

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March Madness

Yesterday Stick and Cory were talking about their March Madness pools. I always pick Villanova to win, solely because they such have a good ancient civ name. I don’t usually get very far in the pools though. I guess early … Continue reading

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New Jeans Day

Yesterday I found the greatest pair of jeans on the irregulars rack. I guess this means I have an irregular figure because they fit absolutely perfectly. And they were $10! This is actually not the first time I found perfectly … Continue reading

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Fail

I wasn’t going to post about this — actually, I was just going to clean up, throw away all the evidence and pretend that we’d never had a kettle, but I couldn’t get the fumes out of the house before … Continue reading

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Customer Service

“Hi!” I said, after a short wait spent wondering when hold-music went out of fashion and enforced advertising came in. “I have a new phone and I’m calling to set up a password for online bill pay!” “Ok, what’s your … Continue reading

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Line 70 is “Become Smoking Hot”

My Workout Routine 10 Go to the gym 20 Overdo workout in an attempt to cancel out unhealthy lifestyle 30 Go home achy and sore 40 Skip the gym because my stupid workout hurt me 50 Feel bad about not … Continue reading

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A Not-So-Good Day

Today I had an existential crisis a job interview! I need a job so badly that I applied for claims processing  at a rental equipment insurance company. So when Company A offers a gym or a salon, but doesn’t actually … Continue reading

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