Carbs Make Me Cry

Lately I’ve been reading up on nutrition  in an effort to find a solution to Teenager Who Lives in the Basement’s (TWLITB) health issues.  If I haven’t mentioned it before,  TWLITB has Crohn’s and arthritis, two inflammatory health concerns that go hand in hand.  The solutions to date have been pharmaceutical. His doctors are trying…

The Warmest Coat Lands End Sells

This is a re-post from November 2011.  It flurried here today, which brought this post to mind, and I spent all day working on a new project, so didn’t have time to post something new.  I hope you are warm and cozy wherever you are. For Christmas, I gave Teenager-who-lives-in-the-Basement (TWLITB) a new parka. And not…

Halloween Decorating

It was late. BigB and littlb had gone to bed.  Teenager Who Lives in the Basement (TWLITB) was shuffling around in the basement, as usual, and I was sitting in this very same spot just minding my own business. TWLITB popped his head in the office door.  “Mom?” “TWLITB?” “What are you doing?” “Nothing much.…

Brotherly Love

One of the nice things that people often say about my husband, BigB, is that he is a humble man. It’s true.  He is.  It is one of the things I most like about him. It seems that the trait is hereditary and has been passed down to littleb. For fun, Teenager Who Lives in…

Fashion is a Two-Faced Bitch: Clothes Medium

Intro: I’m Chicken.  I like to think of myself as a typical Rhode Island Chicken.  But I have a very special gift.  I talk to your clothes. No matter where I go, clothes call out to me,  and I am compelled to help them.  This is not my job.  This is not even my life.…

Bad Salsa and Vampires

Hi World, Please listen closely.  This  is important.  If I should die tonight for no apparent reason,  I need  you to do me a favor.  Please write to the medical examiner’s office in Rhode Island and let them know that I ate Salsa past the expiration date.  The evidence is still in my fridge. What…

Every Fucking Day with Bernie

Hi  World, When Teenager-who-lives-in-the-basement (TWLITB) was much younger, he begged me for a pet lizard. Many times over, I said no.  I was consistent about it.  I didn’t say “maybe”, I didn’t say “When you are older”, I didn’t say “If you promise to take care of it”.  I just said no. Reptiles creep me…

Fear and Loathing in my Shower

Hi World, You know how sometimes your life falls into a simple, uncomplicated rhythm?  Go to work, come home, have dinner, etc?  And how sometimes that gets old and you wish something unexpected would happen? If you are anything like me, when you send that thought out into the Universe, what you mean by “unexpected”…

Conversations with TWLITB: Why is Jennifer Aniston So Hot?

Hi World, How are things?  How is your family? Me?  I’m good, thanks. The other day, Teenager-Who-Lives-In-The-Basement and I were grocery shopping. Naturally, we picked the longest checkout line because that is just what we do.  It is a family tradition.  A magazine caught TWLITB’s eye. “Mom”, he said, “How old is Jennifer Aniston?” “Well”,…