packed up the scroms yesterday to make our weekly trip to the grocery store. and it’s mostly all right. the boys behave and if they don’t they are consigned to holding onto the cart. i still get pittying looks as i’m walking around with three of them in tow, along with occasional pats on the back. it’s not as bad as they think, really. the hardest part is just brainstorming 14 meals when i haven’t got around to planning a menu. that, and when gideon decides he has to pee when we couldn’t be farther from the restrooms and still in the building. jael did wonderfully though. that is until checkout, when she carried on like she was being murdered. brought grandma’s from all sections of the store to bag my groceries and coo at her. and then she pooped all over my shirt. i ended up changing her on the hood of the car, triggering yet another grandma radar. apparently she likes it when strange old ladies talk baby to her. meanwhile i packed the food and tied down the boys. i didn’t do a very good job though, because the trunk popped up on the way out of the parking lot. had to get out and give it a good bang. except i forgot my “electrocute my butt on the side of the car” tactic before touching anything. i got shocked something fierce (it is an evil car). if i were an albertson’s fan, i would just point and click and have someone drop them off.
keeping up appearances
vicar: "oh no, it's the bucket woman. drive, drive!!"
for when you’re bored
for your education in basic morality
"don't think it's yours just because you marked it with your urine!"
"every sperm is useful, every sperm is fine"
cranford (a town brimming with hyacinths)
"in the end he died, and god's people were glad."
"so make the bad horse gleeful, or he'll make you his mare..."
audio (for your brain)
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- ecclesiastes
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- getting serious about getting married
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books i've read lately
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- building her house
- creation in six days 10/07
- fascinating womanhood 09/20
- for a glory and a covering, 05/09
- from silence to song
- heretics and orthodoxy 10/26
- paradise lost (audio) 06/27/09
- paradox and truth 07/01
- searching for god knows what
- the desire of ages 02/07
- the meaning of prayer 06/09
- the mystery of israel (08/08)
- the ragamuffin gospel 11/14
- what’s so amazing about grace? 02/11/09
friends
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- creamy chickpea curry, 12/23/08
- curried red lentil and swiss chard soup, 11/06/08
- hummus 02/26
- linguine with carrot ribbons and lemon-ginger butter 02/12
- naan, 11/07/08
- okra poppy seed curry 03/18/09
- oven fried eggplant
- vegan asparagus phyllo rolls 06/06
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strangers with candy
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lol. i sympathize. i’ve had grandmas hold isaac while at winco. and i’ve also had both mallory and isaac in my arms while trying to push the cart out of the store.
i should have put strange grandmas holding isaacs. i.e. ones i don’t know.
I feel your pain. Minor chaos follows me every time I attempt to go grocery shopping (or enter a fabric store of any kind). My little ones seem to love the grandma and grandpa types, as well.