A grumpy Papa day

June 8, 2011

Tweet The problem with various people—family members, babysitters, friends, neighbors, well meaning church folk and handy fix-it people of all sorts—coming and going in your house is that they have very little regard for the sanctity of your thermostat. When I came home Friday afternoon, the thermostat, which usually sits on 74 degrees during warm months, […]

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Happy Friday

June 3, 2011

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And I thought we had the market cornered on dysfunction

June 1, 2011

Tweet When Saturday evening rolled around, Bliss and I were on her patio enjoying margaritas* while the little Beans and the Bliss children ran amok.  Bliss’s backyard backs up to the Bean yard, and we keep chairs on each side of the fence to facilitate transport (because walking around the block would be too… normal).  At […]

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Pretty boy Jax

May 27, 2011

Tweet Me:        I love you, I love you, I love you. Jax:        How much? Me:        To the end of the Milky Way and back. Jax:        More than Moose? Me:        I love you both the same. Jax:        But I’m prettier than Moose, right? Me:        You’re a pretty boy.

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A tale of two toilets

May 25, 2011

Tweet Corfu, Greece, 1990 Number one on Miranda’s list of instructions was the toilet, which was too sensitive to take toilet paper or, even worse, feminine hygiene products. And, of course, the first time I tinkled in said loo, I promptly forgot about the no toilet paper rule and flushed away. The second time I […]

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Maison Bean in bloom

May 23, 2011

Tweet Maison Bean is in full bloom with hydrangeas, zinnias and gardenias. Voting for the Circle of Moms Top 25 Blogs on Single Parenting ends today at 5 p.m., and I’m sure you’re all relieved that the shameless self promotion is coming to an end… for the time being.  But there’s still a few hours […]

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When life gives you tomato paste

May 18, 2011

Tweet by Hyacinth Bean My name is Princess Hyacinth.  I am a royal Pekingnese descendant.  I was one of six offspring to King Aldrich and Queen Adalgisa.  By a strange twist of fate of which my understanding is very limited, I was adopted by Jenny Bean. . . . Sometimes I wonder if I was […]

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Great Grandma Bean unleashed

May 12, 2011

Tweet By Papa Grandma Bean can talk your ear off.  You would qualify for sainthood if you were on a road trip with her for more than two hours without screaming, “Will you PLEASE shut the hell up!”  Mother Teresa would have pulled a knife on her in half an hour.  In my old age, I […]

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Did YOU vote today?!

May 12, 2011

Tweet Have you exercised your constitutional right today?  Come on—I need your help.  Go on over to the polls and vote JennyBeans. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! I didn’t declare my candidacy until late in the game, so I’m a little behind.  You can actually vote every day until 5 p.m. on the 23rd. If […]

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Grandma’s out of the closet

May 11, 2011

Tweet My first year of blogging is quickly coming to a close, and I think I owe it to you to come clean. Yes, I’ve been holding out on you.  There’s one family member I haven’t introduced you to. Great Grandma Bean. Great Grandma Bean is not a grandmotherly sort.  She can drink you under […]

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