You know how Oprah does her "Favorite Things" episodes where everyone in the audience gets 1,000-thread-count sheets and Philosophy skin care products? This is exactly like that.
I know, right? You're totally doing this:
Except I have nothing to give away except random Internet awesomeness. And a coffee mug. That's right people: (Oprah voice) A COFFEE MUG!
I need to get my stuff organized and make a "best of" page so that people don't have to wade through my entire archives. This way, you tell me your fave posts, and I'll list them. Do you like how I say "entire archives" as though I've been blogging for years and not for five months? Whatever.
Also? For God's sake, I already know you liked the Dora post. It's the little post that could, and I fear I will never write anything that dead-on ever again. But it's not going to make a very good list if you all just say "the Dora post." Rest assured, it will be included.
To get you in the spirit, here are a few of my favorite Random Things on the Internet.
1. The Guilty Squid, a fellow Texas blogger, is running for Honorary Coroner of the Internet. I don't even know exactly what that means, but I whole-heartedly endorse her for this obviously important elected position. She has promised to replace toe-tags with restive red ribbons in morgues, and also I think she can protect me from scary antique dolls. My favorite recent post of hers is a must-read for the working moms, as it details all the insane stuff she does in her office while her boss is on vacation. Darth Vader dummy sitting at her boss' desk? Awesome. If you like that post, and you happen to be a Twitterer, take a sec to vote for her. If you're not on Twitter, just enjoy the fact that Guilty Squid celebrates random insanity, because we all need more of that in our lives.
3. Kathy Griffin. Speaking of Oprah's favorite things, one of my favorite things is Kathy Griffin. And her take on Oprah's favorite things is one of my especially favorite favorite things. Even better is this video that someone made on YouTube to go along with Kathy Griffin's take on Oprah's favorite things. (Note: Dude, it's Kathy. Obviously NSFW.)
4. This thing. I totally need this.
So those are a few of my favorite Random Things on the Internet. Now tell me which of my posts are your favorites, and you might win a stark. raving. mad. coffee cup!
I liked the "Be Careful, Sleep Makes You Pregnant" post!
ReplyDeleteHands down, the "stabbity dolls" series! I know use the words "stabbity" and "nibbly teeth" for all kinds of reasons! Oh, and I already stalk you on FB! :)
ReplyDelete100% the Dora post...whenever I need a good laugh, I go back to this one.
ReplyDeleteBut a VERY close second would be "Where is my esacpe chute?"...very VERY close second!!
Another one here for 'Be Careful, Sleep Makes You Pregnant' - and I only have one baby so far!
ReplyDeleteThe stencils.....just because I'm so off on a tangent today that I cant concentrate long enough to read the other posts. My Hubby says our kids get their issues from me. Some days I say no way and days like today I keep quiet because he's probably right.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite has got to be Bratz: I Hatez Theez Dollz"!
ReplyDeleteUntamed vajayjays for sure!! And Where Is My Escape Chute.
ReplyDeleteWe had a vajazzling conversation at work yesterday and I referenced your blog. I have come up with a new concept. T-jazzling. Testicle bedazzling. They would be like disco balls!!
(And on FB I am Lauri Lundy Moreno, FYI)
Without a doubt it was "Dear Dora, We Need to Talk"! It was actually the first blog that I read and I have been hooked since that point! My husband and I have had the conversation in that blog so many times and to know that we weren't alone in our thoughts of Dora's screaming and poor Max & Ruby....well it totaly made my day.
ReplyDeleteThe Stabbity post made me spit my coffee out, so yeah...that one wins! That being said, you're one of the few bloggers who I actually take time to read regularly...feel special...feel very very special! I'm a FB fan but not through this screen name so yeah...notsodomestic@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI LOVE "How to write a nastygram" I have seriously been fighting with the schools about my son's IEP for THREE YEARS!! Until they hired a woman with a brain to head the special ed department at the district last year. But, I digress.
ReplyDeleteOh also, fan on FB (Caryn Black Haluska), and following on twitter ( ihave7monsters).
I must concur on the "stabbity nana doll" post. I have a doll which belonged either to my mom or grandma which is WAY creepier than the one featured in the "I have friends..." post. If you like, I'll post a pic. My kids call it "Creepy Baby" and refuse to be in the same room with it. I sometimes threaten to bring it into their rooms so try will see it when the wake up just to screw with them (don't freak - they are both teens!!)
ReplyDeleteKeep up the awesome work (it never hurts to suck up a little right?)
I messed up. I like the guilty/not guilty the best.
ReplyDeleteGirls, ADHD, and (Squirrels!) Under-Diagnosis and anything that mentions Stabbity Nana Doll!
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love the anxiety products! Where on earth is that Xanax toothpaste?!?!?! This momma NEEDS it!!! Oh, and that Prozac water!
ReplyDeleteThis may seem like cheating, but today's nastygram rule list was my all-time favorite. No, REALLY. I shared it on facebook and another friend shared it with her friends after seeing it on my profile. I love it! (And I follow you as Catherine Pegg Businelle on FB.)
ReplyDeleteOh man! I can't believe I have to pick just one? I just cant do it. So, I managed to whittle it down to two:
ReplyDelete1. Anxiety Product Ideas ~ Because it is brilliant (and necessary)!
2. I'm 37 and I Still Hate Fourth-Grade Math ~ I am in love with your drawing of "find x"! Hilarious!
Vajazzling. Definitely vajazzling. (Pam Schraedley Desmond on fb)
ReplyDeleteBratz: I hatez theez dollz
ReplyDelete...because they are the skankiest of the skanky, and I thank god I don't have little girls because these dolls exist.
also, because I have an odd fondnezz for the letter 'Z'
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ReplyDeleteOMG, My coffee mug just cracked so I am in need of this mug! :P My fave post is the Stabbity Nana Doll and close 2nd is Six Things That Freak Me Out because your list is my list except add in Kathy Lee Gifford. :) Also a fan on FB!
ReplyDeleteI love "10 Halloween Costume WINS" because the moment I showed it to my hubby we knew what our little man was going to be for Halloween. That's right. We've got a little gnome ready for trunk or treating Sat. night.
ReplyDeleteBut, by far my favorite post is probably [maybe] "How Much Do I Suck? Let Me Count the Ways" It so nice to know that I'm not the only one who isn't always a perfect super-mom [though I am pretty awesome!]
I love the "I'm 37 and I Still Hate Fourth-Grade Math" I'm 29 and hate math.
ReplyDeleteI follow you on FB
My favorite is the JEDI post in September. It is just an awesome way to look at things. What kid would not want to be a JEDI?
ReplyDeleteAny time the crap in your house starts talking is enough to make my heavenly vanilla latte shoot out my nose. Stabbity nana and Bratz are tied for second. =)
ReplyDeleteI adore "Little Specks of Autism", You and your kids are just charming, and reading about your day to day is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteAlso any of your Swine flu road trip posts are hilarious and fantastic wrapped up together in a wonderful ball of humor.
I like the Letter to the Cool Moms (which was posted in full on Rants from Mommyland, but I say it still counts).
ReplyDeleteBut really, I love all of them.
My fave so far is easily My Weekend Shopping: Vodka, Enemas and Untamed Va-Jay-Jays. Not only was this my introduction to your brilliant wit, but also to the bizarre, twisted and ridiculous world of vajazzling! What the eff?
ReplyDeleteVajazzaling, Dora, Paris anything, halloween costumes, cross-country traveling, I could go on and on. Hasn't been a dud yet.
ReplyDeleteI would looooovvve to win a mug! If you say I have to narrow my favorite post down to just one, I'd say I'd have to pick two ;) I loved the Dora post, the Head-banging and Aspergers syndrome post, and of course, anything to do with the cowboy boots and IEP meetings. Well I guess that's not two... but there you have it :)
ReplyDeleteEach and every one makes me laugh, so its hard to choose, but I do love the Stabbity Nana Doll post and just thinking the words "stabbity nana doll" make me laugh out loud. So, I'll go with that :-)
ReplyDeleteFor me, it's a toss up between Bratz I Hatez Theez Dollz and My Drug Addicted Grandma! I recently read ALL of your posts and LOVED them all!
ReplyDeleteOH, and how could I forget the "I'm awesome" post?!?! I keep that youtube video handy and watch it every once and awhile. I love it... cause I'm awesome too, and I also love snuggies! lol BTW, if I win, I'm a fan of yours on facebook and my name is Rebecca Bonaparte.
ReplyDeleteI like your portfolio of Halloween costume posts, but my favorite of those is the one with the toddler Garden Gnome costume. Thank you for coining the word "creeplarious". I attempted to talk my three-year-old into considering that costume at Target last week and I really had no word to describe why I thought it was so breathtakingly cool. Now I do.
ReplyDeleteIt is so hard to pick just one, but I do love the "Little Specks of Autism" post. Funny, yet compelling and serious.
ReplyDeleteschool meetings helped me get through a recent parent/teacher conference -- i swear the boots and the gloss were the glue that kept it all together! :) thank you!
ReplyDeleteI have to say, ALL of your posts rock. If I have to narrow it down, I am quite fond of the Stabbity Doll ones, as I too have had a serious fear of dolls growing up (only stuffed animals for me - and sleepy-time eyes are the WORSE) and my little girl loves baby dolls to no end. I just put any that have sleepy time eyes away in her closet, and I do it nicely as I don't want any stabbings. I'm much better now but it is comforting to know I'm not the only one.
ReplyDeleteAnd if I get a mug, even better! But I'll still check your blog twice/day for fresh commentary! :o)
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Of course "Dora" is at top. It is the post the introduced me to SRMM. Love "Weekend shopping Vodka...."
ReplyDeleteI am a fan on FB and receive email updates.
The Crap in My House is Talking to Me Again
ReplyDeleteI think this series is some of the best stuff you have written...it makes me crack up!
I am a fan on FB and receive e-mail updates.
Girls, ADHD, and (Squirrels!) Under-Diagnosis is my fave, thus far. We are a family of ADD/ADHD/All Types/Etc., so I can totally relate! Plus, I was never diagnosed as a child/adolescent, and really struggled in school and at home because of it. Pfft.
ReplyDeleteI laugh out loud at all of them, but my favorite is probably your recent guest post on Mommy Wants Vodka about admitting that autism sometimes sucks balls. But a close second is the Bratz: I Hatez Theez Dollz. All good stuff!
ReplyDeleteThe anxiety products post was awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan on FB :)
I totally love the post about the top 10 ways basic training prepared you for motherhood, because it is just dead on. I follow you on FB as Stacy Duval Woodruff.
ReplyDeleteDora, we need to talk. No contest there!
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I'm torn. It's a cross between the vajazzling post (because that has got to be, hands down, one of the best words ever) and the Bratz post.
ReplyDeleteI DO follow you on FB (and look forward to the link for every new post!) as Amber Stack.
I love them all, but any of the "stabbity" posts make me laugh, and the one this morning with the stabbity font nearly made my head explode with the awesome hilarity. A good second would be the post about c-sections versus natural birth. Made me feel better about my two unwanted c-sections (the babies were wanted, just not the surgeries!).
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the Six Things That Freak Me Out post. I read that one and immediately had to read all. your. posts. I'm pretty sure the kids ate a box of Cheerios on the living room floor that day while I laughed until I had tears running down my face.
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of the Super Mega Rant. The part about your cats is so funny that I literally couldn't catch my breath the first time I read it. Of course I was at work and trying to hide my hysterical laughter, which didn't help matters. :)
ReplyDeleteoh, i would LOVE that mug - and would use it EVERY DAY :) my favorite is your recent girls and ADHD post. i too have a daughter who was diagnosed with ADD @ 11 - i know what you're going through.
ReplyDeleteLike so many others, I got hooked reading your Dora post, but other than that, I love the posts where the crap in your house starts talking to you. They totally make me snarf my coffee. I often forward your posts to my husband (another 70 hour a week professor). So, I could really use another coffee mug. I'm on facebook, too: Rachel Bosch.
ReplyDeleteWithout doubt, "Untamed Va-jay-jays!" That one still makes me laugh so hard I cry and stuff comes out of my nose in restaurants (it's why my BFF and I can't go back to Pyramid Brewery here in Sacto).
ReplyDeleteUntamed vajajays!
ReplyDeleteOH, and I'm Sharon Jacoby-Everett on FB.
ReplyDeleteI love what my son taught me about his autism. My Jake who's 3yrs old still doesn't speak. He has a rare chromosmal deletion and of course developemental delays. He understands just can't get the words out. I liked how "little dude" taught you how his brain works. I can't wait for my little dude to tell me how his brain works. Thanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeleteMy all-time favorite was from the other day: Who buys those Bratz costumes? The Chris Rock clip at the end made me spit out my coffee. That is truly now my goal in life for my 11-year-old daughter: Keep her off the pole! LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm Kristi Deavers on FB.
LOVE your blog!
Tweens Twins Growing Up. Mine is a singleton the same age as your twins and we totally had that same conversation. Our ended with "But you and Daddy don't do that." Also anytime the stuff in your house talks to you. (Vicky Romerstein King on fb)
ReplyDeleteI must admit that my FAVORITE post ever, was the 1st one i saw via a friend, and it was the Dora blog.
ReplyDeleteI teach pre-school and have 2 older kids who have moved on from Dora ( thank god) but when we have the occasional movie day at the pre-school, myself and my fellow teachers have been known to whisper horribly snarky things to one another while we're forced to Endure yet another Max and Ruby marathon.
My thoughts on Max & Ruby :
1. Rubies Gramma drinks a little.
2. Ruby is the sole caretaker and is way too young... this is making her bitchy and bitter. One day she is going to just explode and we'll hear about it on CNN. perhaps int he future she becomes the attack bunny in the Monty Python film ?
3. Ruby supports herself and Max via sales of those god awful cookies she is always peddling.She really hates them and also, her uniform is scratchy. She wants to ditch Max, and that piddly little town, and see the sights of the Big City, but alas, she cannot.
4. Their parents must have been killed by the giant cat recently spotted by Angelina Ballerina and her friend while on a hike.Sadly, this same cat has yet to eat Angelina the Extremely Whiney Bellarina..no matter how many hints or tips i give said cat while watching the episode. ( psst, cat, behind that rock, No ! THAT rock, dammit ! Stupid cat.)
5.I think Gramma and Max need their own show, sponsered by various robot toys and Crown Royal.
Etc. Also, Caillou is a HUGE pest. I am surprised his parents have not taken him to the park, covered him with leaves, and ditched him.
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my favorite: "I'm 37 and I Still Hate Fourth-Grade Math" I'm 45,love math, but not fond of the "new math"
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sister wives--a close 2nd--very funny!
thanks for all of your insight :)
My absolute favorite is the Dora post!!! It was my introduction to SRMM and I haven't stopped reading since!
ReplyDeleteMy fav fav is the post on Mommy Wants Vodka, loved it!
ReplyDeleteAlso loved Girls, ADHD, and Squirrels and the I wasn't killed by a doll post. :D
FB fan.
"Why Kids Mess With Your Stuff" had to be one of my all time favorites. Comparing your potty training adventures with that of an overly-excitable pup about had me sending a trickle down my own leg from laughing so hard. I like (LOVE) you on FB.
ReplyDeleteAnything Paris Hilton or Lindsey Lohan. Learn by example. That's what I always say!
ReplyDeleteCan't pick just one! Dora, vajazzling, VODKA... they are all great! Now gives me my mug! :)
ReplyDeleteFB fan already.
Love the Untamed Vajayjays and Your "House Blogs" aka what would your house say...but frankly I love reading anything you write.
ReplyDeleteThe Crap in My House is Talking to Me, and the one with the Asperger's High clip. They both made me laugh out loud!
ReplyDeleteI loved "Head-Banging: The Asperger Syndrome - Bon Jovi Connection"
ReplyDeleteProbably because you described my household. If a school picture is going to be taken my child (Have 2) will be sporting a black eye!
I understand the Lego Obsession (AKA Aspergers) our form is super hero, alien robot obsession AKA high functioning autism, not Legos)
So mug me!
** please**
My favorite post is "Potty Party? Not So Much". I too have an "old maid" in the potty training department. When I ask her if she wants to go pee on the potty, she emphatically replies, "I no try that!". Your blog made me want to pee my pants, but then I didn't want to encourage my daughter.
ReplyDeletei love the product ideas (xanax toothpaste please!) and the crap your house tells me...too funny!
ReplyDeleteMy very favorite post is the dear paris hilton post.... i think i had soda coming out my nose....
ReplyDeleteSo many of your posts make me literally convulse at my desk trying to stifle the laughter but two of my favorites are "Dear Chik-Fil-A Diners" and "News Feed of my House." I am at robynflem@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteStabbity Nana Doll!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFavorite post hands down - "Bullies and Skanks and Mind Punches, Oh My". I think I mind punch at least a person a day - hey, I work retail.
ReplyDeleteAnd any post that mentions LEGO, also our particular flavor of AS. Oh wait, and Frodka and stabbity and ass kicking boots shared for everyones IEP meetings (which worked wonders, everyone should use them....)
Dear Paris Hilton is one of my faves, as well as anything that references Dina Lohan :) Oh and the JEDI post :) I love picturing my school friends as Jedi's running around with Lightsabers :) I also truly loved the non funny one you wrote for that other site about you sons description of Aspergers. I have shared it with several coworkers and some family members so that they can better understand why I do what I do :) Honestly though- I love everything you write. My morning just isn't started until I've had my trying-not-to-laugh-so-my-dh-can-stay-asleep moment :)
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New reader here - I LOVE the recent Halloween costume series. My step-daughter wanted to be a kitten...not a cute one, a skanky one. I did purchase said skanky kitten costume, but I'm tweating it by making her wear sweatpants and a sweatshirt with it instead of the whore-iffic sheer white unitard. We're in Michigan for goodness sakes, the poor kid will freeze her non-covered pre-pubesent body to death if she's not clothed.
ReplyDeleteAnd "Bratz: I Hatez Theez Dollz"...I hatez thoz dollz too.
Stalking you on Facebook - Dena Harris
I don't need a mug (well I'm kinda family) but I did want to vote.
ReplyDeleteUntamed Va-jay-jay made me laugh the most. I also really enjoy little specks of autism. We've now added this phrase to our family vernacular. As in "babe, your specks are showing!" nuf said
"News Feed Of My House: The Talking tree Has Nothing on Us" put me ROLFLMAO because my house is exactly the same and it gave me such relief that I'm not alone. I am one of your facebook SRMM fanatics, Mary Milek.
ReplyDeleteThe JEDI post - where you define it, kwim? I don't remember the title of the actual post.
ReplyDeleteI love-love-love the "crap in my house is talking to me" posts. Those make me laugh til I hurt. Love you!! Read you every day! As a sped teacher, I feel for ya and cheer you on as you fight w/the morons at your kids' school!
ReplyDeleteAnxiety Product Ideas, even though I love everything! Including the :cough: Dora post.
ReplyDeleteI'm a new fan. I admit it. I found your blog doing a search for Halloween costumes and next thing you know, I'm posting your blog all over facebook, sending it to my friends and family and even blogged about you in my blog (not the one you can access through here, but my private "baby blog"). Then, I spent literally hours of my evening skimming your entire blog and laughing until tears were streaming down my cheeks multiple times.
ReplyDeleteSince I'm currently pregnant with my first child and scared to death of giving birth, I'm not only picking "No Labor Day? You didn't Miss a Thing" as my favorite but I want to thank you for writing it! Reading it put such a perspective and reality check to giving birth and celebrating all births and I really needed that.
Thanks for making mommyhood seem like something even I can survive as long as I have a sense of humor about it!
UNTAMED VA-JAY-JAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm probably out of the running, as living at the bottom of the world (New Zealand) the postage would cost more than the mug!!
ReplyDeleteThat said - I LOVE the house stuff talking to you series, and *thinks* hmmm, yeah pretty much all of them. I love the idea of JEDI schools etc, and everyone here I have shared that with thinks it's brilliant too!!
I somehow (I forget how, too many children to remember details) found your blog at the weekend vodka and vajazzling post. I have been hooked ever since!! tues - sat are good days as I can log on and read what craziness you have created, I love the way you describe your life. I know it can't always be easy, but that you can put a spin on it such as you do amazes me. Thank you for sharing. (holy crap I sound like I have a giddy school girl crush on you. Rest well at night with the knowledge that I'm too far away to do anything about it!)
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I really like "Little Specks of Autism" as well as last month's "No Labor Day? You Didn't Miss a Thing". Both were very insightful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing this awesome blog! I'm a fan on facebook, so hopefully you can find me that way. :)
"Top 10 list-Get a babysitter"
ReplyDeleteLove your blog
I just realized I quoted a "Rants from Mommyland" best of..so sorry. I love and read both of you every day.And you remind me of the other. It's a compliment, really! So I would have to say my favorite of yours lately is..."Ten Halloween Costumes I hate"..... Thanks for making me laugh every day!
ReplyDeleteI laughed and laughed at your Swine Flu post!
ReplyDeleteI love pretty much all your posts, but particular favorites include:
ReplyDelete- Notes from the Bonkersville Institute
- Little Specks of Autism
- Toxic Sock Syndrome
And, of course, A cooler name for special needs.
I'm your fan here and on Facebook. On facebook I'm Marny Helfrich. Here I have a cooler name.
I loved "Be Careful, Sleep Makes You Pregnant" http://shirleysnewday.blogspot.com
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Orville Redenbacher's Bonkersville institute and Autistic Pride are my favorites
ReplyDeleteso funny...so true!
I love the Rant from Special Needs Mommyland! I get so tired of people making comments on my ASD son's behavior (or when I'm balancing my ASD kid & other 2 kids that are all age 5 & under). I realize my kid talks and looks NT and all, but it aggravates me to no end how high falutin' people are. It's what hooked me on your blog because you understand AND you can make me laugh and lighten my day in the midst of the stress. :) Katherine Fain (FB)
ReplyDeleteIt's just too hard to choose. I'll go with Untamed Va-jay-jays because that's the post that lured me here. I haven't been able to look away since!
ReplyDeleteYep, the Va-Jazzling was my favorite by far. My book club references it everytime we're together. However, all your posts are hilarious! Thanks for making all mom's feel less alone in our daily weirdness!
ReplyDelete'Untamed Va-jay-jay' was hysterical as well as slightly frightening.
ReplyDeleteBut it was 'Dear Chik-fil-A Diners' that had me at 'Who's child is this?' I could completely relate to that post. I, too, am one of the few parents that actually supervise my (as well as perfect strangers) children in that death match ring they call a playscape.
Thank you for sharing your world and humor with us.
I am going to be comment number six zillion seventy three. I've never been very good at math, so that gives me great odds at winning that snazzy coffee mug, right?
ReplyDeleteBest post I've read: Stabbity Nana Doll, hands down. I keep trying to find ways to sneak the word "stabbity" into everyday conversation and so far, it's not working that great. But I'm an optimist, damn it, and I will overcome!
I'm a FB fan!
Well, I tried. I really tried. I finally gave up and decided I would do a top ten. Except I had 14. *sigh*. I finally wrote all my favorites down on separate pieces of paper and allowed my oldest to think I was nuttier than normal ~~~oh wait I meant to say ~~~ pick one out of the batch. Drum roll please.... "and the winner is .... Autistic Pride and Prejudice!" *massive applause while SRMM blows air kisses.... ( do I get the coffee mug now? And yes, I do stalk you on facebook. sorry 'bout that....)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is "Six Things That Freak Me Out" and your Halloween costume series. Super stuff!
ReplyDeleteI follow you on FB as Stefani AuBuchon.
I love the Apergerish post and the Top 10, how to write a nastygram.
ReplyDeleteYour blog makes me impossibly happy. :) Keep it up!
So many to choose from, The stabbity are great because you can sing it and make up an entire song to the Zobomafoo song "I feel elephantish" only sing "I feel Stabbity-ish". It's awesome on those really bad days at work or when the special ed team at the kids school is ticking you off...which brings me to needing your top 10 nastygram list as I informed the school I am showing up on Friday to observe my son's day to make sure his IEP is being followed and they are best meeting his needs at school MMWWWAAAAAA....(can I borrow the doll?!)
ReplyDeleteBut hands down the best piece you have ever written in my opinion is (drum roll please...)
"Real Families: How my son taught me about his autism"
Now I realize I may not qualify for a coffee cup as you did not blog this one, but as much as your daily blog keeps me sane, this one documented conversation with your son has given me and so many others a glimse into our own childs mind. And that is worth more than the coffee cup or anything else that Oprah can throw my way.
My favorite is:
ReplyDelete"So It's Come to This: Blind Dates with Women I Met on the Internet"
I *cringe* at the thought of any restaurant playland...and that post sent me over the edge with laughter...
Why do we only get to pick one?
ReplyDeleteI mean how can I choose just one??
The Jedi one was a stroke of guineus,
The Army/being a Mommy, hit home--I have a little sign on the frige,"Motherhood Is Not for Sissies!"
So many made me laugh and feel like I'm not the only one.
But right now, currently, how to write a Nastigram is my favorite.
Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteYour post on Dora was the first one I ever read and I LOVE it!!
ReplyDeleteIm Rachel Belknap on FB
This is what I do: I nurse my 3rd child whilst reading blogs on my blackberry. SRMM is bookmarked and I check it several times a day, just in case.... I cannot pick a favourite, but the sisterwives post was hi.lar.ious. I am a twin (you cyberknow my twin - she's the awesomest OT on the planet, too bad she is here in CANADA - no disrespect to your OTs of course - but you would LOVE her and she would be right with your nastigram), and we spend sisterwife amounts of time together and with each other's family. Except we each have our own husband. That is a key detail. ANYWAY if I win the mug I'm giving it to my twin bc she is having a CRAPTASTIC week. the. end.
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Wow, you do have an awesome amount of great posts. Can't believe I only discovered you recently since we swim in some of the same waters (sister Autism Mom & blogger, here). I haven't had a chance to read everything yet (damn kids want me to actually pay attention to them , can't they see Mommy NEEDS to read more blog posts ?) but so far I love the "Nastygram to Your School" and "Be Careful, Sleep Makes You Pregnant."
ReplyDeleteAlso? "I'm 37 and I Still Hate Fourth-Grade Math" is spot on. If anyone had told me having kids meant that I have to do homework? Mighta re-thunk it (just kidding, but still, NOT my favorite part of the job).
Gotta say, for me it's a tie between the Stabbity Nana Doll and the one about back-to-school shopping. And FYI, I used "stabbity" in a sentence last night: My daughter needed a safety pin to hold together her Halloween mask, and as I was attaching it, she said, "I hope that doesn't open up and poke me," and I said, "Don't worry, I put the stabbity side facing away from you." And then I gave myself snaps for expanding my vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteMy fave post was the one with the big.rat.balls - hands down! I have never cried while laughing that early in the morning. Because I am a germ-a-phobe today, my friends can't imagine this, but I had a pet rat as a child (thankfully a female so I wasn't aware of the big.rat.balls phenomenon until I read your post). I forwarded your blog to them, which in turn, made them call me shrieking with laughter and asking whether "Blackie" had the unusually large nutty-buddies as well (which again, thankfully, SHE did not). And of course, we all felt better knowing that a mom as awesome as you uses the internet for evil (searching for causes to big.rat.balls) as well as good (searching for a cause for late-diagnosed ADHD in girls). Thanks for the laugh, and hope that this one makes the Top Ten.
ReplyDeleteThe Nick Jr post - particularly the rant about Dora and Max and Ruby (minus their parents of course) is my favorite!
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Untamed vajajays!
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The argument in my house yesterday was whether 10 yo ManCub was a Sith Master or a Sith Lord. Big sister said he was not advanced enough to be a Lord---not enough dark side points to be a Lord, but definatley a Master. Duh! Your free Sith stencils made me think of this.
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