Club Med(iterranean)

Posted by mimi on Feb 19, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Our good friends, Comic Man and Mrs. Comic, held a killer brunch today. It’s a good thing I don’t live in the Mediterranean. I’d be roughly the size of Corfu. On the menu: Greek salad, grilled lamb, lemon-garlic chicken, spanakopita, tzatziki, hummus, olive oil roasted potatoes, pitas. Garlic. Lots of garlic. And baklava. Baklava is of the devil. The woman at the deli who...
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Home Again, Home Again

Posted by mimi on Feb 9, 2006 in dish | 0 comments So DD wakes up with a temp of 102, so that means I’m home for the second time this week (DS stayed home Tuesday). Being home on a school day feels weird. Aside from the send in sub plans, what can the kids do without needing constant supervision stress, you have to figure out something productive to do with the rest of your day so you don’t feel like a complete loser.Days like this...
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(Un)Tie a Yellow Ribbon

Posted by mimi on Jan 9, 2006 in dish | 0 comments The goofball has landed.Baby bro (not really a baby at almost 34–he has a birthday coming up!) is back on American soil after nearly a year at the spa-like locales of Ad Diwaniyah and Mosul, Iraq. He’s looking forward to real barbecue and being able to drive to the 7-11 without getting shot at. We’re just glad to have him home and in one piece this time. The last time he was in...
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Biggest Phone Bill Ever

Posted by mimi on Dec 31, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Phone rings. I pick up. I hear, “This is the AT&T operator–“Great, I think, telemarketer, but then he says, “–with a collect call from Iraq. Will you accept the charges?”Hell, yes!It’s baby bro, who has two convoys and a lot of paperwork to execute before climbing on a plane to Kuwait. Woo hoo! January 5 is the big day! He talks to mom. He talks to...
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