From the monthly archives:

August 2009

The Husbandrinka-Nicki Relationship

August 18, 2009

It’s hard to sum up Husbandrinka’s feelings towards our cat Nicki. If this were Facebook, I’d put “It’s complicated” under their relationship status. On Twitter, I’d have to say, “Deep regret that she was born”. But this is a blog post, so you expect more. Unless you’ve read this blog before, in which case, hooray […]

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Real Estate

August 17, 2009

Recently, my father and I were discussing real estate. Like if Husbandrinka and I ever moved out of the city, where would we go. The good thing about discussing things with my father is that he will give you a perspective that you have never before considered. Unless you’re on mind altering medication. “Here is […]

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Pom Poms

August 14, 2009

Do you remember these from your youth? (I wore these all through high school. And every once in a while, one of the pom poms would fall off in the laundry and I’d have a mini nervous breakdown, but still wear one pom pommed sock and one pom pomless one. I was a real wild […]

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I am Feeling Better

August 14, 2009

After relaxing on my death bed for a good part of yesterday, I am feeling so much better. Thank you everyone for your “get well wishes” , except no thank you to the terrible people who asked me if I were pregnant. Especially John. Yesterday, after I regained my strength, John and I went to […]

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Oy

August 12, 2009

Yesterday, I was going along my day like a normal person and then suddenly I felt Very Sick so I rushed home at top speed to crawl into bed and watch emergency afternoon TV, as needed. Except I had to stop at the supermarket to get some tea because I don’t normally drink tea and […]

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Vacation Math Redux. To the Second Higher Power

August 12, 2009

So you may remember that earlier this summer I had this great idea that my kids would work on their math every single day and that twenty seconds later I had to give up that dream. Except a few days ago, when Young Ladrinka was taking off his pants to count to eleven, Husbandrinka said […]

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Departure

August 11, 2009

Before we left the Soviet Union on December 31, 1976, my parents had our entire apartment packed up in boxes, which were stacked in the middle of our bedroom. We lived in a communal apartment–the kitchen was shared, and one bedroom was occupied by my parents and myself and the other by my mother’s cousin […]

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I Get It

August 9, 2009

The other night, I went to have drinks with Kristin, her lovely blogless cousin, and Christy to a bar near my house. It’s the type of place that when you come in you immediately realize that you are interrupting the waitress with your unglamouressness and desire to sit with friends and have a drink and […]

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