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Will All Kitchen-Challenged Gents Kindly Step Up to the Stove?
Gentlemen, tomorrow is your chance to command the kitchen counters, master the mashed potatoes, and prevail over the pâté. Why? Because the first Thursday in November is National Men Make Dinner Day.Those of you peered at my Little-Known Holiday si...
Musical Fruit and Overused(?) Phrases...Sharing The Spotlight
Little-Known Holidays are so fun to write about. And when those holidays play right into my own Slightly Warped Sense of Humor, they're even more fun to write about.Case in point: Did you know that today, November 3, is Bean Day? Even if you have a F...
October 23rd is National Mole Day
If you are scientifically minded, you know that National Mole Day was created in honor of Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 1023) - a chemistry unit of measure. And if you visit Fayetteville Christian School's Science page on National Mole Day, you'll find a...
Locomotive Psychology
Train stations. They're the perfect setting for a wonderful case study on Type. Now, I revel in the non-traditional - increasingly so, as I continue on my determined journey toward eventual Cranky-And-Proud-OF-It Old-Lady-dom. So, for practical purpo...
Huh. I Write About Toilet Paper More Than I Thought.
August 26th is a day to honor that item which we all use several times a day (or at least I sure hope we all do), but we don't give much thought to - at least until that awful moment when we reach for it, only to find an empty cardboard tube. And not...
Random Wonderings on a Summer Afternoon
Three of us here at Chez Wheedleton have always had slightly warped senses of humor. I make no apologies. We come by it naturally. See, the Ten-Year-Old-Boy Funny Bone has been genetically and environmentally passed down from me to the kiddos, much t...
Hey, Baby...What's Your Type?
Types. Even the most open-minded among us tend to pigeonhole people into Types. We use Type to describe personality: Type A, Type B, Type Where-Did-They-Get-This-Guy? We use Type to accept or reject possible romantic interests: "Him?? Ewww. He is, ...
Who Knew There Was a Word for THAT?
So, I was Googling around the other day - as I so often do to feed my need for learning about all things weird, wacky, and/or wonderful - and did a search for "funny words." I found some great ones and wish to share, so that you, too, can bulk up you...
Today's Edition of Things You Just Don't See Every Day
We here at Chez Wheedleton used part of our holiday weekend to take in a movie. Turns out, it was mildly eventful.First, we went to Rita's Italian Ice for refreshments while I tried out a new app I recently downloaded to my phone to order our tickets...
The Consequences of Childhood Insecurities
I am five feet, nine inches tall. If I were a guy, that would be considered on the short side. Since I'm not a guy, I'm considered to be on the tall side, and have been so since elementary school. Well, except for my junior high years, when the other...
Friday Funny
For all those Phineas and Ferb fans out there:...
Bullseye! (Sort Of)
This is a picture of my foyer. To get to that window at the top, I need a 14 foot extendable ladder - which is why that window at the top, as well as the light hanging behind it, are eternally dusty. Oh, you say. So that must be a smudge of dirt in t...
You Name It, And Somebody's Probably Put It On a Stick
March 28 is Something on a Stick Day. Seriously. And it seems there's lots of folks out there who especially enjoy their culinary delights presented via stick. As Food-On-A-Stick.com professes: "...all food tastes better when it's stick-mounted..."...
Divine Intervention - Or, The Universe Has Seen Fit to Mess With Me Yet Again
I haven't worked out for about a month. Long story, but I haven't. So anyway, I decided today to try to get back into some semblance of a normal routine. I pulled on some sweats, grabbed my sneaks and a water bottle, and trudged down to the family ro...
In Case of Insanity, Click "Play."
Though my children are total angels who in this current window of time would never, ever, ever, ever roll their eyes at me, or talk back, or argue, or break rules (ahem!) - I know those teenage years are coming. Hence, the discovery and posting of th...
I Have to Save a What, Now?
I am no fan of spiders. You can read about my non-spider love here and here. Ever since we moved into our current home, and those big, black, hairy, sinisterly speedy wolf spiders made their presence known, it took me a full 18 months before I would ...
Time's A Wastin'
So, I'm meandering online, sorta wasting time and sorta looking for inspiration for a blog post. Then up pops MSN.com with a post on online time wasters. Awesome! I Googled "online time wasters" and came up with a goldmine of suggestions.So, when you...
All Hail the Mighty Thumb!
Sir Isaac Newton once said:"In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence."Perhaps Newton's admiration for this most versatile digit is the reason why Thumb Appreciation Day is celebrated on February 18th. In...
That's a Vegetable, Isn't It?
So, my husband C and I were in NYC on Valentine's Day, having dinner at Spice Market. It's a fantastic restaurant: very trendy, very chic, very romantic. Since I'm: A. not very trendy, B. hardly chic, and C. much more of a giggler than a romantic, I ...
Rollin' Out the Welcome Mat
My parents are coming to visit this weekend. Since it's also Valentine's Day weekend, I added a few extras to my usual Preparation for Visiting Parents Checklist:Heart-shaped watermelon slices? Check.Dyed red spiral noodles? Check.Naturally red spagh...
February 11th is Be Electrific Day!
No, I did not make that up. But I know who did, and that someone started Be Electrific Day back in 1998. She is professional speaker Carolyn Finch, and she defines electrific as:"an abbreviation for an electrification project - which means to put li...
I Will Not Go Gentle Into My Goodnight
I have made it no secret that I plan to be mildly difficult and candidly outspoken in my old age. And I plan to smile evilly as I do so, and giggle as I provoke the appropriate levels of exasperation in my loved ones. I have told my husband and child...
The Oscar Gene
I thought I was somewhat of a Type A...until I met my husband, C. He is The Organizer to my I-Know-It's-Here-Somewhere-I-Just-Have-To-Remember-Where-I-Put-It. He is the Felix to my Oscar-ish self. (I know. "Oscar" and "Type A" aren't necessarily syno...
Pantyhose - Now They Can Torture All of Us
Pantyhose. The bane of a modern woman's existence. Well, the bane of mine, anyway. The day I left teaching to stay home to raise my little lovelies full-time, I came home, piled all the pairs I owned into a metal trash can, lit a match, tossed it in,...
They Make a Bra for Cars, So Why Not?
Life used to be so simple. When I was a little girl, I knew bras were for the support of that part of me that seemed destined to be forever flat, which therefore rendered bras unnecessary. And I was cool with that. But nature eventually kicked in, an...
Who Needs a Bell?
Let's take a mental trip all the way back to high school psych, and a man named Pavlov. You remember Pavlov, don't you? Or rather, his famous experiments? You know, the ones where he trained a dog to drool on command whenever it heard a bell? Wel...
The Lighter Side of Inauguration Day
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Funniest Thing I've Seen All Week
Have you seen this? Ellen is talking to Gladys Hardy. Well worth the 6+ minutes:...
It's Like They Made This Ad Just For Me
Oh, yeah.They went there.Be sure to check out the fine print there along the, erm, bottom edge:...
Thursday Funnies
I needed a good laugh today, so I went on youtube.com searching for my favorite, favorite comedienne, Carol Burnett. One of the best parts of The Carol Burnett Show was where she came out to talk to the audience. Here's what I found, and I hope you e...
