January 31st, 2010 06:10pm
by Disparate.Housewife
As part of our effort to not get stressed out and lighten the mood in our household, our family went to see a comedy heavyweight…Gabriel Iglesias, who by his own admission, tips the scales at 400 pounds. We saw the earlier of his two Friday night shows at the Wells Fargo Center.
We first became aware of Gabriel Iglesias when my daughters were flipping channels one night and landed on Comedy …
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January 24th, 2010 10:42pm
by Disparate.Housewife
Does anyone make their own clothes anymore? I’m talking about the kind of sewing that involves choosing a pattern, buying fabric and constructing an entire piece of clothing at home. And the women wearing the very homemade-looking shirtwaist dresses in that weird polygamist Mormon cult don’t count. They obviously know how to make a sewing machine work.
My question about whether anyone still sews came to mind when I was in …
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January 17th, 2010 08:55pm
by Disparate.Housewife
The horrific earthquake that devastated Haiti and the – by comparison – the seismic love tap that Humboldt County recently experienced have renewed my appreciation for my situation. I experienced the 1989 Loma Prieta temblor that at one point closed down both the Bay and Golden Gate bridges and I remember the feeling of shock and disbelief I felt at the time. Yes, these feelings hardly compare with what the …
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January 10th, 2010 07:30pm
by Disparate.Housewife
A few months ago, Valerie told us about this really funny comedian who she had seen on a DVD at a friend’s house. So we looked him up on YouTube, and after watching a few of his routines, everyone in our house was a big fan of Brian Regan.
At about the same time, Steve and I had been talking about looking for opportunities to lighten the atmosphere…or as Steve calls …
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January 3rd, 2010 06:49pm
by Disparate.Housewife
When our garbage disposal stopped working on New Year’s Eve, I figured I would just wait to get it taken care of until after January 4th when everyone is back in work mode. But when I made a phone call to the plumber and found out that he could install a new one that afternoon, Steve encouraged me to go ahead and get it done that day which I did.
Practically, …
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