http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com the blog of Danyelle Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:55:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I watched all the delinquents and late-comers go directly into the courtroom and emerge 30 minutes later to pay their fines, I started to feel a little punished for actually having children NOT enrolled in the Public Daycare System.  So I approached Mr. Security Man and said "Am I ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2009/01/07/trouble-with-the-law-part-two/ Today I called and asked my optometrist, or ophthalmologist, or whatever kind of eye doctor she is, if I could please please have some more contact lenses because I have been wearing these noxious eyeglasses for six weeks now, waiting to save money to buy the contacts.  She said "Sorry, ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2009/01/06/trouble-with-the-law-since-the-day-i-was-born/ WARNING: this post not for entertainment purposes.  I will not be held responsible if you feel let down or non-entertained in any way. So, I drink a lot.  Mostly water but other stuff too. To start with, I drink this concoction dubbed (by me) the "cardboard milkshake."  Konsyl is just psyllium husks ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2009/01/05/drinking-drinking-and-drinking/ Complaining is bad, I know.  I do too much of it. And I don't really have anything to complain about, considering. But my day just didn't go like I wanted it to.  There's so much to do before Christmas and it's a little overwhelming. It started with the Christmas cards I was going ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2008/12/18/im-schroeder-playing-jingle-bells-in-a-lunchables-world/ As I mentioned yesterday, we rode just about every ride Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure had to offer.  We saw artificial snow in Celebration, Florida.  We caught just a little bit of fireworks fun.  We listened to Mannheim Steamroller live, featuring an exclusive personal appearance by Chip Davis. (Who?)  ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2008/12/16/award-for-best-time-on-vacation-to-the-flying-rats/ Well, I wanted to call this post "Like a Chicken with It's Head Cut Off,"  so I went to YouTube to snoop around for an appropriate video representation of that title. But then I found one, and it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be, because the animal is ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2008/12/15/headless-chickens/ The boys and I are going to Disney.  That's the rumor anyway. On every occasion, by the time I finish packing clothes and shoes and pajamas and stuffed animals and toothbrushes and induction-friendly foods and books and dvds and low-sugary snacks and deodorant and my glasses and night-time underwear (euphemism for ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2008/12/04/packing-my-bags-and-his-and-his-and-his/ Just stumbled across this story on DRUDGE: Reid: We won't smell the tourists anymore By Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin POSTED December 2, 2008 | 11:00 AM The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2008/12/02/know-what-harry-reid-i-can-smell-you-from-here/ The precious memory of yesterday's beat down of UGA by our Georgia TechYellow Jackets lingers in this house.  Today I decided that game was so much fun to watch, I'd give today's NFL game a try.  It's no home team rivalry or anything, but it's not bad.  Kind of fun ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2008/11/30/mike-carey-the-hot-old-nfl-referee/ Yesterday morning was kind of disappointing for me. It was traditionally a day of waking up way too freaking early.  At the the butt-crack of dawn my parents, my sisters, and whatever husbands didn't have babysitting duty would pile up in a party van and desperately search for a pile of ... http://babbleoninbabylon.today.com/2008/11/29/they-were-going-to-name-it-pequod-coffee/