fact number 88 about ellie: I wish I’d named her Mildred. (a) maybe she’d be less of a pain in the ass and (b) everyone and their mom has a kid named Ellie now. It’s lost all its vintage charm. Millie, on the other hand, remains vintage and off the beaten path.
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Monthly Archives: December 2011fact number 87 about Eloise: she often smells like mens deodorant, since she loves to steal her daddy’s deodorant and rub it on herself. Because her two-ness just might cause me to jump off a bridge if I didn’t know for a fact that (a) Will was just as bad and just as frustrating and seemingly just as headed down the road to a life of a hideous brat villain the likes of which the world has never seen […] Ellie was playing with her doll in the kitchen. As I walked by I might have farted. A few seconds later she looked at her baby in amusement and said “baby fart!” As a little girl I used to pray so desperately for a white Christmas, but (at least as far as I can remember) Seattle and England never gave it up. I don’t know if I will ever get over the thrill of living in place that routinely provides gorgeous snowy Christmases. We’re getting our […] |
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