Tag: hyperbole
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RETAIL THERAPY
Marketing is a powerful thing! I delude myself into thinking that if I buy whatever it is, I’m going to suddenly become the person I see in the advertisement. That’s going to be my life!
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FAILURE TO LAUNCH
by Mimi Williams AllAboutMimi I’ve always wanted to own a boat and sail the open sea! The only teensy little problem is that I can’t swim, am afraid of deep water, scared of what might be swimming in the water, get seasick in a bathtub, know nothing about boats, can’t navigate my way around my…
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STRANGE THINGS AT MY HOUSE
by Mimi Williams AllAboutMimi Strange things happen when you have preschoolers and college students living at home at the same time. Like the time my youngest daughter started wearing this plastic bracelet, and I had no idea where it came from. She said she found it in the bathtub. I mean, who hasn’t found jewelry…
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The Chutes & Ladders Family
by Mimi Williams AllAboutMimi Fun fact about my family…I had two more babies when my teenagers were finishing high school. A sixteen year age gap. Talk about a pregnant pause! I did that Mom Curse on my teenagers when they were making me nuts. You know, when you say “One day, I hope you two…
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The Pandemic Meets Mad Mask
by Mimi Williams AllAboutMimi As a teenager I watched the Mad Max movies, and I remember thinking “Those people are nuts! Who would act like that? And more importantly, who would dress like that?” Would all the designers get together at the beginning of an apocalypse and say “Ok, I’m thinking a desperate, cannibalistic vibe,…
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I Am Not Your House Elf!
by Mimi Williams AllAboutMimi I love my Roombas! Wall-E and Rosie are part of the family! It’s nice to know someone is helping out around the house… I get irritated when my teens don’t pitch in. My mom used to yell “I’m not your maid!” But my kids grew up on Harry Potter, so I…
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Why I Bit My Husband in Costco…
By Mimi Williams AllAboutMimi Last week I bit my husband in Costco. I know, I know! Not socially acceptable nor age-appropriate behavior. But let me explain… We arrived at Costco, I flashed my super exclusive membership card, grabbed a cart the size of a dune buggy, and off we went on our bulk buying adventure…
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Parenting Supernatural Teens
by Mimi Williams AllAboutMimi I’m approaching the parenting finish line again, and we now have two teenagers haunting our house. Oh, they’re alive! I say “haunting”, because they’re like angry ghosts that don’t want to interact with us, but still live in the house, and really consider it theirs. Even though we pay for it.…
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I’M FINE! IT’S FINE! EVERYTHING IS FINE!
by Mimi Williams ALL ABOUT MIMI Whenever I talk to family or friends, I find that no matter what is going on, if they ask how I’m doing, I’ll always reply “I’m fine! Everything’s fine!” Then proceed to tell the gory details of my life in a cheerful voice, like the announcer on a drug…
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Don’t Eat the Orchid!
by Mimi Williams All About Mimi I bought a potted orchid. The tag on it said “not for consumption”. If you’re not smart enough to know that you shouldn’t eat the orchid, are you going to know what consumption is? And if you have consumption, are you going to be disappointed to know the orchid…