picks & predics for puppy bowl 2010!

ATTENTION PANTS WORLD!
as you all know, the most important television sports event of the year is happening this sunday, and it’s time for us to choose our favorites and place our bets!
i’m talking, of course, about THE MOTHER-CUSSING PUPPY BOWL!!!!!!! HOLD ON TO YR SQUEES!!!!!! (at least, until after the stupid commercial):

OMGGG!! SOMEONE GIMME A [...]

ray and juliet get engaged pants!

guess what, pantsers?!!! i got to be part of a Major Milestone on friday night cos
RAY AND JULIET GOT ENGAGED!!!! HOLY PANTS!!!
and it was a top secret, super hush hush, hyper-planned surprise!!! known as “operation blue harvest” because ray is a huge nerd, the plan went down as follows:
1. meredith emailed several h-town ladies about [...]

disney pants part 3: dreams really DO come true! yay!

after weathering all of the rain in hollywood studios, i was MORE than ready the next morning for the squeeness of the magic kingdom. i mean, cinderella’s castle! characters to hug! fried food! little kids in costumes! SPACE MOUNTAIN!
our first ride of the day was actually on the monorail, which when i was five seemed [...]

PINK NIGHTMARE

dude, you guys, it’s friday. and my brain is in shizzles!!!!!!!
… which might explain why babysqueekyshoes is my new favorite website.
although, after clicking on it, you’ll realize that i don’t need friday as an excuse- i would love this website ANY TIME IN MY LIFE. BECAUSE IT IS AMAZING.
it has babies!!! in squeaky shoes!! and [...]

walking forward in that light

oh pants world, what an amazing day!
what an incredible day!
what a magical and inspiring and long, long, long-awaited day!
my eyes are full of tears, and my heart is full of hope.
because this man is now our 44th president.

“We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside [...]

the first annual poshie awards!!

WELCOME TO THE 2008 POSHIES!!!!!
oh man, you guys, 2008 was pretty great. which also means it was really hard to determine the winners of this year’s poshies, cos there was so much awesomeness and tastiness and squee going on!
fortunately, i am totally judgey.
so, without further ado, let us commence with the highly coveted and almost [...]

holipantsing part 2: how to start a new year

i don’t know who planned out the holiday calendar, but i’d like to publicly thank them for putting NYE right after christmas. i’m sure people put up a fight about it, like, “hey now! we need to spread these holidays around! what about september, huh? can’t march get a little love? ok, besides the birthday [...]

holipantsing, part 1: at home with the pitres

hello pantsers!!! I’VE MISSED YOU GUYS!!!!
did everyone have a nice holiday? tell me tell me tell me!!!
well, i have to admit, it was lovely to be offline for the last two weeks, esp. cos i’ve got lots of stories built up to share with you. most of them revolve around pantsers and food… which i [...]

now accepting nominations for the first annual POSHIE AWARDS

ATTENTION PANTS WORLD
thanks to a fabulous suggestion from katie, i will be summing up 2008 by giving out POSHIES to all of my favorite things.
but i need yr help!
although i already have some clear winners in mind, i would love to get yr suggestions for both categories and/or nominees.
here are some examples to give you [...]

oooo tidings of comfort and joy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, PANTS WORLD!
i hope you didn’t have any scary run-ins with santa last night.

yeah, you gotta watch out for that guy.
but if you did have the misfortune of running into him, i hope you followed my life-long mantra: take the candy and run.

even when i was one, i  had an instinct for the quickest [...]