2005 耶誕新奇禮物

Mr. DSN 的妹妹送的耶誕禮物總是新鮮、有意思。

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老公老婆小不同

Mr. DSN 和我的價值觀大致相同,生活習慣就不一定了。

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胖瘦之間《二》

Mma Ramotswe liked to walk in her garden in the evening, taking care to move slowly and with firm tread; those who crept about at night risked stepping on a snake if they were not careful, as snakes move out of our way only if they feel vibrations in the ground. A light person ── a person of non-traditional build, for example ── was at far greater risk of being bitten by a snake for that very reason.
——  Mma Precious Ramotswe,
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith

啊!原來非洲人的「傳統體型」是物競天擇而來的。

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

女人與心理學

We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women.
—— Mma Precious Ramotswe,
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
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胖瘦之間

What was too big anyway? Who was to tell another person what size they should be? It was a form of dictatorship by the thin, and she wasn’t having any of it. If these thin people became any more insistent, then the more generously sized people would just have to sit on them. Yes! That would teach them. Ha!
——Mma Precious Ramotswe,
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith

Morality for Beautiful Girls

週休三日

我工作的地方和許多地方一樣,一星期上班四十小時。 不過我們還有一個彈性方案,可以每兩個星期休一個星期一或星期五,代價是星期二到星期五或星期一到星期四一天工作九小時:

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蕃薯的最愛與最恨

我常常在想,蕃薯每天的每一分鐘,是不是都在等待晚上十點鐘的到來?十點鐘一到,蕃薯一定到我跟前,靜靜地看著我,如果我沒注意到她,或沒任何動作,她就會叫一下來引起我的注意:「媽~」(註一↓)。 這時生物時鐘沒蕃薯一半準的蕃薯媽,才會恍然大悟,啊!十點了,刷牙時間到了。

蕃薯的牙膏令她為之瘋狂,在我刷到她的牙前,她已經舔了一堆。(註二↓)。有時幫她刷好牙,要把牙膏蓋子蓋上的時候,她還會用她小小的手掌攔住我。也許是她對牙膏的熱愛,讓她忍受她最討厭的事 ── 刷牙。

註一:Mr. DSN 堅信蕃薯叫我「媽」或「媽媽」。(回原文↑)

註二:這貓和狗的牙膏是可以食入的。獸醫還說,如果貓不讓刷牙,讓牠們舔舔牙膏也好。(回原文↑)

自投羅網

蕃薯很怕被關進外出籠裡,每當抱著她靠近外出籠,她便開始掙扎, 有時腳還會攀住籠子邊緣,死命不進籠去。 要是沒點技巧,還真沒辦法把她「塞」進去咧!

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君子之爭

CUCSU, 是 Denver 都會區一年一度的大學美式足球盛事,在我們家則是「君子之爭」面臨挑戰的時候。 為什麼呢?Mr. DSN 是 CSU 的校友,而我是 CU 的校友,我們自然各自為母校球隊加油。

雖然我倆都熱愛美式足球,也未曾約法三章過,但我們都很有默契地節制自己的反應; 校隊拿到 first down 也不拍手,攔截到球也不大叫:“Yeah!” 達陣得分也不跳起來兩手高舉大喊:“Touch down!!!” 假使一時忘形,則趕快向對方道歉。 其實這樣看球賽很不痛快,但是 Mr. DSN 是位好老公,我也不好變成他的野蠻老婆囉。

蕃薯的膽怯

前幾天夢到當蕃薯看見敷著臉的我時,嚇得全身的毛都豎起來。蕃薯是很膽小沒錯,但是我並不敷臉,會有這樣的夢,還真是有意思。如果我真的敷臉,恐怕Mr. DSN 和我自己也會被那張臉嚇到。

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