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My husband and I wanted to name our daughter Blixa sooooo bad. We ultimately figured explaining her name to everyone her entire life and our parent’s extreme disapproval wouldn’t be worth the headaches.

Haha, I got a kick out of telling my sister today that I ordered my photo holiday cards with nary a mention of Christmas. It’s going to give my bible thumping mom a rage stroke. It was intentional. 

OMG, I did the exact same thing in the 6th grade! Our new principal decided to institute a rule that the students were only allowed to wear shorts if the temperature was 90 degrees or above for at least three days in a row. Why would she care? Who knows! I wrote a letter to her using overly dramatic descriptions like

Piss - A few years ago I was on a boat tour from Positano to the island of Capri with my parents. When making the tour reservations we specifically booked a boat with a toilet since the trip was about three hours, including a stop at the Blue Grotto. I had a large cup of coffee that morning and made sure to use a

Margot is my number one choice if we have a second girl! Although my husband is not on board with it for a couple of silly reasons so Marlow is the runner up.

Honest to god, I went on a date once with a man named Laser. He was home schooled.

Why the *cringe*? My 7 month old is named Greta. My husband and I love it and always say that we nailed it on picking her name. No regrets! I haven’t come across another child Greta since having her. Plus my mother in law is German, so it sounds awesome when she says her name with her thick accent.

Two years ago I spent three weeks in Italy. I told myself this was the perfect opportunity to finally learn how to use a bidet. I tried exactly once. Sat on the bidet. Sprayed water everywhere. Looked for toilet paper to dry off and saw it was over by the toilet, a good four feet away. Shuffled over to retrieve toilet

Oh Megyn <sigh>.

I just spent all morning arguing with an anti-vaxxer on the internet. I called her out on her repeated use of the word toxin. Seriously, I devoted hours to fighting the good fight. I’m exhausted. Hold me.