the smell of my desperation has become a stench
Heather B. Armstrong
Hi. I’m Heather B. Armstrong, and this used to be called mommy blogging. But then they started calling it Influencer Marketing: hashtag ad, hashtag sponsored, hashtag you know you want me to slap your product on my kid and exploit her for millions and millions of dollars. That’s how this shit works. Now? Well… sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride.
Love the site
2004/10/05 at 5:46 amI was reading some of the old items under Chuck yesterday and laughing my head off! Lookin’ good!
Angie
2004/10/05 at 5:47 amVote Chuck!
Regan
2004/10/05 at 5:49 amOh, a doggy pictures! yay!
My dog gives me that look, too. “yeah, I’m sleeping on the couch. what are YOU going to do about it?”
Welcome back, Dooce! I hope much reconvening and relaxing was accomplished.
Tiger
2004/10/05 at 5:51 amI think I’ve officially passed about 2 1/2 hours just sitting here reading. My kids are now 5 and 6 and IN SCHOOL ALL DAY!!! Free time has never meant so much. …and I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time as I have this morning. Thank you. Your daughter is positively scrumptious. I’m glad I did not visit on one of the days I’ve been having lately… y’know, where the hormones say “WE WANT ANOTHER BABY!!” And my mind/body says… “Um. I really don’t think so.”
jastereo
2004/10/05 at 5:52 amahh. so peaceful. Have a great trip!!!
jastereo
2004/10/05 at 5:55 amI meant…Hope you had a great trip! Leta after the tub is the cutest thing ever.
King Poop
2004/10/05 at 6:03 amI’d like to call that picture “The all-seeing eye of chuck.”
Manda
2004/10/05 at 6:04 amGlad you’re back.
I absolutely love reading your monthly newsletters. You can put everything into words what I want to say about my almost-eight-month daughter (not just now, but every month) You’re so talented. Leta will appreciate you having documented her life so well (especially when she has a baby!)
beachgal
2004/10/05 at 6:10 amYay Chuck!! I wish my dogs slept in a doggy bed. They prefer the bed. Damn spoiled brats.
And yet another wonderful newsletter. You have quite a gift, Ms. Dooce. I hope you get a book deal of some kind, you would be awesome, and I would buy one for sure.
Brooke
2004/10/05 at 6:29 amI wish my 75-lb monster was that small.
Mouse
2004/10/05 at 6:44 amChuk! I amm 1 gud dagg lik yew R. I haf bin riddeeng abot yew 4 1 lang tam. Yew R su lucky 2 git allat of trits. Nubuddy gif mi trits or fid mi or pit mi.
Evir.
Seerly,
Mos.
Eleni
2004/10/05 at 6:44 amI’m a sucker for Chuck pictures! He looks so innocent but at the same time you can see the wheels turning in his head trying to conjure up something evil! =)
Seattle Bon Vivant
2004/10/05 at 6:45 amThat is one cute as a button dog, Heather! Those eyes! Lucky you!
Irrylyn
2004/10/05 at 6:50 amChuck is so cute! My dog does the same thing, but it’s usually when I turn the lights on in the morning, and I get the sleepy eyes and the “What do you think you are doing?” look.
More Chuck pictures!
slick
2004/10/05 at 7:04 ami ♥ chuck.
red
2004/10/05 at 7:15 amomg – the new pics of Leta are so adorable. she just gets cuter and cuter!! hope you and jon had fun “reconnecting” and glad to hear that the Princess’ lack of desire to walk seems only to be more of a personality trait. woman, you have your hands full. 🙂
Michelle
2004/10/05 at 7:22 amChuck rocks the house. He definitely deserves a dog bone for being so handsome in that photo! My dog is now getting jealous of Chuck.
sab
2004/10/05 at 7:26 amaww CHUCK!!!!!!!
Jessamyn
2004/10/05 at 7:33 amHa! Chuck is an excellent dog, I can tell.
Also, I thought I’d let you know that my 7 month old daughter Katie was so delighted by the pictures of Leta in your latest newsletter that she laughed and laughed and laughed some more. Which just goes to prove: babies love Leta!
sarcastic journalist
2004/10/05 at 7:49 amChuck for president.
Chessy
2004/10/05 at 8:28 amI don’t know if this helps, but I *refused* to walk when I was a kid. I wouldn’t even crawl. I just pulled myself across the floor like a one-armed snake. I wouldn’t even attempt to walk until I was two.
I am 27, now, and I actually got over it. *wink* In fact, as punishment, my mother put me in dance when I was four and forced me to stay there all the way through college.
Seek your revenge wisely.
robin
2004/10/05 at 8:31 amPig in the sty.
What can you do?
Scratch an itch.
Roll in the ditch.
Eat an apple for fun.
Sleep in the sun.
Oink!
Lindsey
2004/10/05 at 8:40 amIt’s a ‘ruff’ life!
(sorry I couldn’t help it, I’m relegating myself to a time out for the rest of the afternoon as punishment for my sheer dorkiness and lack of self-control)
Kath
2004/10/05 at 8:41 am…some people find contentment in a nice weekend away…others find it in reading an awesome blog about a family, a kid and a really cool dog..especially when the dog is Chuck!
Thanks for filling my ‘Daily Chuck Need”, Heather. And I don’t think it is possible for Leta to get any cuter…her pix from yesterday’s post are just out of this world! Hey, dress her up as an angel, Chuck as an elf, and voila…Leta and Chuck Holiday cards…and please don’t forget us Menorah lighting Jews,ok???
diane
2004/10/05 at 8:48 amDoggie picture + baby pictures = serious cute overload
Micki
2004/10/05 at 9:02 amI don’t think Chuck is a bit like Cheney. Much more like Edwards. Yes. Youthful … yet cunning. Go Chuck!
Fenix
2004/10/05 at 9:06 amIs that a shoe behind Chuck? A foot perhaps?
Jaimee
2004/10/05 at 9:35 amLeta and Chuck are both too cute for their own good and I hope there was much reconvening, but please, please tell me about the sleep. Tell me there was much sleeping. Doesn’t anyone else out there with small kids want to know about the sleeping?
Nik
2004/10/05 at 9:52 amThe funniest shirt I’ve seen so far: “The only Bush I trust is my own”
JuJuBee
2004/10/05 at 9:53 amI’ll watch the Chuckles for you next time you take a trip. I may keep him, but that would be a chance you’d have to take.
the mighty jimbo
2004/10/05 at 10:02 amnow i really need to go pet something. as only my roommate’s mom is in the house, i think i had better resist that urge.
contessa
2004/10/05 at 10:36 amChuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!
patti
2004/10/05 at 11:00 amChuck looks exactly like the dog that my college housemate and I used to have. One of our friends lost her in UTAH! I would be suspicious were Chuck not a (former?) male dog. PS – her name was Boberry, if anyone has seen her…
hope
2004/10/05 at 11:53 amAw, what a cutie!
Nancy
2004/10/05 at 12:05 pmCan you clone Chuck…I want one too!
iShane
2004/10/05 at 12:26 pmChuck’s a cute dog, but I think I can out-cute him…
http://ishane.blogspot.com/2004/10/stinkmutt.html
This is Dreyfuss.
Lauren
2004/10/05 at 12:27 pmIs that a precious, paisley papasan purely for the puppy?
Oh, poo poo.
Mir
2004/10/05 at 1:00 pmI have officially hit bottom: I am jealous of a dog. No fair!
Christine
2004/10/05 at 1:01 pmChucky McChuckles, all curled up!
Chucky McChuckles, such a wonderful pup!
La-dee-dah. 🙂
Heatheranne
2004/10/05 at 1:53 pmI have to comment on your “If he knows what’s good for him” post.
Over the past couple years, I’ve gained about 20 pounds due to meds that I am no longer taking for that reason. I’ve lost about 5 pounds in the past 2 months.
A few nights ago during dinner, I was complaining about the 15 pounds I still want to lose and my husband said “Honestly, I think you look much better now then you did when you were skinny.”
We both started laughing because the instant it came out of his mouth, he knew he said the wrong thing and had this look of dread on his face!
Margaret
2004/10/05 at 2:19 pmIs this dog a relation of Chuck’s? He looks similar. He was videoed at the dogs’ home letting his doggy friends out for midnight feasts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3712960.stm#
pretendingsanity
2004/10/05 at 2:28 pmShe is so stinkin cute. Sadly, she has more hair than my 2.5 year old daughter.
By the way, I don’t think I’m the only one who would buy a “Chuck for Prez” shirt.
maxigumee
2004/10/05 at 2:33 pmI want to curl up like that. He looks so warm! 🙂
DG
2004/10/05 at 3:03 pmNiiice doggie.
sivvy
2004/10/05 at 3:06 pmWe have a federal election in Australia on Saturday.
Chuck for Prime Minister!
jules
2004/10/05 at 3:13 pmchuck…. my hero…
Moxie
2004/10/05 at 3:49 pmChuck: “This women wont even let me sleep without that damn thingamabob flashing in my face. Just wait till she sees that I chewed up her Kerry doll too.”
Liz
2004/10/05 at 4:12 pmOMG Chuck looks so handsome! I just love his compasionate eyes. Even if he is just the “former” congressman, I’m still voting for him!
Shiz
2004/10/05 at 4:23 pmChuck is BEAUTIFUL! I hope the trip was the most refreshing ever.
I’m vacationing now, with other people. At this point some solitude sounds HEAVENLY.
Wendy
2004/10/05 at 4:38 pmooooooohhh! Pictures of the naked former congressman!(hello google!)He is so cute I just want to scratch him on the belly…Leta is so cute, but my god she looks like Jon. Are you sure you were in the room when she was conceived?