Welcome!
What We Offer:
This site will cover the ups and downs, the successes and failures, and the general interests of us as a normal(ish) family. There will be recipes with pictorial instructions and a Magic Decoder for confusing cooking terms. As we read/watch/play in our various genres, we offer opinions and ratings. We will even delve into the sticky family topics like sex and money.
We, the Curiously Normal, hereby do offer to you, our Loyal Readers, a web site to-be-filled to the brim with opinionated experiences on life as parents who don’t follow the rules as laid out by the “experts” unless they make sense. We are cutting our own Right Path for ourselves.
Who:
We are a fairly typical American 30something couple with two point five kids. (does three cats count as ‘point five’?) We met in high school, and have grown up together.
Papa is a video gaming Master (says Mama). He makes a living in IT, and writes when the games allow him extra time. A creative, intensely loyal, and sensitive soul hides in there, behind all the techno-geeky babble. Papa is the one that learns all new board games, so as to teach the family. He is also the one that hooks up all things computer/electronic for the good of all. Bring him a pint of Ben&Jerry’s and he might just help you out too.
Mama is the glue. Although she works part time, she is the cookbakermaidbookkeeperdoctorplannerdrivermomwife of the household. When there are a few spare moments to rub together- like when the laundry is being stubbornly ignored- there are piles of books to be devoured, greeting cards and afghans to be made, and jammies to wear. She likes to play at writing too.
As a couple, Mama and Papa watch all variety of shows and movies, play World of Warcraft together, and love going out for the early bird special at the Texas Roadhouse. We are fluent in the beautiful yet complex languages of Sarcasm and Orcish. Our marriage works out great, as long as she eats all of his tomatoes, and he pre-warms the bed for her.
Girlthing is edging closer and closer to Teenager Status. She is a budding seamstress, an avid reader, a writer, loves stomping around as the Bad Guy in Overlord, and is steadily developing strength of character that would rival Fezzik’s physical strength. Although clearly it is proof that she is alien spawn, Girlthing makes us proud by wanting to be a mathematician.
Boything is in the middle of his elementary school career. He has earned his orange belt in Judo, plays a mean racing game, consistently scores A’s in school, and generally buzzes around like a bug to flame until he crashes. Against all social norms in small town America, he chooses to wear his hair longish- and pulls it off with style! His ambitions include being a world-renowned chef (the new Emeril, perhaps?) and a police officer and perhaps even an artist. Boything intends to make the world a safer, tastier, prettier place for us all.
Both were allowed to live beyond toddlerhood!
And don’t forget about the Cat Family. We have three of the obnoxious things.
