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Fill In The Blank Friday
image from http://allisonwheeler.tumblr.com/ via we heart it 1. Blogging is my way of keeping life in perspective – and letting me laugh at my family myself. 2. A current fashion trend I wish I was brave enough to wear is a bikini. (Ok, not a current trend, but I haven’t worn one since my honeymoon. Sorry, honey.) 3. My greatest accomplishment in life thus far is raising my two children. They can frustrate me, but all in all, they are pretty darn amazing creatures! 4. If I had to choose between a mountain or a beach vacation I’d choose a beach vacation. Sitting with my toes in the sand, a…
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Wordless Wednesday: This is how I feel when someone/somedog wees on my floor.
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Education and the Interwebz – the Ugly
I don’t know whether to be shocked at the gall of this – or the utter stupidity. Because, you know, all the best writers hang out on Craigslist.
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Found, then Lost.
Yesterday I was blog hopping – you know, where you are reading a blog, and then you click on the link of a commenter, or an interesting sounding name in their blogroll…and then 45 minutes later (yes, I should get a job or something)…you’re googling something interesting mentioned in the post you are currently reading…and think “what a cool blog”…or a cool idea…or “what camera did she shoot that video on?”… and then you accidentally close out the page… And can’t figure out how you got there? This happens to me. A lot. You’d think I would learn. Today I was watching a video that a lovely blogger made to…
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Maybe not so much Mad as Sad.
Each night at dinner, we share the worst part, and then the best part of our day. Its a lovely tradition that initiates conversation at the dinner table that we may not ordinarily get to hear. (How many times have you asked “what did you do today?” to which the response has been “Nothing”???) Anyways…. Nearly every day for the past few weeks that school has been in session, its been basically the same “worst part” for Boo. It has been heartbreaking to listen to. I was angry. I was frustrated. Now, I am just sad. My son is being bullied at school. (He’s not the only one, but that…
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Wordless Wednesday: Lip Service
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25 Thoughts for Tuesday
I was cleaning out my in-box (yes, it is a veritable disaster) and came across this forward. I’m sure it was a chain letter at some point, author unknown (kudos to the original author, as they are lovely), but I saved it because it contained really great advice – the common sense kind that we all know, but have an occasion every now and again to be reminded of it. So here we go, 25 thoughts for a Tuesday: Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Talk to someone special…
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Home Again, Home Again (Jiggedy Jig)
I have been up for approximately 26 hours because I cannot sleep on airplanes. I smell like airport. I have static-head from sleeping against an airplane seat and a paper covered pillow. (I know, I shouldn’t have, so let’s not even go there.) My house smells like dog. There is a dent in the wall where Boo rocked Pea’s glider rocking chair a *titch* too hard. I’ll be calling the painter/plasterer in the morning, which sucks. (They “forgot” to tell Daddy that they did it yesterday.) There is no food in the house. My kids have greasy looking/slippery feeling heads from the new lice treatment the Hubs tried on them…
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Travelling Solo
This week, I’ve had to travel back to the States for my grandfather’s memorial service. Not wanting to subject the kids to the time changes and disruption involved with a short trip overseas, I’ve come on my own. Alone. Solo. Uno. Yes, I’m childless for FIVE days. My husband asked: “What will you do on that flight, all alone?” The reality? While I was completely unencumbered – it was one damn long flight. It felt endless. No fussing. No whining. I was free to read, watch a movie without interruption – and it was the longest damn flight I’ve EVER been on. I miss my kids. I miss my puppy,…
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Happy Puppy Wee
I’m a “wee” late for Mama Kat’s writing challenge, but I’m adding my submission anyway. My prompt of choice was to write about my pet’s least likeable character trait. Easy peasy lemon squeezy, that one. Macy – still a puppy – experiences “excitement” wees. Don’t get me wrong – she was housebroken in record time, and rarely has an accident in the house. But if someone comes to the door? Or downstairs? She can’t control her excitement. When the Hubs comes downstairs in the morning, she gets so excited, she wees on the floor. When he comes down an hour later, now dressed in suit and tie, despite the fact…