I’ve been having a hard time blogging lately. Did you miss me? This THING happened recently, and I haven’t been able to get past it. Someone whom I made angry decided to use what she knows of me from reading…
Category: just me
national farm animal day
I heard it on NPR this morning. A brief mention. Today is National Farm Animal Day. Not that you’ll find much about it on the google. Long-time readers of this blog are aware that I frequently fantasize about keeping farm…
my amazing husband
One must give credit where credit is due. Today this man (in no particular order): Changed the light bulb in the bathroom; calmly held my hand while I panicked during the turbulent parts of our flight; juggled and stacked and…
the surreal life
Because of facebook, I’ve reconnected with old high school friends, even ones with whom I may never share a single in-person conversation in our lives again, and in this way gained the status of only one degree of separation from…
i believe in miracles
Miraculously, the internet brought us a new bucket hat. Not identical to the one lost, but close enough to make us happy. Plus it’s bigger than the old one, and with his 75th percentile head, that’s a good thing. Thank…
the dryer post
I am in love with my new dryer. Let me explain. Since, oh, 1987, I’ve been living in rooming houses and apartments which all boasted coin-operated dryers, unless they had no dryers at all, in which case, laundrymats, coin-operated. My…
the baby, the milk, the spending plan, and our tivo
I don’t think I say this enough: He is awesome! I am so in love with this little person. I love him on his good and bad days, but today happened to be a good one. He woke up at…
signs of aging and how j.c. penny missed its target in my case
Have you seen the commercial? J.C. Penny is selling teen clothes by appropriating famous scenes and dance moves from The Breakfast Club, to a cover version of Don’t You (Forget About Me). There’s nothing like a baaaaad cover version of…