I got that look again
It’s hard to describe, but oh so easy to recognize. It’s a tight smile, the eyes slightly glazed and fixed on a point across the room. And silence from the person with the look, maybe a soft “mmm…” It’s the …
Where did I get this kid?
“A, gimme a butterfly kiss.” {butterfly kiss on my cheek} “Mom, how do butterflies kiss each other?” “I don’t know, A, what do you think?” “I think they use their proboscis.”
I need a vacation from my weekend
Every so often we have a weekend where we are more exhausted at the end than necessary. It doesn’t happen very often, just often enough that Tom and I look at each other with joint expressions of “WTF?” and “Is …
AHA!
Ok, I’ve figured out how to put slideshows and video on this blog. Happy happy. Now you all can appreciate the joy of a construction site in your backyard. Be sure your volume is up…waaaayy up. That’ll give you the …
I’ve been tagged by Robin (who is probably on an airplane high above the globe right now) to share 8 random things about me.Here’s how it works: Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged …
This could have been A
Has anyone else seen this news story? A six year old girl was trying to get a pair of scissors, standing on a wheeled office chair, and the chair moved. She stabbed herself in the neck with the scissors when …
Batting a thousand
The big sports news in Denver this weekend has been the Rockies player who briefly touched a .400 hitting average. Now, I’m enough of a baseball fan to know what a big deal this is, but I can’t help but …
Where the hell are my earplugs?
It is a beeyuuutiful day here on the Front Range. The sun is shining, the clouds are big and puffy, and it is deliciously warm. Instead of puttering around outside, getting my backyard and planters ready for spring planting, I …