Today at 3:45 PM central standard time two wildly different and wonderful things happened. Winter break, for which I have pined all this autumn, began with smiles and candy canes and backpacks overflowing with holiday crafts. The other? The House …
It’s beginning to look a lot like…meh. It’s the most wonderful time of the…meh. Jingle meh, jingle meh, meh meh meh meh meh. I gave up on Christmas this year, just couldn’t do it. The only reason the house is …
Have you noticed how life is just one big Pro/Con list? It’s all in how you look at it… Pro: When you own a 45 year old almond colored toilet you can’t tell when it needs to be scrubbed. Con: …
The I DID IT badge for NaBloPoMo was finally released yesterday and I can now confess that I tortured myself for the badge here. Thirty days of thoughtful, quality writing, self-flagellating mental vomit, penning something every night at 10 PM and praying …
Someday I would love to meet the elusive “They.” They of “they say…” They has opinions and isn’t afraid to use them. They gets around. They has no nationality, a true citizen of the world. Oh, dear They, what would …
I did it. Today is the last day of NaBloPoMo and all I can think is OHTHANKGOD. Despite the fact that last year I kept the daily streak going until the end of January, I’m fairly certain there will be no …
In my particular department at work, I am an anomaly. It’s made up of older men or younger-than-me-by-most-of-a-decade singles and young marrieds. There are no other Middle-Aged Married With Elementary School Aged Kids people in my department. It’s a little …
Tonight J asked how long we’ve been living here in our new house. I actually had to stop and count on my fingers. It’ll be four months tomorrow. I have no idea how the hell that is possible. Four months? …
Oh, the much-too-brief Thanksgiving break is over. And the winter break is much-too-distant. Between now and then are events of the holiday sort, of the business trip sort, and of the elementary school sort. Report cards come out this week, …
I am the only female in this house with opposable thumbs. While this has been the case forever and a day, it really hit this evening at dinner. Big ole’ slab of ribs at the local smokehouse, slathered in sauce, …
