Miscellany madness. Memories, kids, hiding from zombies and generally not being a lazy fucker
This post turned out a lot longer than I intended when I started writing. I think this is a strong indicator that I need to post a little more often…
A new look for a new year
Now, if I could just lose 50 pounds, figure out how I’d like my hair done, and work up the courage to use my (very beautiful, very fancy, and very…
Predictions for my upcoming week
Based on the many prior weeks I have living my life, I now feel qualified to predict with a certain degree of accuracy, my upcoming week. It is not so…
How quickly I forget. No really. I actually totally forgot.
It’s only Day 2 of NaBloPoMo and I had already forgotten about it. So comfortable in fact, that I settled into our Saturday routine without a second thought. And then…
Can I claim to be frugal while fat or am I a frugal fraud?
Strange things occupy my mind. I’m the first to admit that it’s a bit of a rat’s nest in there, but this is a new one, even for me. You…
RoadKill or Road Kill. It’s all good.
It is easy to forget that the place where you live is not the only place in the world. It is easy to forget that what is easy and readily…
Through the kindness of others, applesauce is made
When we moved to our dream home just over a year ago, the one thing that we had to leave behind was our beloved apple tree. The year prior to…
I went on vacation and things exploded around here
I came home to Keswick only to find that my garden vegetables converted into the vegetable equivalent of ‘Girl’s Gone Wild’ meet ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ More about our vacation…
My Cleaver-y weekend. No, I didn’t stab anyone
Ed. note: This post was started on Sunday night, my iPad refused to co-operate (when did it become one of my kids?!?) and I could not finish the post or…
My literal, if not linguistical, smalls have the best conversations
First, let me say that technically “linguistical” is not a word, but in reality it works. Just to make sure that I was spelling this non-word correctly, I did what…