I look at the world around me and I see a lot of beauty – and a lot of ugliness, too. I guess it depends on what you are looking at and how you choose to look. You can see the beautiful flowers popping up on all of the trees or you can see theContinue reading “Beauty is all around us: LOOK CLOSER.”
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on not fighting the tides.
It’s a lounge in our jammies watching tv kind of day. A second latte, lingering in little moments kind of day. I’ve been trying to focus on all the little good things – the impossible bend in her limbs as she watches Sofia the First on repeat with me. The delicious taste of coffee freshlyContinue reading “on not fighting the tides.”
Doctor Who Should Come With a Warning Label: Do Not Get Too Attached!
Dan and I recently started watching Doctor Who together. When the fall / winter series finally had all had their finales, we switched over to our Netflix Instant Queue and decided to finally see what all the fuss was about. We were originally going to go all the way back to the episodes from theContinue reading “Doctor Who Should Come With a Warning Label: Do Not Get Too Attached!”
my thoughts on politics – don’t make me say it again (Vote for Elmo!)
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Gore Vidal I hate talking about politics. Partly because the facts in each election, major or minor, get so skewed by the media that it’s hard to tell who is telling the truth at the endContinue reading “my thoughts on politics – don’t make me say it again (Vote for Elmo!)”
pretty picture, grumpy mom.
One of the pictures I took yesterday at Olbrich. Probably the best of the bunch. In not remotely fun news, MM has swollen tonsils and I think I might, too. Jury is still out. I’m taking him to the doctors this afternoon to get looked at. I know it’s silly, but I’m a little bummedContinue reading “pretty picture, grumpy mom.”
Apple Fritters: The World’s Most Dangerous Dessert
It’s been one of those days. The fact that it’s only 11am and I’m already saying it’s been one of those days should tell you that it hasn’t been a particularly good day. It started last night, when I woke up from a somewhat bad dream – not a nightmare but still a bit disturbing.Continue reading “Apple Fritters: The World’s Most Dangerous Dessert”
I’ll think about that tomorrow.
Dan threw his back out on Monday. He spent a day at home recovering and now he’s back at work thanks to Aleave and a back brace. So he’s doing okay but he can’t do much heavy lifting for at least a week, maybe a month. Not sure yet. This morning we got our first big snow!Continue reading “I’ll think about that tomorrow.”
I swear I was tech savvy once. Why is the rum gone?
So I think I may have mentioned before that I’m something of a big huge nerdy pants, at least for a girl. I think it’s official now because Dan has brainwashed me into being a bit of a Linux geek. When we got my pretty new desktop though, we found Windows 7 wasn’t quite asContinue reading “I swear I was tech savvy once. Why is the rum gone?”
The School Supplies Rant
Over at Ohdeedoh they are talking about School Supplies today. Namely the useless ones that never get used. Like protracters and eraseable red pens, planners and pencil cases. What items do you remember buying as a kid that you never used? What items are you buying now as a parent that have you scratching your head? Personally, IContinue reading “The School Supplies Rant”
