I was tempted to leave that headline just sitting there, but I’m too wordy to be terse. So… I received a call exactly a week ago that my dad was in the hospital, and I packed it up and hightailed it to where he ended up being still today. He’s had open…Continue Reading
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PROMPTuesday #167: Spooky Story
{{I wrote this several years ago, and no longer live in the house described below. But the weird thing? Last night an unexplained BANG! woke The Rock and I up at 3AM, and made me think of all this again. And, it’s Halloween season! This all couldn’t be more delicious.}} So for this week’s…Continue Reading
The Reminder
{{I’m re-posting this, and it’s only because I’m…having a busy time right now and getting all feeling sorry for myself and I needed to remember that I’m good. I’m good. There’s many reasons for thanks.}} I parked my car in the usual haphazard fashion, bumping my horn as I scrambled out the driver’s side.…Continue Reading
Raise Money for Your SoCal Elementary School: A Diatribe
Booger on the left (I’d like to explain the headband, but nonsensical kid fashion knows no logic nor bounds), and Toots on the right. This is Toots’ first day of kindergarten. Two years ago. And also when I was still only 40. Such halcyon days. I remember the first time I gave serious…Continue Reading
Weekend Wiki
The other day I sat on a double-decker party bus and wanted to go home. I wanted my husband on a couch with a movie, a double-ply goose down blanket and probably a pizza. I wanted a hammock in the sun and wind and time. I wanted to stop wanting. Instead, I arranged my face…Continue Reading
Fashion for the Clueless
I understand your confusion, but this is not me. (Photo from here) Tonight I’m attending the Poppy Boutique grand opening with my friend, Morgan. And the second I discovered we’d be going together, I emailed her and said, “Hey! You should style me in Poppy Boutique clothes! It’ll be real fun for you!”…Continue Reading
Good Movies That Aren’t Blockbusters
Re-posting this…because I want a good movie and I’m sick of all the usual suspects… {After hearing from several people that they’ve seen these movies, I’m going to deny that I’m hopelessly out of touch and instead re-name this post to: Non-Blockbuster Movies That You Might Want to See Again, like Box of Moonlight.)…Continue Reading
Poor Math Skills Equals PMS
“OK. Count by twos…what’s missing? BLANK 54, 56, 58, BLANK. What’s missing? What NUMBER? What number is MISSING? BLANK, 54, 56, 58, MOTHER EFFING BLANK. It’s not that hard. Fifty-tttttttttttwwwwwwwwoooo. 54, 56, 58, sixxxxxxxxxttttyyyy—- Oh forget IT! You’re all hopeless. Get ready to go to the dumb farm.” *************************** “For God’s sakes! What’s…Continue Reading
Helping the Help
I’ve recently been given a project that will take me 22 years to complete, minimum, and it’s due in two weeks. I took the workload on late last month, and according to my math-sucks-butt calculations, I would definitely be able to finish it all by the October 9 deadline. However, using my husband’s constantly-doing-math-in-his-head-JUST-FOR-FUN arithmetic,…Continue Reading
This is for You Writers
The Writer’s Manifesto from Goins, Writer. Normally, I’d put a short post like this in my sidebar, but this is important and divine and should be front and center. I hope it resonates.
The Sprint Navigator Experience
{{Re-posting.}} A few months ago, my husband and I canceled our seemingly lifelong Verizon Wireless membership and switched over to Sprint. I know. It’s just that we heard Sprint was much more affordable and had improved service. Over say, the really crappy service it offered before. Which is like saying Britney Spears…Continue Reading
The Blackout
I think the microwave clock read 4:24. My daughter noticed it first. Black where the numbers should be. “The power went out.” She jumped up and down, giddy. She’d been waiting for this day since last summer’s blackout. She’d loved every dark minute — the neighbor’s pool, the Chili’s dinner, the candlelight…Continue Reading
