I am finding that there are a few words lacking in your current edition. I respectfully submit the following for inclusion in the 2015 version. Excitened – the state where you are both excited and terrified by something Teening – acting like a teenager when you are not one Clish – wanting to be more […]
“To everything, there is a season.” This is apparently my season of figuring out how to clone myself. This picture -> is an actual page from our family calendar. Looking at it freaks me right the heck out. So much drama. I mean literally, both kids are participating in the drama clubs at their respective […]
January 29, 2005 Hey girl, It’s me. I mean it’s you – coming at you from 10 years in the future. Freaky, right? I just wanted to check in and let you know in a vague way with no clear spoiler alerts what the future holds for you, my dear. I know you think you […]
I sometimes get caught up in magical unicorn-type thinking. If I am stubborn enough and tough enough and apply enough effort, I can change the course of history. I can steer the future if I just try harder. Dig in my heels, batten down the hatches, engage all manner of cliches… But the truth is […]
Just about this time last year I had a great idea for a series of blog posts. I had been all single girl, girl power, makingitonmyownjustfinethankyouverymuch for quite a while, and the question on the tip of everyone’s tongue was, annoyingly enough, “So, are you dating?” So I thought to myself, I shall sign up […]
I find myself, for the first time in many years, facing the year end with not a glimmer of “Good Riddance” in my mind. Imagine me, if you will, furiously knocking on wood while I tell you this. It is not in my nature to count blessings out loud, lest whoever is in charge of […]
This time of year, when people know you have kids who aren’t of the littlest variety, the one question on the tip of every tongue is: “Does he/she still believe?” I’m not sure what the over/under is on the age at which “most” kids make the connection between all of those Amazon boxes arriving and […]
I am looking at job listings (again…always) and coming to the conclusion that what I really really want is to be on a reality show. Mostly I want to just be paid for living my regular life. The parts of my regular life that don’t involve going to a real job anyway. Given clothes to […]
I may have mentioned this before, but I am a big fan of the whole “love” thing. Everyone should have some. Ideally lots. I am a little worried however, about the KIND of “love” that modern society is celebrating, especially for the young folks out there. How is any of this painting a pretty picture of […]
In an attempt to make the most of my extra hour today I did some purging around the house. (To be totally honest I slept through the extra hour…and maybe a couple of other hours…but THEN I wanted to be productive.) I started out innocently putting the Halloween decorations away. Then I saw the extra trick […]
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