Cat Vomit and Other Grossness

So, we’re finally moving. The big day has arrived. As I pack, paint, and dream about life in a larger, newer, safer, nicer, fresher and more open house I reach for something that has fallen behind the bookcase.
And I touch…
Cat vomit.
Now, I realize that you find strange and sundry things when you move. [...]

Posted on July 23, 2008 Filed Under family | 1 Comment

The Lives We Lead

Ah, the lives we lead.
Do you ever wake up and wonder where you are? Not in a bad way, but in a weird dream-induced coma kinda way that makes you lay there for a few minutes. In wonder. In a calm sense of joy.
Then the cat jumps on your very [...]

Posted on July 16, 2008 Filed Under family | Leave a Comment

Some Questions of Ye Olde Parental Units

OK, so my last post was sad. I didn’t check email or anything for a day. Thank you to those who told me to continue to offer support even if I didn’t think it would help. Great advice! And I appreciate all your kind words. I passed them to my [...]

Posted on July 13, 2008 Filed Under family | Leave a Comment

Someone Died Today

Feeling brainless. I can’t write. I can barely think let alone type something pithy and interesting.
I am laying here in bed trying to think of what I want to say and all I can think is that I want to squirt more whipped cream straight from the can and into my [...]

Posted on July 11, 2008 Filed Under Uncategorized, family | 2 Comments

Cowgirl, Hippie, Naturalist

So, I have been told I confuse people. I sometimes feel like I’m a little Donny and a little Marie.
I turn off the water while I brush my teeth. I recycle pretty much everything, and even bring scraps of paper home from work to recycle. I compost. I buy organic. [...]

Posted on July 8, 2008 Filed Under Democrat, Mommy blog, Politics, environment, sugar and sprouts | 8 Comments

I’ve Beat This Drum, But Better a Drum Than a Kid

Violence against children is still violence.  I know I have spent a long blog post on this topic already, but it pisses me off and breaks my heart at the same time.  Here goes…
A woman in our play group was going on about how appalled she was about something that happened to her friend the [...]

Posted on July 6, 2008 Filed Under Mommy blog, family, kids | 5 Comments

A Mountain Lion and Me

I started training again, marathon training that is.  It was a tough decision.  I was getting used to having more time at home to chill out after ten days skipped.  But I went the other day, and then again today.  Beat the heat and got my butt out there before sun-up. 
And then, second day [...]

Posted on July 2, 2008 Filed Under Arizona, Grand Canyon, marathon mom, marathon training | 1 Comment

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