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I'm a mom, a wife, and a working woman trying to make my way through life. There are a lot of issues that concern me - confuse and amuse me. Come join me on my many and sundry adventures.
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SkyWatch ~ season 4, episode 25
Best wishes for a Happy New Year May God give you…For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song an...
The Best Blog Posts of 2009
Scary Mommy, Jill, is hosting a lovely party for favorite posts of 2009. She’s brilliant and I wanna be her when I grow up, so I’m joining in the fun. Going through my last 12 months of writing, I had a difficult time picking a few. Not ...
Thank you!
‘Thank you’ to everyone for all your ‘Get Well’ wishes. Being the Attention ‘Ho that I am, that’s been great. I’m recovering well, but am still very tired and sore, so I’m going to rest today. If you mi...
Merry Christmas to all…
… and to all a Good Night! Christmas, that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it ...
Happy 101: Top Ten
Melissa B, the intrepid Scholastic Scribe, gifted me this lovely bit of Christmas bling. Once again she has fabulous timing. I’ve been in a dark funk for so very long, and recognize that my voice has reached that annoyingly whiny twang. This m...
Mouthwatering Monday ~ Russian Tea
When I was younger, my mom and I made this tea every Christmas season. We’d fill half pint mason jars with the mix, decorate the lid with some pretty holiday paper, and give out as gifts. If we were really industrious, we’d add a plate of...
Dreams: the worm has turned
It was another one of those WTF dreams. Totally random, totally weird and I had no idea what it could possible mean. It started with me in a shower, or just getting in, only the awareness that the falling water around me wasn’t rain. Before I s...
A Christmas wish list
We got our tree up this weekend, but have only added the lights so far. The Boy and I will be unpacking ornaments, nativity scenes, stockings, a few decades of mish-mash decorations from Hubs and my childhood, tiny hand prints made in kindergarten, ...
Whither thou goest…
Me: Andrews Air Force Base is near D.C. right? Hubs: Yeah. WK: I’d live in D.C. Me: Yeah, me too. (looking lovingly at Hubs and in my best coo), I’d live anywhere with you, even Singapore (another story) or (looking at WK) in Dubai. WK: Y...
Job interviews are like dates…
Why is it that nothing can be easy? I filled out the paperwork for unemployment benefits only to find out I still had to wait two weeks before I could get the application certified, AND I’ll have to continue checking in every two weeks for the ...
Holiday Cookie Exchange 2009
Last year around this same time, I offered up a holiday cookie exchange. This year, once again, I’m asking for recipes for a favorite holiday treat. You can leave your recipe in the comments, or link to a post of your own. I’ll keep an up...
Weekly Winners ~ light of day
More Weekly Winners photo galleries can be found at Sarcastic Mom. While you’re there, please leave our hostess Lotus some comment love. For Nov. 22-28 (Shot with a Nikon D60, using an 18-55mm or 55-200mm lens) Woke up to see a tinge of orange...
I’m getting too old for this…
So, okay… I did the Black Friday thing. Not a professional shopping extravaganza… didn’t camp out or have to set an alarm clock to pack into a dangerously stuffed store – dodging fellow shoppers and fire marshals looking to sh...
Wordless Wednesday ~ heart of the matter
Check out more Wordless Wednesday photography… I’ve been tryin’ to get down to the Heart of the Matter But my will gets weak And my thoughts seem to scatter But I think it’s about forgiveness Forgiveness Even if, even if you...
Indie Ink
Today I am over at IndieInk.org as a featured artist. One of my photos was accepted for publication. Thank you, Stacy, I am thrilled to be there! Please, take a moment to visit over at Indie Ink and peruse the wonderful collection of photos and essa...
Extortion is not an option
I’m struggling with so many precepts. That bad things happen to good people, that we’re only given as much as we can handle, that prayers are answered, blah, blah, blah… Shit happens. No amount of prayer, no amount faith, no amount ...
And hurricane season was almost over…
So close… Officially the Atlantic Hurricane Season is from June 1 to Nov 30. During the 2009 season we’ve been marvelously free of big storms. Not only did the national weather service record one of the latest storms in history with Hurri...
Weekly Winners ~ a different view
More Weekly Winners photo galleries can be found at Sarcastic Mom. While you’re there, please leave our hostess Lotus some comment love. For Nov. 1-7 (Shot with a Nikon D60) Out the back door one afternoon, the sun was hitting this spiderweb ...
It’s looking a lot like Bah Humbug
Walking through Tar-jay yesterday I felt like I had wandered into a Rankin/Bass holiday special. Three-foot silver and red snowflakes hung in clusters from the ceiling so that I had to brave a gauntlet of glitter and tinsel as I walked the aisles. Ch...
2009 Weblog Awards
I love, LOVE my bloggy pals. Jen (Huckdoll) nominated me for Best Individual Blogger and Best Small Blog over at the 2009 Weblog Awards. (Thank you, Jen!) Honestly, I can say that just being nominated is very cool. And that someone else did the nom...
NaBloPoMo ~ No(vember)
It’s not like I have much else to do… Last November I joined the National Blog Posting Month campaign that challenged writers to publish a new post every day for 30 days. My rationale was that since I post almost everyday anyway, making ...
Things I still won’t do…
I’m not one to usually take a public stand and fervently champion it, proslytizing my beliefs and actions as the one and only way. I’m more a behind the scenes kinda girl. That being said, there are certain things I am adamant about, thin...
Scruffy redeux
Remember this little guy, the stray bundle of fur WK rescued back in May? All 2.25 pounds of him? We were worried about whether he would grow much bigger than this. (We did find out after the original post that Scruffy was actually male.) Well, we&#...
Street surfing, doggy style
We’re struggling a little at Casa del T. The Boy is dealing with some set backs and he’s been reluctant to get out of the house much. I try to engage him in anything that I think will work to rock him out of the recliner in the living roo...
Send a man to do a boy’s job
In many ways, my kids are fighting the good fight to stay kids as long as they can. It’s not that they don’t savor their increasing independence, or revert to temper tantrums when they don’t get their way. They are far more mature t...
Blog Swap
Lovely Moo, photographer extraordinaire, sent me this little pretty the other day. I appreciate the sentiment, she is a new blog pal, but she’s been a family friend for a while. Do yourselves a favor and visit to enjoy her wonderful photos. As...
Gestures of love
Hubs’ dad is retired, career military. He served 25 years in the Air Force. During that time the fam lived in many different places. Several of the contiguous United States, Hawaii and even England for several years. While in England, Hubs woul...
Mouthwatering Monday ~ Mexican Chicken Corn Chowder
When the temps start falling, and the nights get a little bite to them, then it’s autumn, and to me, that means soups and stews. I love making a big pot of stew, baking some fresh bread to sop it up, and settling in for a toasty warm dinner. Th...
Weekly Winners ~ more spiders
More Weekly Winners photo galleries can be found at Sarcastic Mom. While you’re there, please leave our hostess Lotus some comment love. For Oct. 11-17 (Shot with a Nikon D60) Maxx, our Lab matriarch, is showing her age and her excellent yawni...
Not a frou-frou girl
Several years ago I had a friend ~ I’ll call her Hilary. She was the most ‘put together’ woman I’ve ever known. She always looked immaculate. She, another friend, and I would meet a few mornings each week and go walking. Even...
