keep passing the open windows

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. It was a super busy weekend for me, culminating in dinner and a movie with my friend Chad. He’s here from San Francisco for the week and yesterday was (possibly) the only time I will see him during this visit.
Reagan was bummed because Sunday […]

The number one thing I’m thankful for is that everyone in my family is healthy. (Okay, maybe not mentally, but that’s another post.)
After health, I’m really thankful for my friends; MarySue, Laura and Katrina, they have saved my sanity so many times over the years and I always have fun with them. […]

Today Chris and Reagan are shopping for a birthday gift for Taylor’s 14th birthday, which falls on “Black Friday.”
I spoke to my husband a few minutes ago, to get an update on the shopping. He said they are still looking for a few things, including a “really cool laundry basket for Taylor’s room.” […]

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming…
Raise your hand if you want to strangle that little girl in the Toy’s’R’Us commercial. (I hate that commercial! Everytime I see it I think “You’ve got enough goddamned stuffed animals to feed thirty starving kids in Ethiopia…”)
Really, she may have the […]

Today is not a good day. At least not for me. Not for my family. It’s the same old story, boy meets girl, girl gets pregnant and they live unhappily ever after. Or something like that.
Furthermore, I was reading a forum post about the “top 5″ things people want […]

Somewhere recently I read mention of a lady who has committed to not breaking any of the ten commandments and is blogging about it. I tried to find her blog but had no luck. (But there are a lot of posts entitled “The 10 Commandments of Blogging” out there.)
Really, wouldn’t it […]

Perusing PeoriaSpeaks I responded to a thread about “what was your worst job?” At first I thought waitress, then data entry, but pondering it, I now realize that my worst job was babysitting.
When I was thirteen I babysat, for a week in the summer, the two sons of one of my mom’s co-workers. […]

Luckily my daughter was able to attend school yesterday, but her whininess was still in full force. At one point Taylor said “damn” in everyday conversation; I reminded him that he should not swear and Reagan started crying, saying “You love Taylor more than you love me; If I cussed, you would ground […]

Scenario: My office, inhabited by myself and my co-worker, Mary. (No, I’m not breaking the cardinal rule of blogging; “no blogging about work.”)
A knock on our door, it opens, two twenty-something salespeople enter…
Sales dude 1: “Hi, I see your sign.” (NO SOLICITORS) “But we have such a great […]

My daughter is home today with strep throat. At the doctor’s office she said “I hope Tay doesn’t get it. Monday night I bought him a bottle of water, but before I gave it to him, I drank some.” Oh, great. The one time my daughter voluntarily shares something with her […]