So… Friday Squish had a dance and she looked lovely and Saturday Mate started the morning by taking her to spring soccer practice while I took the dogs for a walk, and then I came home and made the kids pack. And then we packed up the car with stuff for kids and stuff for… Read More

Me: Yeah, I couldn’t go on my walk today–that sort of sucked. Mate: Did you not have any time? Me: No–I totally went, but it was flooded, so no walk. See the pictures? Mate: It totally counts. You went, you got out of the car, you took pictures. Counts. Me: Excellent! Win! *  *  *… Read More

So I was walking the dogs in the rain, and feeling sorry for myself for a variety of reasons I won’t bore you with because even I knew they were stupid. The dogs were looking damned pathetic–as you can see here, the great flood was in progress and they couldn’t believe I was making them… Read More

 So it was a really quiet day today. It rained a little, I picked up the kids–we watched a lot of TV tonight as a family which was nice. Mostly, I was writing, which I really need to do, along with a bunch of other stuff, so even though there’s going to be Kermit Flail… Read More

So, getting back into the swing of things this weekend, and taking care of some odds and ends! This one’s going to be a bullet point post, because if I’m lucky I can put together 2K for my word limit tonight, but I’m still a little tired and not feeling that lucky! Here goes! *… Read More

 Okay–so we went back east. The purpose of going back east was to see Mate’s half-brother get married, but Mate also wanted to make the kids “see some culture” as it were, so in between “Hey, kids, you have to dress up in your best clothes and see a bunch of people you don’t remember… Read More

Me: Okay, so we’re going to need eight days of clothing… Mate:  Check. Me: Eight pairs of underwear– Mate: Check. Me: Plust eight more pairs because screaming period has commenced. Mate: And socks. Me: …. Mate: And coats. Me: And six bras. Mate:… Me: And eight T-shirts. Mate: And eight T-shirts. Me: And four pairs… Read More

Whew… Okay– going out of town next week with the WHOLE FAM DAMILY… and more about that later, I’m sure you’ll see the occasional picture! Anyway– So Kermit Flail is going up in the morning and tonight is mostly random disparate things… First of all… Eddie Vedder and Beyonce. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS… Read More

I know it’s hard. I know the world is frightening, and the people we love most hurt us without trying. I know our politicians are indifferent and our professions more willing to discard us than train us to do better. I know sometimes our inner pain eclipses all our strength, and often our common sense…. Read More

I’ll be honest. I don’t do much the day after I get back from somewhere. Especially when It took me a long time en route. So today, besides picking up ZoomBoy and taking the dogs for a walk… Mostly, I was a cat. This here is a picture of a cat. Doing what cats do…. Read More