Live-blogging my sub day ~ CONCLUSION ~
While I’ve got the kids working, I thought it’d be fun to live-blog my day; if I’m getting eaten alive and regurgitated, I’d want it memorialized (blogger to the end!). What can I say? I’ve got a computer, the internet, and...
“They’ll eat you up and spit you out”
It doesn’t take Jedi mind tricks to persuade me; you might just say I’m easily influenced if I think your perspective has merit. This weekend, we entertained some of our oldest friends from South Carolina. It has been years since we spent...
kirtsy isn’t just “skirt” misspelled with an extra “y”
Did you hear about the controversy between skirt! magazine and sk*rt? Seems that the skirt peeps–Goliath in this story–told the sk*rt chicks–the little, unintimidating David–to hit the road jack jill, don’tcha come back no more,...
Oopsidaisy!
Sauntering Soul’s theme for Fun Monday–"How I can be a jerk"–wasn’t something I wanted to write about, but three instances are so current I felt like I needed to own up to them; two of the three involve blogging. [1] Why I...
Haiku Momanista
A while back, Rocks in My Dryer sponsored a Mom-themed haiku contest, the winner to receive $1,000 from Egg Beaters. Never content to write just one poem, I wrote several. In honor of Mother’s Day today, I thought I’d share the three I ended...
Clouded View ~ 40PC #2</span
Sometimes you’ve just gotta "K.I.S.S."…and friends, that’s what I gotta do today. Although I composed award-winning poetry in response to this head-in-the-clouds photo–while snail-pacing through traffic, just before falling...
Mom, Interrupted
My back is turned to him, but I hear his steps as he approaches. Without turning to look at him, he says, "Mom, can you tie this?". I’m in the middle of a cleaning frenzy–company’s coming tomorrow, friends we haven’t seen in years,...
Sometimes, good “treats” are more than just “eats”
[5] Crinkly-eyed smiles and dimples you can get lost in. I’ve seen Bobby and Jamie Deen on television and in print, but never in person before Saturday; let’s just say they’re "beautiful people" and be done with it. Okay,...