Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It feels like those spring storms that kick up when the weather is lovely and warm and suddenly the sky is black and green and it begins to rain and hail. You are caught without a raincoat, have no where to take cover and the sound of the thudding ice is scary and loud. The [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We are in a bathroom stall and I am peeing and Chica says in a whisper, “mama, how do you spell butt?”
I say, “B U T T” Chica says, “hahahahahha”
“mama, “she whispers again, “how do you spell vagina?”
“V A G I N A” I whisper back. “hahahahahahahahahhahaHAHA” she says.
“what about body?” another whisper and giggle.
“B [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I know how that sounds. So what. I do. I admit it. I love them. I think they are a bunch of lovely, sweet, silly and smart men and I adore them. Some I know more than others and so ergo (hat tip Debbi…odd word use!) I love them even more.
Like Keith. He is ridiculously [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I wake up late the day after because I am sickish and Chica was up every other hour peeing or pooping or coughing. I can sleep in and my dear sweetie lets me. I do not have school yet. I do not have to study. My house is pretty clean and straight save for the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The first day of winter usually feels like a promise of spring and that I am on the upward swing of daylight, warmth and sunshine.
This 22nd will only signify an ending of sorts. And also a brutal and cruel and senseless and confusing and unnecessary and bleak and terrible and black beginning. A beginning of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“SO, vertend I am a wolfs and I am doeing to det you! grrrGGGggggrrrrrrrROW!”
“OKAY, BUTCEPT I GET TO FIND YOU AND TIE YOU TO THIS TREE.”
“HEY, I know, we can our chothers stuff for the house and then the wolves can live there!”
in chorus, “YEA!!!”
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 | 11 Comments »
1. 60 assorted pieces of hats, scarves, vests and shirts for My Sisters Place, in honor of my friend and her children that were murdered.
2. $25 Susan G. Komen foundation donation in honor of our Aunt Lori who is winning her battle against breast cancer.
3. $25 dollars to the Heartly House in Frederick to help [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2007 | 7 Comments »
My family and I attended a party over the weekend and it was such fun. Our hostess was the mostess and the ankle biters had the best time ever. I really had fun meeting new friends and seeing some others that I don’t know very well. The kids were maniacs and just were crazy. At [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Cold enough to snow although it does not. Black purple night sky and my breath is like smoke. Christmas songs play gayly on the radio and the minions sing along peeping and mumbling the words they don’t know and shouting the ones they do. The car hums along and we are on our way home. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain -
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm [...]
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