5 days after Christmas.  If I have to do any of the following before next year (though next Spring would be too soon) I may disappear into the woods behind the house and build myself a crude hut out of all that firewood we can’t burn because we don’t have a fireplace, people! and stop … Continue reading Detox Starts Today

Today is the day.Your birthday is here!No matter how old,You’ve still got it, dear.I remember the dayWe made eyes at each other.You in your Prince shirt,And me, in another.Your rich and dark eyes Drew me in like a vacuum.I fell fast, I fell hardOn my poor little sacrum. Though today I am old,Don’t remember our … Continue reading A Birthday Poem

I took one for the team last night.  I’ve been as vocal as anyone on Facebook about my feelings surrounding this Common Core Math we’re doing.  I’ve been watching – and participating in – the many posts degrading it as stupid and ridiculous, accusing it of dumbing down our kids and/or turning them into sheep.  … Continue reading I Took One For The Team, I Think?

I was going to call this More Things That Piss Me Off, but after reading Today’s Word with Joel Osteen about focusing on the blessings of each moment and not allowing the little things (translation: that which pisses me off) to steal today’s joy, I felt compelled to change my focus to reflect recent Discoveries … Continue reading Discoveries

Something, somehow, forms the base for how we relate to others in a relationship, and what our expectations are in those relationships. They are acquired from experiences – good and bad –  with every relationship that precedes the other, learned from our parents, and perhaps the worst – culled from fictional fantasies.Disney is culpable at … Continue reading You Can’t Take It With You (But You Will) – Part 3

Todd and I somehow got involved in a conversation about a year ago, and I have no idea what precipitated it or why, but it was one of those somebody-turned-the-light-on-in-the-closet moments.  We’ve known each other a long time, though there were years we spent apart, and now only reunited for roughly 4 years.A conversation segued … Continue reading You Can’t Take It With You (But You Will) – Part 2

I recently starting following a blogger I stumbled onto via another blogger.  I liked her style, I liked her R-rated posts that seemed to be steeped in a reality that could easily have been my own.  I could relate to her, on many levels.   Apparently I happened upon her at just the right moment … Continue reading You Can’t Take It With You (But You Will) – Part 1

A friend of mine shared an article entitled, “14 Things All Healthy Couples Do.”  I am easily bored and often impatient when reading so I don’t often read articles that don’t just “grab” me.  But this – well, she kinda sorta said some of the stuff grossed her out.  Intrigued, I clicked on the link. … Continue reading We’re Not Healthy!

Something's wrong with my house.  I woke up the other morning, and saw it.  My house is infected with something, and I’m not sure what to do!I keep finding them all over the floors, and what’s worse – they multiply.  It makes no difference how many times I pick one up, there’s always more.  And … Continue reading There’s Something Wrong With My House

Today we celebrate ONE year in Maryland.  One year ago today I was up at the crack of dawn, to continue packing the unfathomable amount of rubbish we were going to load into a dreadfully undersized moving truck with only a handful of people to help.  This moving trip turned out to be a lot … Continue reading One Year Later