Tagged: blabbiterlickum

18
Oct
2015

SLIPPIN’, SLIPPIN’, SLIPPIN’ INTO THE FUTURE*

Oy, where did that week go? Where did all the weeks go? I know, I know, I talk about how times flies all the time; you’d think I’d be used it by now, but no, it’s equally surprising ALL THE TIME. All the time that disappears. It’s been raining and/or drizzling for days on end and my hair is reacting as you’d expect: like a crazy person. It’s not just frizzy. It’s SUPER FRIZZY. If I let it air-dry even a little bit after a shower, it looks like chestnut dandelion fuzz. Good thing it’s not bird-nest-building season because I’d...

07
Aug
2015

TWEENAGER! (DAMMIT)

Edited to say: if my math impairment doesn’t once again trip me up and if that isn’t THE MOST TYPICAL THING I COULD HAVE DONE, I don’t know what is. *sigh* Yesterday, my little Livejournal became a teenager turned 12! That’s right, I’ve been writing here, right here, in this spot for 13 12 years! Back in 2003, blogs were the new and cool thing to do. EVERYONE was blogging. It was Gale, a friend from the AWC, who really got me started. She still blogs too but not so much, and since she moved to Copenhagen years ago, I...

03
Aug
2015

MIND GAMES

We played a game at dinner tonight, one that Martin originally heard via a podcast. It was fun, even if it’s all a bunch of hooey, so here it is for you to play along: Imagine you are facing a desert. A vast, featureless sand ocean. Now, imagine a cube. Describe your cube. What color is it? What size? What is it made of? Where is it in the desert? With you in the desert is a horse. What is it doing? What color is it? Does it have a saddle or any other trappings? Where is the horse in...

14
Jun
2015

ING*

Reading: Re-reading golden oldies…Diana Wynne Jones’ YA fantasies. She was amazing. Listening: The last artists I found and added to my Spotify list are Jess Penner and Natalie Prass. Melodic and delightful! Thinking: About writing to-do lists, haha! Smelling: Nothing. I can never smell anything because I am apparently permanently stuffed up. *sigh* Wishing: The pansies would last even longer but I’m guessing it’s about time to start re-potting. Planning: The things that still need to be taken care of before our trip. Wearing: Capri pants and no-sleeve shirts (even though it was really too cold for them today). Loving:...

10
Jun
2015

WHIRRRRRRR

Martin: (from the other room) What’s a “more”? Liz: How do you spell it? Martin: M-O-R-E Liz: Oh. It’s the values or ethical standards of society. Martin: Like a norm? Liz: More or less. Liz: *giggles madly* Liz: See what I did there? Martin: *sigh* It’s the last week of school. Both Martin and Karin are done on Friday and summer vacation begins. Remember that feeling? The whole sunny summer stretching out in front of you? Days at the pool, evenings playing blindman’s bluff and statues on the lawn, visits to grandparents, freezers full of Fla-Vor-Ice popsicles. Mmmmmm yummy grape...

18
Feb
2015

MILLION-DOLLAR IDEA (emphasis on the ILL)

Still haven’t been feeling up to snuff this week and yesterday I woke with a bad headache on top of the sort-of head cold that won’t go away, and an earache that had started the night before and caused me to sleep poorly, so I stayed home from work. I worked today but I definitely still feel sub-par. How many times can you blow your nose before there’s nothing left but a large seeping hole in your face? Honestly. One of my colleagues said, when she saw me in the office, “You don’t look sick at all!” “Ha!” I groused....

17
Jan
2015

LATE ON A LAZY SATURDAY

I was gonna write more. I WAS writing more. And then suddenly days go by and I haven’t written, though you know, there are LOTS of posts…in my head. Some days there just isn’t anything to write about. And some days even if there is I can’t be bothered. And some days there’s neither. You know, occasionally I can just sit down and start writing and even IF I have nothing to write about, I will end up with a post. Like now. I’m doing it right now. RIGHT THIS MINUTE, in fact. That said, it certainly does NOT mean...

02
Jan
2015

THINGS I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT

How great my husband is How great my kids are How much I miss my family What I do for a living Why I write here This wonderful world Things I like Things I dislike Things I think about a lot Funny things said in my hearing Pictures from my past and what they mean to me Books I’m reading Stuff I have to get done Friends and what they mean to me All the things I’m looking forward to Lists that are meaningless to anyone but me … Oh, wait… I’m already writing about all these things. What do...

10
Nov
2014

THE ANTI-BUCKET LIST

Things I hope never to do before I die Eat squid or snails or bugs Go blind Wear stilettos “Misplace” another IUD Become a victim of identity theft Pierce any part of my body Stop telling my husband I love him every day Throw up in public Develop an allergy to gluten Catch an STD Bungee-jump Take up smoking Learn to appreciate wine Be stung by a scorpion Change my behavior because someone might think I’m weird Become a morning person Get over my love for lists Own a glue gun Pass a kidney stone Run out of things to...

07
Apr
2013

PLANNING IS BRINGING THE FUTURE INTO THE PRESENT*

You’ll be surprised, I’m sure, to hear that I have a crazy week ahead. ALERT THE MEDIA! Something every day! Something every night! This kind of thing NEVER happens. Heh. We went to see Oz the Great and Powerful tonight with my cousin Cate and her daughter, whom we haven’t seen since forever ago. It was a last minute decision, but I’ve been wanting to see the movie since I heard about it, so I was excited, and the opening credits were quite clever and I was thrilled and then: meh. Terrible acting, stupid side bits, glurge and ridiculousness. SO...

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