FISHING
I’m bored. Ask me something.
22
Nov
2009
Tagged: blogalicious
06
Nov
2009
TRIPLETS
3 moods I was in today: manic, happy, aggravated 3 feelings I experienced today: bloating, amusement, affection 3 things I’m looking forward to this weekend: sleeping in, seeing Katrina, bookstore visit 3 things I need to accomplish this weekend: laundry, shopping for Father’s Day, finishing the bookgroup book 3 things I keep wasting time on: Sword of Fargoal, Facebook, reading blogs 3 things that have made me happy lately: county-wide recycling pick-up program, a minus on the scale, that my friend’s husband may get to go home from the hospital this weekend for a few hours 3 people I’m thinking...
28
Sep
2009
AT LEAST IT’S MORE THAN 140 CHARACTERS, EH?
I suppose that I may not complain about the dearth of posts from people I want to read when I have been lax about writing myself. Thinking of that was enough to make me un-duff and start writing. If only it was always so easy. Also, if only it resulted in a post worth reading! HAR! suckahs! 😛 It was damned cold out today—fall arrived with a snap and a vengeance. It took no prisoners in its announcement of arrival. Cold, rain, gusting winds, grey skies. BRRR…now I’m sort of bumming about my yummy lunch salads because it’s kind of...
09
Aug
2009
CREATIVITY IS THE POWER TO CONNECT THE SEEMINGLY UNCONNECTED*
How often should you post, when you blog? Should you post every day? Every couple of days, every week, once a month? I know that when some of my favorite writers are posting daily it feels like Christmas every day to me. But, sometimes it seems that if I post too often people don’t have time to read it all or that they miss things, and only see the latest. How much is too much? Does it even really matter? I suppose it is the writing urge that should steer and not the desire for validation or comments. I don’t...
24
Jul
2009
AND THE ENVELOPE GOES TO…
Findus, along with Martin and Karin, is VERY excited to announce the winner of the Great Plush Animal Purge Contest 2009! You all have a lot more faith in my ability to get rid of things than I do: reebert guessed a whopping 12 bags! ms_hackman guessed 24 but I suspect she wasn’t really seriously trying to win another stuffed animal. 😀 Lizardmom and hi_from_sheryl got a bit closer with 9 and 8 respectively, but blog lurker Carolina hit the nail on the head with her answer: 5 bags! Yay! The tiebreaker, which wasn’t needed, was 2 kept and 2...
21
Jul
2009
PLUSH PURGING & A CONTEST!
The Great Plush Animal Purge of 2009 is over and lo! We have all survived. In the playroom we have a huge round basket. It’s big enough for both kids to get into and hunch down. It was STUFFED full (ha! get it?) of stuffed animals. In addition, Martin had an hanging toy storage unit that was full of stuffed animals in each of 6 compartments. AND both kids have a half dozen or so of their very favorites in their beds. All in all, I suspect we had well over 150 stuffed animals of various sizes and cuteness. If...
14
Jun
2009
WHEN THE DOG BITES, WHEN THE BEE STINGS, WHEN I’M FEELING SAD
moose word origins leaves sleeping in reading a good trilogy playing games my grandmother’s gingersnaps finding a new artist velvet unpredictable movie endings belly laughs lily of the valley spice cake getting mail hugs from my family sushi sushi sushi! being helpful CATS knowing the answers to questions wikipedia singing silly songs deviled eggs antique markets bright blue skies magpies poetry that lights your head on fire ordering books browsing bookstores a stack of much anticipated books to read my bookworms book group the smell of freshly-baked bread the smell of freshly-cut grass cinnamon sugar toast clean sheets on a...
08
May
2009
LOVE LOVE LOVE
One of my FB friends who is also a colleague commented at work this week that he couldn’t believe how many books I read. “Do you REALLY read that many books? You read like one a day!” he exclaimed. “I don’t watch TV.* I read 139.5 books last year,” I replied, and left him gaping. I’m reading comfort books right now: just finished The Dark is Rising series and now have started on James Herriott’s All Creatures Great & Small. I suspect it’s because I need to find comfort anywhere I can these days, when worry fills so much of...
18
Mar
2009
WHAT MY KIDS THINK OF ME
Interviewed the kids in this Facebook meme and wrote down their exact responses 🙂 Apologies to those who’ve already seen it, but if I don’t put it here it won’t be in the yearbook. Martin – age 11 Karin – age 9.5 going on 17 1. What is something mom always says to you? M – Stop fighting! K – Get a life 2. What makes mom happy? M – When we do (stop fighting) K – Hugs & kisses 3. What makes mom sad? M – When we ignore her K – If I don’t want to be with...
19
Feb
2009
OVERSIZED BITS OF TID, WITH SNOW & HOMICIDAL MANIA
It’s snowing like crazy outside. Fat white fluff-flakes floating dreamily down, down and around in the white light of the streetlights. The street is filled up with snow. Clifford the Big Red Rock has a sparkly white skullcap. The plants are hunkered down, puffed up with the white stuff. We’ve had snow on the ground for almost 2 weeks now, though really it hasn’t been that much; it keeps melting down to a thin covering and then freezing. All the footprints in the yard: kid, dog, neighbor’s cat, are softening at the edges and filling in. They’ll have to stomp...