I love library book sales. I’m a geek and make The Husband get up early on a Saturday morning so we can go fight the other people crammed into a tiny room and search for the gems among all the... Continue reading →
I feel like I’m beginning to emerge from hibernation. The last month at the day job has been crazy busy and stressful, but the light at the end of the tunnel is finally starting to shine in my eyes. I’m... Continue reading →
Something is happening today that hasn’t happened here in two years. It’s snowing. This photo was taken at 7:30am, just after it started. It’s still snowing. It’s accumulating on the ground some, but driving conditions aren’t too bad. Just a... Continue reading →
I haven’t updated my blog in over a week. My days right now are like this: Work. Stress. Work. Stress. Work. Stress. You get the idea. I think I’m clenching my teeth while I sleep now because my jaw keeps... Continue reading →
Taking a nosedive into your backyard? Not fun. We were outside with our dog Chloe last night. Chloe isn’t a huge dog, she’s a Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix, but she is very strong. She has in the past dragged me... Continue reading →
Did you know this was Blog Delurking Week? I’d heard about it before, but completely forgot until I saw laurenbarnholdt‘s post this morning. I know I have at least a couple of people who have never posted a comment here,... Continue reading →
It’s cold, I have a huge blister on my wrist from burning myself while making tater tots (because, like Napoleon Dynamite, I love tater tots–I just don’t know how to make them without injuring myself), and my nose is running.... Continue reading →
I took last week off from writing because JENNA has been nothing but trouble. I’m considering starting over and trying to recapture the voice, but decided to just take a break before doing anything drastic. So in the last week... Continue reading →
I’ve seen this on a couple of people’s blogs and it looked like fun. Put your iTunes on shuffle and the songs it plays are the answers to the categories below, in the order they play. It’s the soundtrack to... Continue reading →
Good morning, everyone! Today I’m exploring exactly why I decided not to pursue poetry as a future career. Reading through my old poems was more entertaining than I expected. At one point during my preteen years I really thought I... Continue reading →