New State Bird Makes Life on the Road Interesting
Our state bird has been changed to the Orange Tipped Construction Cone. It's true. And the state flower? The Skid Steer Loader. I'm thinking it […]
Musings
Where There’s Smoke There’s… Yawn
Is there any irony in throwing your tri-tip steak into the smoker for dinner while the haze from a SERIOUSLY lingering mountain fire lounges in […]
Hello, Mr. Hashimoto? I’ve Got Something That Belongs To You
So I had some blood drawn a little while back and sent off to a laboratory to see if there was anything funky hanging out […]
My Webelos Tell a Twisted Tale: The Two Pigs & Hambo Versus The Big Bad Wolf
Ladies and Gentlemen! Today we bring you my Webelos den, passing off a Communications Activity Badge! As part of that badge the boys had to […]
Lord Baden-Powell and Me, We’re like THIS
I don't get scouting. Like, my little artsy-fartsy-Air-Force-bratsy-theater-girl-StayAtHomeMomma-WeirdFashionista-TravelerWoman-WriterChick-Who-Used-to-Dance brain cannot wrap itself around the whole Boy Scout-thing. Particularly Webelos. *collective gasp from Badan-Powell aficionados and […]
In Search of a Left Brain
Frits – www.hikingartist.com My storage room is a swirling vortex of doom. As is my closet. And my office. And my office closet. My kids' […]
My Parenting Understudy
You know what's sad? It's when your college kid comes back home for a semester and does a better job parenting her siblings than you do. […]
Ummmm So. A Bit Non-Post-y Here Today. Wanna Be My Therapist?
Doodz. Huz got back from China on Friday. I spent the day running like the proverbial chicken Saturday. Threw my back out Sunday. Guests coming […]
Dialects: I Say Tomato You Say Carn Dawg
Did you know cooking fahrn food can be hazardous to your kitchen's health? Oh yes. I read it just yesterday in a cooking magazine all […]
Contracting Fall-itis. It’s the Pencil’s Fault.
I need someone to tell me what it is about pencils and pens and protractors and spiral notebooks and cute little locker magnets, and glue […]