Stickless Kebabs

There are many reasons to envy my girl Melissa (of Melissa The Mouth fame), not the least of which is that her two girls will eat anything.  Now, I don’t aspire to be the gourmand she is – I can bake and I can boil up a mean bowl of spaghetti but I honestly just [...]

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Overeager

I confess: I am a holidays overacheiver.  I have, in fact, already begun my Christmas gift shopping for this year.  It started by sort of accident.  I happened to be out shopping for something completely different and this absolutely perfect frame (with three spaces for three little dog faces) for my mother in law just jumped [...]

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The Wall

If there’s one thing I’ve always been good at it’s finding a Plan B.  My feathers have never gotten ruffled when things don’t go my way or when something I’ve been working on falls through.  It’s always been, “No biggie.  A new plan is already hatching.”  As a result of this gift I have managed [...]

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Oh. My. God.

I know I should try to appreciate every living thing.  I know spiders serve a good purpose in the whole natural scheme and all.  But this beast that I just found crumpled up on my floor?  Let’s just say I’m glad it’s dead.

Can anyone identify the make or model of this particular being?  I’d love [...]

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Jim

Imagine if we all had the patience and presence of mind to not be bothered by our own impermanence, if we could all just be okay with the fact that everything we do is completely insignificant.  We probably wouldn’t worry so much about spending a ton of money on jeans or shoes or cars or [...]

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Instant Replay

Let me just say in advance that this is not a complaint.  Really.  It’s not.  But the babe discovered a new movie this weekend – The Lion King.  Or, as she calls it, The Lion King-ah.  We’re not huge on commercial television around here but, for the most part, I’m down with dvds.  Sure, there’s [...]

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On Pins And Needles

I had my first appointment with an acupuncturist today. 
It was…weird…?
That’s seriously how I’m answering everyone who asks me “so how was it?”  “I dunno,” I say.  “Weird?”  And then they ask, “Well, do you feel different?”  Again, I don’t know.  That’s kind of like asking someone on their birthday how it feels to be a [...]

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Labor Day

What a wonderful holiday.  I went out shopping with my husband and sister in law and got my new favorite swanky Oakleys.  Hopefully I wont see every rich teenager in the mall wearing them now.  That would be my luck (if I ever went to the mall, that is).
After that we went home and the [...]

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Cleaning Day

If there is one habit I dont mind inheriting from my mother in law it is the idea of Cleaning Day.  I have always considered myself to be tidy but never overly fixated on cleaning.  When the kitchen counter was crumby I would wipe it up.  When the tub started to look grimy I would [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Lightning Strikes

My husband took this picture last night, standing in the driveway as a storm rolled through our neighborhood.

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