I am keeping things simple. My goal for next weekend is that no one from this household will go to any emergency room of any kind. And yes, I am knocking on wood about it. Last weekend I ended up in the ER for my turkey burned hand. This weekend, I went to run errands on Saturday and came home to find J out in the yard with the dogs. He said he'd been worried about Argo because he was acting funny. Argo was sluggish and crabby and kept making a hacking noise, but then when J brought him outside, he acted fairly normal. I decided that Argo just missed me and missed getting individual … [Read more...]
I haven’t been blogging
I briefly toyed with the idea of doing NaBloMoFo or whatever it is, but then I went the other way by not blogging at all. In truth, I've had too much going on to blog. Which sounds ridiculous, because isn't that what I'm supposed to be blogging about? I have this issue with truth. In college creative writing classes they taught us about "Creative Non-Fiction," a term, I have heard, you'll get laughed out of town for using in the publishing world, even though it's taught like it's a real thing in college. We were taught with triumphant school speak that your experiences are yours! Your … [Read more...]
Who Are All These Buttless Women?
The other day, The Modern Gal talked about avoiding the new Gap jeans because they have pocket flaps and she has some junk in her trunk she doesn't feel like accentuating. My immediate thought was, "damn, guess I can't get new jeans at Gap anytime soon," because my trunk is also not without some junk. Even when I used to run seven miles a day and was in the absolute best shape of my life (something I'm working to get back to/surpass), my derriere was the most pronounced feature of my figure, and I had a horrible time finding jeans. And I don't think my shape is unusual. I think I am the … [Read more...]
How hard is it to put on pants?
On Saturday, my laptop cord broke. It was well past the point of being successfully rigged with electrical tape, so J and I went to the Apple Store to get a new one. On the way into the mall, we saw a girl wearing pajama pants and a really ratty sweatshirt. Her hair was gathered on top of her head in a scrunchy, and she looked like she'd either just gotten out of bed, or carefully crafted her look so it would look like she'd just gotten out of bed and was even adorable when she wasn't trying. "How hard is it to put on real pants?" I whispered to J, because I was feeling crabby and … [Read more...]
I am not rocking the ‘tober.
Question: So, how hard was my Rocktober fest pledge? Answer: Not very. Have I actually done anything resembling taking 20 minutes a day every day away from the computer/dog/cat/husband/phone? No. On the day I took the pledge, I decided to go for a walk by myself to take in the changing leaves. But then Argo started getting all excited when I went for my shoes and I just didn't have the heart to tell him he wasn't invited, so I took him with me and the walk was all about trying to keep him from licking trees and fire hydrants. For several days, I forgot about my pledge … [Read more...]
Is it too late to join Rocktoberfest?
The Modern Gal, one of my favorite blog-ladies, started Rocktoberfest as a way for us to put a spring in our step even though spring was a very long time ago. I love fall so much. It's my favorite time of year. But I really feel like this year my time has been spent more on taking care of business and less on taking care of me. I have this uncanny ability to stack my days against myself. And lately, my head has been spinning. As someone who spends a lot of time writing about imaginary people, I think it's important to do things to stay grounded. I have an amazing therapist, who I see on … [Read more...]
Something that’s been bugging me
While some of my blog friends are taking on serious political issues, like Beej talking smart about the banking crisis, or Howling Hill spreading the word about a Palin poll, I want to discuss something that's been bugging me for the past few days: Jessica Simpson's gas. Yeah, I know. I'm all about the hard hitting issues today. Since my other site, Allie's Answers, actually started as a column for the now defunct sister-site to I'm Not Obsessed, I feel that I can legitimately and unabashedly read INO on a regular basis. In case you don't use celebrity gossip as junk food for your mind, … [Read more...]
Days Are Getting Shorter
When I was a kid, summers were long. Getting out of school in June left me looking at this expanse of free time that never seemed to end. There was time for camp and swimming and biking and catching frogs and going on vacation and trying on back to school clothes and chasing after the ice cream man. I know that in relative terms, 2 months to a 9 year old is going to seem a lot longer than it will to a 31 year old, if you consider that 2 months is almost 2% of a 9 year old's life and .5% of a 31 year old's life, (and seriously, that is a little beyond my mathematical skills, but we can talk … [Read more...]
Where do I start?
So, I've finally created a personal blog where I can talk about my writing and my life beyond being a greenie (although, being green is a part of every aspect of my life).I've been a personal blogger without a personal blog for way too long - finding ways to sneak little snippets of my life into that other blog over there, wondering if the poor soul who stumbled across my website while looking for a recipe to use up the beets in her CSA bag really wants to read a story about 3rd grade me pretending to drive a spaceship on the school bus.But beyond telling you all of that, I really don't know … [Read more...]