Title: Sharp Turn, Ahead (1/9/10) We rarely see blue jays out (during the day) but, this boy must have been really hungry to brave the crowd of chickadees and tit mouse (yes, it's a bird!) chattering around the bird feeder -- although, they do have a reputation of being the bully of the birdosphere. How do I know? I saw it on Twitter! This snapshot is in a series of pictures I'm taking as a part of my 365 Days of 2010 microblog project (I got the idea from my friend, Rachel at A Southern Fairytale) it's where I post... Read more →

This is part of a writing challenge at {W}rite-Of-Passage, a community of bloggers who are looking to get back to the writing part of blogging and brainchild of my friend, Mrs. Flinger. Today’s challenge was to write about your first "real" job. ------------------------------------------------------------------- My twin brother left very early in the morning, to begin his basic training in Louisiana (I think) and I, however, was already running late. "Did you remember to iron your father a shirt?" I shook my head and reached for my mother's can of Aqua Net. "Well, don't forget..." I kissed my mother's cheek and pretended... Read more →

I give up, you figure them out... When I told my husband, Garth [not his real name] I was pregnant with our youngest, it didn't come as much of a surprise, really; not like the first time, I mean, when he closed his eyes, fell back on the bed, grabbed his head (with both hands) and sort of just laid there, for a few minutes, moaning. We had already signed the contract on this house (less full, at the time) and then came Valentine's Day and, well, he WAS there when it ALL happened. Three more (+) signs, later: "Well,... Read more →

Yes, my mother and I had "the talk," at least once, that I can remember. The day I got my first period, my mother and my aunt set up a lounge chair in my grandmother's backyard, handed me a glass of lemonade, saying something about sitting in the sun being "good for you" and I still remember thinking that, somehow, the rest of the neighborhood knew. "You're a woman, now." That, along with being herded into a darkened gym with the rest of my 7th grade class, to watch someone's mother (or, older sister maybe) wrestle with a "sanitary belt"... Read more →

This is part of a writing challenge at {W}rite-Of-Passage, a community of bloggers who are looking to get back to the writing part of blogging and brainchild of my friend, Mrs. Flinger. Today’s challenge was to write about resolutions. Do you believe in them? Have you ever done them? Beliefs? Success? Goals? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, I've made resolutions and, seeing as I'm old (okay, older than most mom-type bloggers, I know, DAMMIT!) there are quite a few that I have made/failed to achieve, consistently, like: 1. Lose weight - #fail B. Get out of debt - #fail(ed) 3. Get organized -... Read more →

January 2009: Old House, Has Good Bones In the beginning...no, wait...let's not go that far back (you're welcome!) I'm entering my 7th year of blogging and was in the habit of embedding photos long before it was, you know, cool (shuttup!) as inspiration for that day's (or, week's) blog post. A picture's worth a thousand words (i.e. Worldess Wednesdays = a quick cure for writer's block) right? My friend Melisa (With one S) posted a month-by-month list of her favorite posts (she got the idea from Scary Mommy) aaaaand, since 2009 was, well, you know (ICK!) I'm focusing on the... Read more →