Archive for the ‘Philosophical’ Category

The Drama Llama Camps in My Front Yard

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Last year, during all the upheaval and crises that resulted from me kicking out my then-husband, my good friend Matt would occasionally IM and ask me how things were. I'd respond in gory detail, glad for a temporary respite from all the insanity, and more than likely I went ...

Dear Joey (A Letter to My Son, Just Because) [REPOST]

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I posted a link here yesterday, but it's such a great post that I really enjoyed writing that I want it here, too.  If you haven't read it yet, here is my post about Joey: . . . . . Dear Joey, I posted about your sister recently - it was mostly to ...

My first Mommy Gig post is up!

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

If you haven't read it yet, you can click right over and read my first post at ThisMommyGig.  It's about Joey, since my last good post here was about Lissie.  :) Let me know what you think! (Also, be sure you subscribe to the blog feed over there, because it's chock full ...

My daughter is JUST LIKE ME!

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Actually, this is not entirely true. My eight-year-old girl - dark-haired, poised, open, fragile - is really not very much like me most of the time. I used to think that we were just alike, she and I, and then one day I realized I thought so because ...

Full Time Web Designer, trying not to Hyperventilate.

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I did it.  I quit the other job. AIEEEEEEE! I think - no, I know - that this is a good thing.  This is the right thing.  However, you would have all laughed at me this morning as I bemoaned to Troy that I just couldn't make up my mind.  I had, ...

To my husband, on Mother’s Day.

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Dear Troy, Everyone is expecting a funny joke now about how you're the mom around here, or something, but I have to disappoint them because this is actually a SERIOUS letter.  VERY SERIOUS.  Mostly. I am writing you on Mother's Day because you make my life better, and as a result, I'm ...