it's too much. 

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the swine flu fear. 

the terrorist fear. 

the shooting fear. 

the open carry psychos fear. 

the smiting fear. 

the retribution fear. 

the homelessness fear. 

the hunger fear. 

the blizzard fear. 

the child as homeless… Read full post »

so, my sister got two little pot bellied pigs.  no more than 9 inches tall.

ADORABLE.

so cute it makes me sick and jealous, both.

little black bristly, with their rounded noses that they nudge you with.  and the sounds. oh they couldn't be cuter!

could not not not be more… Read full post »

cloth diapers.  can't have too many for burping accidents, placing over laps, arms, shoulders, etc.

onesies.  i think 1000 of them wouldn't suffice.

oh, what i'd have given for a real true pram.  it might seem impracti… Read full post »

"yesterday, at the meeting at school, which was 90 hellacious minutes, they said the boy continues to make inappropriate sexual comments, and after everyone was gone but two teachers, they told me that one day in class, they were discussing conditions in an orphanage, and one condition was it… Read full post »

a new collectible from Mattel, available in April 2010:

 yes, its for real.

and ps and totally off subject - the beautiful giant cat is back and he came right in the house and we want to keep him!  we had to put him back out… Read full post »

got an email tonight, from a woman i went to high school with.  asking me to check the soup kitchen's facebook page, because some woman was posting crazy things there.

i went to the page, and this mentally unstable woman i have not spoken to in ten years, had seen… Read full post »

sorry to interrupt my great xmas post, but someone posted pics of me on facebook from before i wore out, and here they are!

 

*none of these pics are my own.

how many of you are already thinking of christmas?

i am, because with unemployment running out, money is going to be tight.  and i didnt save anything this year.  and there are a thousand nephews that need stuff (apparently, my whole family makes… Read full post »

a link from huff po.

apologists must stop apologizing.  though, we have given away a year already. a vital, a crucial, a critical, un-recoverable year.

but can you at least read it?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/stop-whining-wall-streets_b_321964.html

than… Read full post »

he asks from the kitchen.

pumpkin, i say.  cause i know i just left the pumpkin pie on the counter.

"but it's got green stuff in it, and on it."

oh!  thats quiche.  broccoli quiche.

bonus:  super easy apple pie recipe… Read full post »

Some highlights from our holiday weekend thus far.  None of these pics are my own.

Geocaching:

These are some painted girls on a log.  We had hoped to see FOUR, like someone else did when they came before us, but we saw one, which was still pretty cool.  At… Read full post »

Some highlights from our holiday weekend thus far.  None of these pics are my own.

Geocaching:

These are some painted girls on a log.  We had hoped to see FOUR, like someone else did when they came before us, but we saw one, which was still pretty cool. … Read full post »

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the editors are, after all, only human, no?

can your post about the publishing industry really have been so anything at all in the whole wide world as to merit that full page cover?

i think it is because we complained about the five day cartoon saturday… Read full post »

the kid is up there right now, sitting at his desk, doing his homework, with the radio on.

and tomorrow morning, his alarm will go off at 5:45 (he chose the time), and he will hit the snooze, but be up in time to catch his bus at 6:40 am.

 … Read full post »

i dont know how to be

the me i wish i were

the me i wish i were

would be a good cook, and make real meals

and eat her leftovers quite consistently

and she wouldnt waste stupid amounts of money eating out

because she doesnt know how to grocery shop,… Read full post »

so, its about 6 am or a little before. i hear the thunk on the deck that informs me the girl cat has come home.

i go to open the door for her to come in, and she is growling and there is obviously another cat there that i cant… Read full post »

got a whole chicken boiling.  it was a roaster, and i am of the mind that one should roast a chicken and have dinner, and then use the leftovers for soup.  but the truth is, i dont like… Read full post »

i'm aggravated

thats nothing new around here

or anywhere else

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getting some writing

done today, the kind you send

to other people

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air is cold and still

sky is white and cold looking

gauzy curtains help

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there is much to do

i am still in my b… Read full post »

reunion this weekend.  was as great as could be.  was WONDERFUL.  i knew it would be fun to see all those people again.  i knew it would be nice to see all those people again.  what i didnt know was that wave after wave of gratitude and warm fuzzies would… Read full post »

there is a girl, theodora

was once a self-described whore-a

she loves to make us laugh

and sometimes has a calf

when some of us ignore 'ah*

*that's her, with an Arthurian accent.

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there is a girl named teddy

she'll make you laugh pretty steady

and sometimes… Read full post »