**sometimes he lets me take the pictures**
wskrz
- Location
- Denver, Colorado,
- Birthday
- July 08
- Title
- Smart ass
- Bio
- Bah. I hate bios. It's like trying to remember your home phone number. How often do you call yourself?
Full time mom who likes food, beer, hockey fights, techno music, photography, cats, humor and reading.
My life will be complete when I find the perfect chocolate cake donut.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Being sick sucks. Get
better. Both of
you.
And yay
Zumi!”
November 03, 2009 10:58AM - “Thanks, everyone. Alex
would love to share the
chocolate
cherry cupcakes that
he…”
September 29, 2009 12:10PM - “Will Someone Feed The
Cat - LOL! Yeah, claiming
Nutella as
health food is like
l…”
September 23, 2009 12:48PM - “I'm a Canadian. Isn't
that close enough for some
Americans?
;-)”
September 22, 2009 11:55PM - “Oh crap. Please don't
let my kid see that. ;-) Can
he blame
it on the sugar
hig…”
September 22, 2009 07:45PM
Wskrz's Links
To my son Alex on your fourth birthday
Today you turn four years old. It’s quite a fun time for you. It’s a time that you discover the wonderful world around you and how you fit into it. I've always loved watching you encounter your world with fascination and amazement. Whether it's the wind blowing th…
I was running through the grocery store, as all mothers do, on one
of those blessed trips sans kid this morning and I decided to take
a trip down the cereal aisle. You know,… Read full post »
The wiener takes it all! A photo essay
A long time ago, when I was 16 years old, I volunteered in a nursing home. Not wanting to be singing old 40s tunes and serving ginger ale during bingo games, I wanted something more challenging. I chose the infamous Third Floor. This was where the advanced Alzheimer’s p…
The Bash in Boulder - pictures from the OS gathering
We OSers sure do know how to party.
So y’all that weren’t in Boulder this Sunday at the big
OS gathering….you missed a really good party.
Just so you know how much fun was had by all, here are some
pictures to make you… Read full post »
There’s a first for everything – Open Call
1. Who was your FIRST prom date?
Chris. I went to his prom and then he went to mine the following year. It was the first time I saw my Religion…
I’ve been teaching my son Alex about bees lately, since we’ve gotten a large-sized vegetable garden going in our backyard. We do get our share of wasps too, which to Alex are “the bad guys” because they’re the ones that sting him sometimes. They’…
In their latest PR low, PETA, or People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals, are now targeting the Pike Place Fish Market,
the Pike Place Market institution known worldwide for their fish
tosses and salmon flinging.
Yes. The fish are dead, Jim. And PETA do… Read full post »
(my pussyCAT, you sickos!)
Getting old stinks.
Now imagine you’re a cat and you’re almost 17 years
old. That’s 76 years old in human years. You get
confused about where the litter box/… Read full post »
How to live a life - in memory
I’m not sure what much else can be added to in the long
list of remembrances and condolences for Josie, or Dakini Dancer as
we knew her here on OS. She was a sweet spirit here, which
shone through on her blog and her comments.
To say I’m stunned is… Read full post »
I thought we had a pretty good relationship, CNN. We’d been through a lot, these past twenty some-odd years. We’ve watched the Berlin Wall come down together, we saw the horror of 9/11 with each other and whenever I needed to see what was… Read full post »
My dad’s been driving me crazy lately. Dad is retired and spends most of his time at home up in Canada. He’s got books to read and he’s taken to feeding the neighborhood c… Read full post »
Uh oh. It's time for the Death Talk.
There’s a series of events in a parents’ life that, while we know they’re coming, we still dread them. When they leave home. When they have their first accident with the car. When we have to have those Talks (yes, that’s a capital T on purpose). …
When adults act worse than children
As parents, we try really hard to teach our kids the value of empathy and kindness. Ask most 3 year old kids and they know that it’s not nice to hit someone. Ask most 5 year olds and they’ll tell you it’s not nice to call someone names. That’s part of… Read full post »
I walked into Alex's class to pick him up this morning.
Alex came running up to me and handed me this.
"What do you say, Alex?" his teacher whispered in his ear.
"Happy Mothers Day, mommy!" he said with a big grin.
Do you know how hard it is to keep yourself from… Read full post »
If the swine flu won't kill you, surely deep fried bacon will.
About five years ago, if the swine flu had hit then, I probably would have shrugged it off, thinking, “Meh. Whatever. Probably not a big deal. If I get it, it’s no biggie.” I could… Read full post »
I'm firing all the Colorado weather forecasters.
That "light dusting" of snow predicted overnight....well....no. It was five inches.
It's April 27th. I'm working on getting my garden together to plant vegetables. Come on.
Doesn't he look pissed?
Even the bird… Read full post »
So it's Earth Day today. Every day should be Earth Day, but today was specially set aside as the one day a year
So we got over a foot of wet, nasty, heavy, disgusting snow yesterday. Most of the Denver area is in recovery mode right now, as are we, as we all try to dig out, find our newspapers from Friday somewhere in the snow and try to get the driveway dug out… Read full post »
Oh my god, make it stop!!
Bubbles in the backyard
Spring has arrived here in Colorado. The Aspen trees are starting to bud, the flowers are beginning to bloom and the Robins are the first to sing in the morning at 5:30 and the last to sing in the evening when the sun goes down. And now that we’ve… Read full post »
Parenting is not for the weak
I was going to put up a post full of happy pictures of Alex
chasing after bubbles and frolicking in the backyard today. I get
to post this instead.
My three year old son got thrown out of class today.
I went to pick up Alex from preschool this morning. He goes
for… Read full post »
I’m not going to brag or anything, but I do consider myself to be a pretty good cook. I enjoy cooking in the kitchen and don’t consider it to… Read full post »
Alex has known all three of our cats - Gonzo, Marijke and Beeker
- since he was born. They’ve always been around in some
way, when he’s not yelling, having a tantrum or chasing them
around the house. At that point, they’re running for
safety.
It’s inevitable that Alex is… Read full post »
(First, my apologies in advance for this rant, but I really need to get this off my chest. We’ll soon return you to your normal blog channel of cute kitties and food pictures)
There are a lot of questions that you would, or at least should, never ask someone. You’d be of…
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