I Am Solid
Pin itOr so it’s been said. It all started innocently enough… Or. Well. I just… just… I guess I tend to put myself in situations that…. Erm… Here’s what happened. I was at the gym. Trying to get mah “fit” on. And you know me… I’m a social girl. Did I ever tell you I [...]
The Newsman Freaked Me Out Today
Pin itYou know how they are. It went something like, Olympic Fever has finally hit the Northwest! !!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! I was working on taxes, so… I was already not in my right mind. Immediately I thought, Quick! Into the bomb shelter! Woo-hoo! I’ll make Olympic Fever Masks! Oh great. Another immunization. And then it [...]
Make Me Laugh Monday: Is There Sugar in Syrup? Then YES!
Pin itHave you seen the movie Elf. Oh that Will Ferrell! He’s a riot. Well, there’s one line in the movie that feels a lot like my life. Listen: Is there sugar in syrup? sound bite Will Ferrell sound bites Really, I can use the spirit of that phrase for anything! Scenario 1: Hey Jenny, [...]
Pretty Sure I Can Do Just About Anything
Pin itBut there are two things I really, really struggle with: MATH I am so bad at math that when I see the image below my mouth waters and I’m all, “Oooooh! Flaky crust! I LOVE pi(e)!” And also MINDREADING So, I guess if I were to bring this full circle, what this means for [...]
The Confessional OR Free Association with a Hint of Confession.
Pin itMy friend Kearsie of Sounds Like Tomatoes has inspired me to copy her… *meow* In other news – this is hilarious. No? I HAD to share. Aaaanywho… Kearsie does this “Keyboard Confessions” thing. And I like it. It feels People Magazine-y. I only indulge in the likes of People and other celeb gossip mags [...]
Life, Death and the Bond of Friendship
Pin itMy friend, Jen… the woman who has only missed 4 of my 37 years of existence — lost her dad to his battle with ALS 2 weeks ago… Ugh. The whole experience drove home the blessing I have in this life-long friendship… Jen and I discovered Disneyland together… We pretended to be ballerinas on [...]
Motherhood, Technology, Citizen Journalism & the Twitter
Pin itFor the past few months, I’ve been participating in BlogHer’s Family Connections citizen journalism project as a Momspotter. Basically that means I tweet a few times a day with the #momspotting hashtag about how I use technology in my day-to-day parenting life… along with posting articles in the BlogHer Digital Parenting group… mulling over [...]
People really like seeing skinny presidents up there…
Pin itI had a GREAT convo in the car with my kids recently. The boiled down version —> I am a skinny, fast runner. My kids are smart. We were talking about Martin Luther King Jr. Joel was pretty sure MLK would have been president, had he not been killed and all. His words. Aaanywho. [...]
