Chasing Happy

One girl’s efforts to pull herself up by her bootstraps, even though her boots are too cute to have straps.

Bad news

Well, Internet, I have totally whiffed on this. I am seriously annoyed with myself about it, but I lay most of the blame at the feet of the sleeping sickness I appear to have come down with that makes me decree that it is Time. For. Bed!!! at earlier and earlier times of the day.
In [...]

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It’s late…again

But I need to tell you all this.
Read this.
I read the first one and yes, I thought it was good and yes, I recommended and I think even bought it for some of my short people, but I could not for the life of me give you a more than cursory summary of what [...]

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Stinking family!

Yes, too much family frolicking and imbibing yesterday ruined my perfect blogging streak. Oh well.
To make myself feel better about my lapse, today I commandeered the Wii that my nieces and nephews got for Christmas and gave my husband the beating of his life in Wii boxing. And internet? Even if it shouldn’t, that felt [...]

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Uneven

For Christmas, D’oh gave me: a diamond bracelet
I gave him: A sweatshirt.
Dang it.

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It’s late

And it’s a school night, so we’ll have to make this quick.
So, let me just admit to you now that in honor of my dog’s birthday tomorrow, I went out and bought a digital camera today.
I know.
But, in my defense, we have been without a camera for many months now, and I have been unable [...]

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Christmas cards not sent

Dear Gavin Rossdale,
Merry Christmas! First off, let me say how cute your little family is. I like your kids’ names, especially the new one. The name Zuma makes me think of a little tiny baby running real fast, sort of like a member of the Incredibles, really. I enjoy how much you and your wife [...]

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Let’s make this quick, shall we?

Because I have eleventy million gifts to wrap. Also, today, for some reason, Pocket has decided that it is fun to leap from the floor, over the back of our basement couch, onto the cushion next to me. This would be fine if…well, I can’t imagine a situation where that would be fine. It’s a [...]

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Warning! Christmas present spoilers ahead!

Today I spent the equivalent of an entire work day attempting to complete my Christmas shopping. Not OUR Christmas shopping, I want you to note. Mine. D’oh has purchased exactly zero presents for any members of our family and as such should receive no accolades for all the awesomeness we are spreading this year.
Even though [...]

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Deep dark*

I have what can best be described as an unreasonable fear of sea creatures. Not regular sea creatures like dolphins (and I don’t believe Tyra Banks really does either) or fish or even whales and sharks. What I am afraid of, is more of the things in the giant squid category. The things that live [...]

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Little things!

Those are what have been appearing on my desk at work all day long. First, a little tiny box of nuts. Then, a Christmas ornament (from Egypt, no less), then a candy cane, then a very nice bookmark (in its own box!), then a snowflake ornament. I can only imagine what is going to show [...]

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