Ugh!

I have over 230 unread items in my Google Reader.
Update:
There are currently no unread items sitting in my Google Reader.  Of course I didn’t read EVERYTHING that was in there but I do think that I spread myself around pretty well and read a bunch of different blogs.
Why do I do this?  There are a [...]

Lightbulbs: An Inner Dilemma

Two and a half years ago I moved out of the house that I had previously occupied with my former spouse and moved into a small, cozy two bedroom duplex in town.  My living alone experience prior to this was … um… ZIP, NADA, ZILCH.  Sure I had went off to college but I  spent [...]

A Thought

Sometimes I think about how much the single Mom gig thing sucks.   Then I remember how much more it sucked being married.
Then I smile!

One Of Those Days

Today is/was/continues to be one of “those” days.
You know the ones.
The ones where you realize that you forgot about the cookie exchange you’re having at work the next day and you don’t have the energy to come home after working all day and be a Mom and bake cookies for other [...]

Year Of the Classic

The end of the year is approaching.
In 2008 I participated in a 50 book challenge.  I knew going into it there was no way that I would meet that goal.  (Hello, defeatist attitude!!) It was a nice challenge to see just how much I could read in a year and even though I’ve only read [...]

Alisha Sidie

Living in a small town the idea of “Seven Degrees of Separation” is laughable.  At most, two complete strangers are separated by a slim thread.   When tragedy strikes a small community the effects are felt  like a rippling tsunami.
Over the past week the rural community in which I live was abuzz over the disappearance of [...]

Cats and Dogs

Any guy can love a dog. A dog is like that young and immature girlfriend. The one who drools all over you and looks up with her puppy dog eyes, doing everything in her power to please you.
It takes a man of passion, intelligence and patience to love a cat. [...]

Finding Warmth

In my previous post I whined about the bitterly cold temperatures that have landed on this state.
I woke up in a warm house and went out to my van that was parked in a semi heated garage. I drove my warm van and went to my warm office. The cold was just [...]