I should not be allowed to own a car

Yeah, so I have never had good luck with cars. Not since the days when I lost my first car because my insurance rates went through the roof due to a few speeding tickets I got in high school. That car was the only really reliable one I’ve ever owned.
I’ve had a series of craptacular [...]

Reconnecting with an old love

This weekend I was reacquainted with an old flame of mine. Although it has been awhile since we’ve been thrown together, it took mere minutes for me to remember why I fell in love in the first place. I was a little surprised by how quickly all of my feelings returned, especially since in the [...]

$1.99 margaritas, tasty, but not a good band name

For the last year and a half or so I’ve been pretty damn sober. Granted, for a good year of that I was either pregnant or breastfeeding, so alcohol was a big no-no and despite my mother-in-law suggesting that wine might somehow help me produce more milk, I imagined a drunken baby and decided against [...]

Tumor should be a four letter word

A good portion of my childhood was spent worrying about my dad. Every night before I would go to sleep, I said my prayers with my mom. She would listen as I’d ask God to bless everyone I loved in life (and ocassionally a Cabbage Patch Kid which she’d admonish me for). I made sure [...]

I was robbed!

Today I was robbed. Not in the typical someone broke into my house and/or car and took my personal property, but in the I was so close to winning something that the loss of it is slightly physically painful to me.
I had the radio on this afternoon on my drive home and once again the [...]

Bed time, my latest source of tears and frustration

Bed time is frustrating at our house. Not my bed time. Personally, I love my bed time. I put my comfy pjs on, crawl under the fluffy comforter, pull out whatever novel I’m inching my way through and read for the five to ten minutes before I give in and sleep takes over. It’s one [...]

How I spent my weekend

Grading. And cooking. And cleaning. And, well, generally being domestic. This is not, I must point out, my idea way to spend a weekend, but after weeks of neglect, I realized my house was in desperate need of attention. That probably sounds bleaker than it actually was. It’s not like things were starting to sprout [...]

I’m no Imelda Marcos

One of the local radio stations is doing a “Pick Your Pump” contest. Usually I pay little attention to any sort of radio contest. It’s not like I’m going to call in because if my high school years have taught me anything, it’s that I can’t dial fast enough to get into a radio station, [...]

Celebrities I’d like to have sex with

On my commute home this afternoon, my mind began to wander. Not in the “oh my god, where did that cement divider come from” sort of way, but more in the “wow, another hour long drive down the same boring stretch of highway, I wonder what I can think about to keep me from driving [...]

Babies and bee stings break my nerves

My baby got his first non-doctor prescribed ouchie today and I was a wreck. It didn’t help that I was 25 minutes away at work when it happened and that when I tried to call the sitter back, she didn’t pick up. I’ll admit it, I had a teeny tiny panic attack. Before my son [...]